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Tourmaline to release historic biography about Marsha P. Johnson

Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson will be the first full-length biography of the queer icon ever to be published.

The Trans Book Everyone Should Check

Activist Brynn Tannehill  drops the knowledge. 

14 Books That Tackle Trans Sex, Love, and Revolution

Their words continue to pull trans voices from the margins and place them front and center. 

Trans Women Share Writing Summer Book Tour

Topside Press has organized a summer tour of groundbreaking transgender women writers visiting bookstores across the Northeast US.

Amy Schneider's Book Will Focus on What She Learned Making Trans History on 'Jeopardy!'

The Jeopardy! champ's In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life will be out in October.

The ‘Trans’ Book I Could Not Stop Talking About This Year

Is Trenton Makes just another in the long line of problematic representations of transness? 

Woodward Book: Trump Called Trans Surgery 'Getting Clipped'

And it provides further evidence that he blindsided military leaders with his transgender ban.

A Female-Driven, Trans-Written Comic Book? Yes, Please!

Get to know Kim & Kim, the interstellar female-dominated comic book adventure with a trans lead.

Yes, J.K. Rowling, the Nazis persecuted trans people, burned books

Rowling questioned a social media post that mentioned this, but scholars point out that it indeed happened.

Authors of Trans-Affirming Kids' Books Come Together for Virtual Event

The international event features Camilla Gisslow, Marcus Tallberg, Jodie Patterson, and Ris iRAWniQ Anderson discussing their books, experiences, and activism. 

Oregon Schools Ban Kids from Competition Because of Trans Book

Officials decided that rather than allow kids to read George, about a 10-year-old trans girl, it would bar its elementary students from a statewide reading competition. 

Middle-Grade Trans Novel Most Challenged Book for Third Year in a Row

George by transgender author Alex Gino tops the list again.

Read Susan Stryker's foreword to Nico Lang's book on trans youth, American Teenager (exclusive)

"Lang offers space for [trans youth] to tell their own stories while pro­viding helpful context for the audience. The stories Lang’s subjects tell are heartbreaking, sweet, infuriating, and inspiring in equal measure," writes trans studies scholar Susan Stryker in the foreword to Nico Lang's book American Teenager.

Author Julia Serano Separates Sex From Stigma in 'Sexed Up'

Trans feminist Julia Serano's latest book aims to sever sex from stigma.

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J.K. Rowling falsely claims 'there are no trans kids'

The children's book author and anti-trans activist has increasingly denied the existence of transgender people.

Nine Trans Women Convicted in Malaysia

Human Rights Watch has demanded Malaysia's Islamic government take anti-trans Sharia laws off the books.

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Hate Group Forces School to Cancel I Am Jazz Book Reading

The Liberty Counsel has pressured an elementary school to cease readings of a children's book written by trans teen Jazz Jennings.

A Trans Businesswoman on Tackling Two Sides of the Glass Ceiling

Stephanie Battaglino writes of the difficulties facing trans workers in her new book, 'Reflections From Both Sides of the Glass Ceiling.'

Trans 'Jem' Artist on Coming Out and Creating Comics

It's 'Showtime Synergy!' in this exclusive interview with the out trans artist behind the hit Jem and the Holograms comic book series.

Trans Bodies, Trans Selves Aims to Educate the Trans Masses

A new book, five years in the making, hopes to provide one of the most comprehensive and up-to-date resource on the complex and often misunderstood issues affecting trans individuals.