Expansive Resources

In efforts to make therapy slightly more accessible, we are providing expansive media that the For Real Fam has curated specifically for those who are interested in public education as a resource:

Lit for Queer Youth:

  • Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon

  • Heather Has Two Mommies by Lesleé Newman

  • Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag by Rob Sanders

  • Julián is a Mermaid by Jessica Love

  • When Aidan Became A Brother by Kyle Lukoff

  • My Footprints by Bao Phi

  • It Feels Good to be Yourself by Theresa Thorn

  • Love Makes A Family by Sophie Beer

  • Annie’s Plaid Shirt by Stacy B Davids

  • They Love, We Love by Sarah Kate Smigiel

Lit for Queer Adolescents:

  • Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

  • Boy Meets Boy by David Leviathan

  • Here Us Out by Nancy Garden

  • Drama by Raina Telgemeier

  • DeTransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

Lit Parents of Queer Youth / Adolescents:

  • Boy Erased by Garrard Conley

  • The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals by Stephanie A. Brill + Rachel Pepper

  • Stuck in the Middle with You: A Memoir of Parenting in Three Genders by Jennifer Finney Boylan

  • Raising My Rainbow: Adventures in Raising a Fabulous, Gender Creative Son by Lori Duron

  • Transgender Family Law: A Guide to Effective Advocacy by Jennifer Levi + Elizabeth E Monnin-Browder

  • Transitions of the Heart edited by Rachel Pepper

  • Article: Gender identity, diversity and dysphoria: supporting your child

Visual Literature

The myth of bringing your full, authentic self to work.

— Jodi-Ann Burey

A powerful examination of how the request for authenticity is often met with resistance.