Trans Day of Remembrance Book List

November 20 is Trans Day of Remembrance in Canada. It is a time to honour those lost to violence, those who live through violence and transphobia, and to recognize the need to disrupt the violence and oppression that trans people continue to face.

To help expand our knowledge on this important topic, UBC Okanagan Library has put together a virtual list and physical display of books that centre the voices and experiences of trans individuals.

Click on each book link to learn how you can borrow the book from UBC Okanagan Library.

Learn more about Trans Day of Remembrance and how you can take part.

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Non-fiction

What’s your pronoun? : beyond he & she by Dennis Baron

Transgender cinema by Rebecca Bell-Metereau

Special topics in being a human: a queer and tender guide to things I’ve learned the hard way about caring for people, including myself by S. Bear Bergman; illustrated by Saul Freedman-Lawson

Gender outlaw: on men, women, and the rest of us by Kate Bornstein

Cleavage: men, women, and the space between us by Jennifer Finney Boylan

Struggling for ordinary: media and transgender belonging in everyday life by Andre Cavalcante

Trans history : from ancient times to the present day a graphic novel by Alex L. Combs & Andrew Eakett

You’re in the wrong bathroom!: and 20 other myths and misconceptions about transgender and gender-nonconforming people by Laura Erickson-Schroth and Laura A. Jacobs

Trans bodies, trans selves: a resource for the transgender community edited by Laura Erickson-Schroth

Love in exile by Shon Faye

Transgender voices: beyond women and men by Lori B. Girshick

Trans activism in Canada : a reader edited by Dan Irving and Rupert Raj

Supporting transgender and non-binary people with disabilities or illnesses: a good practice guide for health and care provision by Jennie Kermode

Transgender students in elementary school: creating an affirming and inclusive school culture by Melinda M. Mangin

Transgender resistance: socialism and the fight for trans liberation by Laura Miles

Grabbing tea editted by Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz and Sara Howard

The remedy: queer and trans voices on health and health care edited by Zena Sharman

Reclaiming two-spirits: sexuality, spiritual renewal, & sovereignty in Native America by Gregory D. Smithers

The myth of the wrong body by Miquel Missé translated from Spanish by Frances Riddle

In their shoes: navigating non-binary life by Jamie Windust

 

Fiction and Poetry

We want it all: an anthology of radical trans poetics edited by Andrea Abi-Karam & Kay Gabriel

TransNarratives: scholarly and creative works on transgender experience edited by Kristi Carter and James Brunton

Gender euphoria: stories of joy from trans, non-binary and intersex writers edited by Laura Kate Dale

There are trans people here by H. Melt

Little fish by Casey Plett

The art of being normal by Lisa Williamson

 

Memoir & Autobiography 

The autobiography of a transgender scientist by Ben Barres

Trans figured: on being a transgender person in a cisgender world by Sophie Grace Chappell

Tomboy survival guide by Ivan Coyote

The gender games: the problem with men and women… from someone who has been both by Juno Dawson

Fine: a comic about gender by Rhea Ewing

All my friends are invisible: when the world doesn’t understand you, it’s time to create your own by Jonathan Joly

Love lives here: a story of thriving in a transgender family by Amanda Jetté Knox

Gender queer: a memoir by by Maia Kobabe; colors by Phoebe Kobabe

Trans like me: a journey for all of us by C.N. Lester

I’m afraid of men by Vivek Shraya

Fierce femmes and notorious liars: a dangerous trans girl’s confabulous memoir by Kai Cheng Thom