Growing Up Trans in Our Own Words

Lindsay Herriot, Kate Fry
- Editors
(Teen Nonfiction - 306.7608 Gro)

What does it mean to be young and transgender today? Written by trans youth from ages 11–18, this collection illustrates the trans experience through stories, essays, art, and poetry. They tell of the challenges—big and small—of being a young trans person. It is also a toolkit for what understanding, acceptance, and support for the trans community looks like.


YA LGBTQIA+ Nonfiction

  • Be Gay, Do Comics!: Queer History, Memoir, and Satire from The Nib


  • Honor Girl: A Graphic Memoir


  • Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American


  • What's the T?


  • A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns


  • Growing Up Trans in Our Own Words


  • Queer as All Get Out: 10 People Who've Inspired Me


  • The Queer Film Guide


  • Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality


  • Spinning


  • Gender Queer: A Memoir


  • Bi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality


  • Honor Girl: A Graphic Memoir


  • Rainbow Revolutions: Power, Pride, and Protest in the Fight for Queer Rights


  • A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns


  • Pride: The LGBTQ+ Rights Movement: A Photographic Journey


  • The Fire Never Goes Out: A Memoir in Pictures


  • A Queer History of the United States for Young People


  • Here and Queer: A Queer Girl's Guide to Life


  • The Fire Never Goes Out: A Memoir in Pictures


  • I'm a Wild Seed


  • How to Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual


  • Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American


  • Queer There and Everywhere: 27 People Who Changed the World


  • A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities


  • How to Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual


  • This Book is Gay


  • Be Gay, Do Comics!: Queer History, Memoir, and Satire from The Nib


  • The LGBTQ+ History Book


  • I'm a Wild Seed


  • Spinning


  • From Gay to Z


  • A Quick & Easy Guide to Asexuality


  • A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities


  • A Quick & Easy Guide to Asexuality


  • Gender Queer: A Memoir


  • 365 Gays of the Year (Plus 1 for a Leap Year): Discover LGBTQ+ History One Day at a Time


  • Queer as All Get Out: 10 People Who've Inspired Me