A short and incomplete list of books, podcasts, and videos that explore more about gender.

Books

  • Gender: A Graphic Guide

    By Meg-John Barker and Jules Scheele

    Tackling current debates and tensions, which can divide communities and even cost lives, Barker and Scheele look to the past and the future to explore how we might all approach gender in more caring and celebratory ways.

  • A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities

    By Mady G. and Jules Zuckerberg

    Covering essential topics like sexuality, gender identity, coming out, and navigating relationships, this guide explains the spectrum of human experience through informative comics, interviews, worksheets, and imaginative examples.

  • Beyond the Gender Binary

    By Alok Vaid-Menon
    Illustrated by ASHLEY LUKASHEVSKY

    Alok Vaid-Menon challenges the world to see gender not in black and white, but in full color. Taking from their own experiences as a gender-nonconforming artist, they show us that gender is a malleable and creative form of expression. The only limit is your imagination.

  • My New Gender Workbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Achieving World Peace Through Gender Anarchy and Sex Positivity

    By Kate Bornstein

    Cultural theorists have written loads of smart but difficult-to-fathom texts on gender theory, but most fail to provide a hands-on, accessible guide for those trying to sort out their own sexual identities. My Gender Workbook, brings theory down to Earth and provides a practical approach to living with or without a gender.

  • A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns

    By Archie Bongiovanni and Tristan Jimerson

    A short and fun comic guide that explains what pronouns are, why they matter, and how to use them. They also include what to do if you make a mistake, and some tips-and-tricks for those who identify outside of the binary to keep themselves safe in this binary-centric world.

  • They Call Me Mix

    They Call Me Mix is a bilingual (English and Spanish) Children's book geared towards Kinder-2nd grade age students about what it means to be a transgender person of color.

  • Queer: A Graphic History

    By Meg-John Barker and Jules Scheele

    Activist-academic Meg-John Barker and cartoonist Jules Scheele illuminate the histories of queer thought and LGBTQ+ action in this groundbreaking non-fiction graphic novel.

  • Excluded: Making Feminist and Queer Movements More Inclusive

    By Julia Serano

    As a trans woman, bisexual, and femme activist, Julia Serano has spent much of the last ten years challenging various forms of exclusion within feminist and queer/LGBTQ movements. In Excluded, she chronicles many of these instances of exclusion and argues that marginalizing others often stems from a handful of assumptions that are routinely made about gender and sexuality.

    Serano advocates for a new approach to fighting sexism that avoids these pitfalls and offers new ways of thinking about gender, sexuality, and sexism that foster inclusivity.

Podcasts

  • Marsha's Plate

    A lively podcast where three friends come together every Thursday to share opinions and perspectives that centers the black perspective. Diamond Stylz, Mia Mix, and Zee explore topics of gender, current events, politics, and scumbags all around the world upholding systems of oppression from a black trans feminist lens.

  • Gender Reveal

    The Gender Reveal podcast explores the vast diversity of trans experiences through interviews with a wide array of trans, nonbinary and two-spirit people. Created by journalist and educator Tuck Woodstock, the show also serves as a free educational tool for anyone seeking to learn more about gender.

  • History Is Gay

    History is Gay is a monthly podcast where two queer nerds use their passion for social justice, history, and storytelling to examine the overlooked and underappreciated queer ladies, gents, and gentle-enbies from the unexplored corners of history. Because history has never been as straight as you think.

  • Gender Stories

    Every body has a relationship with gender... What's your story? In this podcast Alex Iantaffi, author of "How to Understand Your Gender: a practical guide for exploring who you are" will reflect on how gender impacts different areas of our lives, such as relationships, spirituality, parenting and more. They will have guests to explore these topics as well as reflect on their own experiences as a therapist, writer, educator and trans masculine, non-binary person (don't worry if you don't know what that means, there will be a podcast episode about terminology!).

Videos

  • Social Constructs | Philosophy Tube

    “What are social constructs, and why do some people get so upset about them?”

    Abigail Thorn provides an excellent overview of how social constructs function, why saying that something is a social construct is a far cry from denying that it has real effects, and why these conversations can be fraught.

  • Identity: A Trans Coming Out Story | Philosophy Tube

    Abigail Thorn’s coming out video. Grounded in both philosophical theory and her personal experiences, she guides the viewer to understand how a trans person might come to know themselves.

  • J.K. Rowling | ContraPoints

    A clear and surprisingly compassionate breakdown of what transphobia looks like, Natalie Wynn debunks the underlying logic denying transgender people access to healthcare, legal recognition, and bathrooms with wit and clarity.