gender identity

This book traces the "nature versus nurture" debate over the origin of same-sex attraction. It questions those traditional notions of gender, gender identity and sexual orientation at the center of LGBT people's sense of self, their struggle for civil rights, and happy, fulfilling lives.

When Hillary and Jeff Whittington posted a YouTube video of their five-year-old son Ryland's transition from girl to boy, it instantly went viral and has been seen by more than a million viewers since its posting. Telling their story in full led to this book. After Ryland became deaf at age one and needed cochlear implants, they spent nearly four years successfully teaching her to speak. Then it was their turn to listen to Ryland as she insisted she was a boy. Hillary and Jeff share their experiences as they try to erase the stigma surrounding the word transgender.

"When people look at George, they think they see a boy. But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she's a girl. George thinks she'll have to keep this a secret forever. Then her teacher announces that their class play is going to be Charlotte's Web. George really, really, REALLY wants to play Charlotte. But the teacher says she can't even try out for the part . . . because she's a boy. With the help of her best friend, Kelly, George comes up with a plan. Not just so she can be Charlotte -- but so everyone can know who she is, once and for all"--provided by publisher.

"Six teens tell what it is like for them to be members of the transgender community"--Dust jacket.

"Austin Szerba narrates the end of humanity as he and his best friend Robby accidentally unleash an army of giant, unstoppable bugs and uncover the secrets of a decades-old experiment gone terribly wrong"--.

An award-winning foreign correspondent who contributed to a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times series reveals the secret Afghan custom of disguising girls as boys to improve their prospects, discussing its political and social significance as well as the experiences of its practitioners.

Jennifer Boylan discusses how she spent the first forty years of life knowing she was a woman trapped in a man's body and explores how her physical, emotional, and spiritual life was changed after a sex-change operation.

"Intertwines the stories of a defiant Renaissance painter and a modern teenage girl ... two characters inhabit the spaces between categories. In one half of the book, we follow the story of Francescho del Cossa, a Renaissance painter in fifteenth-century Italy who assumes a dual identity, living as both a man and a woman. In the novel's other half, George, a contemporary English teenage girl, is in mourning after the death of her brilliant, rebellious mother. As she struggles to fill the void in her life, George finds her thoughts circling again and again around a whimsical trip she and her mother once made to Italy, to see a certain Renaissance fresco."--Provided by publisher.

"What is gender? Is gender changeable? Does gender always match up with one's sexuality or outward appearance? These are questions at the forefront of contemporary debates for increased rights for trans men, trans women, and others who do not conform to our society's gender norms. Students will read the experiences of gender non-conforming individuals--as well as court decisions related to recent legal cases and media coverage--in order to better understand the challenges they face today"--Back cover.