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Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement Resources for FSU

Book Resources about Sexual & Gender Diversity

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Seeing Gender: An Illustrated Guide to Identity and Expression

"Gottlieb has adapted her primer on gender, identity, and sexuality for teens (though it's still very much a crossover title for an adult audience)."

 

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Gender Is Really Strange

"Spoiler alert: gender norms might not be so "normal" after all."

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Gender Identity, Sexuality and Autism: Voices From Across the Spectrum

Narratives from those on the autism spectrum who also identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and/or asexual (LGBTQIA).

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Nonbinary: Memoirs of Gender and Identity

"What does it mean to be a man or a woman — and why do we care so much?"

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Gender Identity: Beyond Pronouns and Bathrooms

Designed to help younger readers explore the meaning and history behind LGBTQ rights movements, plus the context behind today's transgender "bathroom wars". 

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Headcase: LGBTQ Writers & Artists on Mental Health and Wellness

"...personal reflections and artistic representations illustrating the intersection of mental wellness, mental illness, and LGBTQ identity, as well as the lasting impact of historical views equating queer and trans identity with mental illness."

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Nothing to Fix: Medicalisation of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Writings by medical professionals and queer activists that challenge heteronormativity, mistreatment and medical abuse of gender non-conforming individuals.

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Transgender Voices: Beyond Women and Men

A thorough exploration of the embodied experiences of gender variant people demonstrates that there is nothing inherently binary about gender, or 'abnormal' about diverse sexual/gender expressions.

Web Resources for Sexually & Gender Diverse Young people