Being Trans

• I Think I Might Be Transgender, Now What Do I Do?
  What is transgender? Am I normal? What about HIV/AIDS? What about transitioning?
• Transgender: What is it?
  If you're questioning or want to know more about being transgender, read this Q & A about transgender identity by AEGIS.
• A Teen's Guide to Selecting A Therapist
  A step by step approach to selecting a trans friendly and youth friendly therapist.
• Transgender Youth at Risk for Exploitation, HIV, Hate Crimes
  Dallas Denny examines why transgender youth are at risk for exploitation, HIV, and hate crimes.
• What is Gender Identity?
  Answering your questions about what gender identity means, another good 101 piece by former Advocates intern Tsipporah Liebman.
• Transgender Youth and the Role of Service Providers
  Tips for service providers who work with transgender youth by Charlene Leach.

What is GenderQueer?

• Identifying as genderqueer
• Sex and Gender: Nature and Nurture?
• Gender(queer) Politics
• Resources

Queerphobia: Perpetual Fear

• How Society Makes Queerphobia Acceptable and Everlasting

Read our personal stories on being Trans

And don't forget to check out the Trans Health section!

Resources

• Gender Education and Advocacy
  A transgender organization dedicated to both education and advocacy, which includes AEGIS.
• National Center for Transgender Equality
  NCTE is a social justice organization working to make transgender people safe from discrimation and violence.
• IFGE
  The International Foundation for Gender Education.
• Southern Comfort
  An excellent annual transgender conference.

For Transguys

• FTM International
  Possibly the most comprehensive site for FTMs out there.
• True Spirit Conference
  A conference for people on the transmasculine vector.

For Transwomen

• Transsexual Road Map
  A comprehensive guide on transitioning from male to female.

Books

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

Stone Butch Blues
A novel by Leslie Feinberg

Pomosexuals: Challenging Assumptions about Gender & Sexuality
Carol Queen

Changing Ones: Third and Fourth Genders in Native North America
Will Roscoe

The Last Time I Wore a Dress
A Memoir: Daphne Scholinski

Self-Made Man
Paul Hewitt with Jane Warren

As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl
John Colapinto

Transmen and FtMs: Identities, Bodies, Genders, and Sexualities
Jason Cromwell

Dear Sir or Madam: The Autobiography of a Female-To-Male Transsexual
Mark Rees

'O Au No Keia: Voices from Hawai'i's Mahu and Transgender Communities
Andrew Matzner