Trans+: Love, Sex, Romance, and Being You (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781433829833)

A groundbreaking all-inclusive, uncensored, must-have guide for teens who are living in this world, who identify as transgender, nonbinary, gender non-conforming, gender fluid, or are questioning their gender identity or how they express themselves, and for their cis-allies and advocates.

Gender is hard. Really hard, because it is made up; it's a way that humans have developed over the millennia to simplify how we see and interact with our complex and messy world and to classify and categorize all the people in it. The concept of gender has changed over time and not everyone agrees on the ways gender works or how to define it. But individuals alone are the ones who gets to determine for themselves what gender means and how to live it.

Trans+ answers hard questions about gender expression and identity, covers mental health and wellness as well as developing bodies and reproduction, transitioning medically, socially and legally, healthy v. unhealthy relationships, sex and pleasure, and life as a trans or nonbinary individual. It's full of essential information teens need--and want--and includes up close and personal stories from the authors and trans youth, evocatively relating their own experiences of love, sex, romance, and just being their wonderful selves. But perhaps most importantly, Trans+ will remind readers that no matter where they may live and who they are, transgender and non-binary people have often held a revered place in their societies as shamans, healer, leaders, and esteemed rulers. And just like their ancestors, they are perfect, whole and complete beings, no less than the stars and stardust covering the entire universe.

2020 ALA Rainbow Book List Selection
A Bank Street College Best Book of the Year, Starred Outstanding Merit Title
2019 Foreword INDIES Awards Finalist

Author: Kathryn Gonzales, Karen Rayne
ISBN-10: 1433829835
ISBN-13: 9781433829833
Publisher: Magination Press
Language: English
Published: 08/27/2019
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.38lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.70w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2019
School Library Journal 08/01/2019 pg. 92
Publishers Weekly 08/05/2019
Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2019 - Recommended - Hard To Beat