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"A[n] ... account by a survivor of a church-supported sexual orientation conversion therapy facility that claimed to 'cure' homosexuality describes its intense Bible study program and the daily threats of his abandonment by family, friends and God, an experience that transformed the author's relationships and self-understandings"--NoveList.

An accessible guide to coming out to family and friends, this title provides transgender readers with insight about what steps to take when thinking about coming out.

Shares in-depth definitions of LGBT+ terms, and offers personal anecdotes from LGBT+ people.

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

An autobiographical comic of ten years in the life of cartoonist, Tillie Walden, focusing on her time as a figure skater.

"[A] guide to coming out to family and friends, this title provides transgender readers with insight about what steps to take when thinking about coming out. It addresses how to answer questions that friends and family might ask as well as the potential steps involved in a gender transition ... Readers also will learn how to fight back against transgender discrimination at school and in their community"--Provided by publisher.

Addresses issues of publicly identifying oneself as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender and discusses resources for support.

The author shares her personal journey to understanding and accepting herself as an intersexed person.

Breaking the last feminist taboo--once and for all. Even as toweringly successful women from Gloria Steinem to Beyonc? embrace the word "feminism," the word "ambition," for many, remains loaded with ambivalence. Women who are naturally driven and goal-oriented shy away from it. They?re loath to see themselves?or be seen by others?as aggressive or, worst of all, as a bitch. Double Bind could not come at a more urgent time, a necessary collection that explodes this conflict, examining the concept of female ambition from every angle in essays full of insight, wisdom, humor, and rage.

In this collaborative memoir, a parent and a transgender son recount wrestling with their differences as Donald Collins undertook medical-treatment options to better align his body with his gender identity.