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Presents an illustrated look at the lives of thirty-six Jewish women including Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Golda Meir, Sarah Silverman, and others.

A guide to helping transgender children and youth with mental health, family relations, and other issues they may face.

While visiting her grandmother in small-town North Carolina to get over a break-up and improve her riding skills, seventeen-year-old Piper and local eighteen-year-old Kat, who is unsure of her sexual preference, help each other face their insecurities.

"The inspiring story of Angeline Jackson, who stood up to Jamaica's oppression of queer youth to demand recognition and justice. When Angeline Jackson was a child, she wondered if there was something wrong with her for wanting to kiss the other girls. But as her sexuality blossomed in her teens, she knew she wouldn't 'grow out of it' and that her attraction to girls wasn't against God. In fact, she discovered that same-sex relationships were depicted in the Bible, which she read devoutly, even if . . . her society, Jamaica, criminalized homosexual sex. Angeline's story begins with her traumatic experience of 'corrective rape' . . . then traces her childhood through her sexual and spiritual awakening as a teen--falling in love, breaking up, coming out, and then being forced into conversion therapy. . . . 'Funny Gyal' chronicles how Angeline's faith deepens as a teenager, despite her parents' conservative values and the strict Christian Jamaican society in which she lives, giving her the courage to challenge gender violence, rape culture, and oppression"--Publisher.

"Fifth grade is just not Riley's vibe. Everyone else is squaded up--except Riley. Her best friend moved away. All she wants to do is draw, and her grades show it. One thing that makes her happy is her favorite comedian, Joy Powers. Riley loves to watch her old shows and has memorized her best jokes. So when the class is assigned to write letters to people they admire, of course Riley's picking Joy Powers! Things start to look up when a classmate, Cate, offers to help Riley with the letter, and a new kid, Aaron, actually seems to get her weird sense of humor. But when mean girl Whitney spreads a rumor about her, things begin to click into place for Riley. Her curiosity about Aaron's two dads and her celebrity crush on Joy Powers suddenly make more sense"--From the publisher's web site.

Provides an introduction to the full spectrum of gender identity for teenagers and adults, and discusses how topics such as transitioning, sexuality, gender politics, healthcare, and legal issues play a role in the lives of transgender and nonbinary individuals. Profiles famous trans and nonbinary role models throughout history, and features stories from real teens about their experiences with their gender identity. Includes black-and-white illustrations, a glossary, a reading list, and additional resources.

"Lindo Bacon . . . returns with another groundbreaking book that explores the deep ramifications people experienced when 'othered' in society and provides a guide for creating a world where all bodies are valued and everyone belongs"--Provided by publisher.

"The memoir of a woman caught between her identity as a gay woman and the love and life debt she owes her mother"--.

"Queenie Jenkins is a 25-year-old Jamaican British woman living in London, straddling two cultures and slotting neatly into neither. She works at a national newspaper, where she's constantly forced to compare herself to her white middle class peers. After a messy break up from her long-term white boyfriend, Queenie seeks comfort in all the wrong places . . . including several hazardous men who do a good job of occupying brain space and a bad job of affirming self-worth. As Queenie careens from one questionable decision to another, she finds herself wondering, 'What are you doing? Why are you doing it? Who do you want to be?'--all of the questions today's woman must face in a world trying to answer them for her"--OCLC.