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Genderqueer Links and Books

The following are link and book recommendations, all evaluated myself, as helpful resources for learning and/or places of connection that relate to genderqueer concepts and identities. If there is a resource you would like to suggest, please use the GQID ask box or submit form (select Submit a Link from the drop-down). If you are instead looking for the bibliography for the Genderqueer History and Identities project, click here.

     Links:

Genderqueer-friendly Tumblrs: Androgynites Unite, Anything But Binary, Ask a Non-Binary, Break the Binary, LGBTQ Advice, Fuck Yeah Androgyny!, Fuck Yeah Bigender!, Fuck Yeah Genderless, Fuck Yeah Gender Studies!, Fuck Yeah, Genderqueers!, Fuck Yeah Non-Binary Seahorse, The Gender Book, Genderforkr,Gender Queeries, Genderqueer, GQ Moments, KNOW Homo, Neutrois, Nonbinary Autistics!, Non Binary Confessions, Non-Binary Folk, no gender rules, Practical Androgyny, Queer Dictionary, STFU Binarists, Trans Parrotfish, Trans* Transgressions, Trans* Tumblr Directory, TRANSPRIDE

GQ-friendly Livejournal Communities: Androgynes, Bigender, Birls, Gender Blur,gender_fluid, Genderqueer, Girlfags and Guydykes, Transgender

Websites and FAQS: Androgyny Rarely Asked Questions, Chroanagram, Genderfork, Genderology, Genderpedia, Genderqueer in the UK, GenderQueer Revolution, Gender Sphere, The Midwest Trans & Queer Wellness Initiative, pipisafoat: FAQ on Genderqueers, Gender Expression, and Gender Variance, Practical Androgyny, Questioning Transphobia, T-Vox

Organizations and Events: Click here for a list.

Forums: Laura’s Playground, Susan’s Place, TransYada, What is Gender?

Identity Sites: Androgyne Online, Bi-Gender the Bisexual Partner,GirlFags, Neutrois.com/Neutrois Outpost, Neutrois Nonsense

Prounouns and Titles: Art of Transliness: Gender Neutral Relational Terms, Gender Neutral Pronoun Blog, Gender Queeries: Gender Neutral/Queer Titles, MIT’s Ally Toolkit: Gender Neutral Pronoun Usage

Articles: Click here for a list.

Fun, Videos, Podcasts, & Performance: Genderqueer Chat, Gendercast: Our Transmasculine Genderqueery, Gender Queeries, Kreative Korporation: Yay genderform! (a comprehensive and fun to play with list of gender, sex, orientation, and more identities), Midwest Genderqueer, regender: A Different Kind of Translator

Education: Gender Diversity Project, Gender Spectrum: Resources, Queer Teaching Tips, Safe Schools Coalition, TRANScending Identities: A Bibliography of Resources on Transgender and Intersex Topics

The Trevor Project: “The leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services” to LGBT youth: 866-4-U-TREVOR (866-488-7386) Also available for matters of less urgency, Dear Trevor is “an online non-time sensitive, Question & Answer resource for young people with questions surrounding sexual orientation and gender identity.” A directory of previous questions in the category of Transgender/Genderqueer is available as well.

Banner: This Journal is Gay/Lesbian, Bisexual, Pansexual, Transgender, Intersex, Genderqueer, Asexual Positive (with flags; without flags). Designed by nethdugan.

     Books: 

Note: Try Worldcat.org to see if the book you’re seeking is available at a library near you!

Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us - Kate Bornstein

Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation - Kate Bornstein

My Gender Workbook: How to Become a Real Man, a Real Woman, the Real You, or Something Else Entirely - Kate Bornstein

Hello, Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks, and Other Outlaws - Kate Bornstein

Books and essays by Ivan Coyote

GenderQueer: Voices From Beyond the Sexual Binary - Joan Nestle, Riki Wilchins, Clare Howell

Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity - Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

PoMoSexuals: Challenging Assumptions About Gender and Sexuality - Carol Queen and Lawrence Schimel

Queer Theory, Gender Theory - Riki Anne Wilchins

Read My Lips: Sexual Subversion and the End of Gender - Riki Anne Wilchins

Trans Bodies, Trans Selves (in-progress) - Laura Erickson-Schroth

Feeling Wrong in Your Own Body: Understanding What It Means to Be Transgender - Jamie A. Seba

That’s Revolting!: Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation - Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

Transgender Voices: Beyond Women and Men - Lori B. Girshick and Jamison Green

Transition and Beyond: Observations on Gender Identity - Reid Vanderburgh

I’m amazed and proud that the Genderqueer Identities resource list has been reblogged 800+ times! Now updated with links newly added since this was originally posted. Let’s keep passing it on.

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