The International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia is May 17, every year, in recognition of the World Health Organization declassifying homosexuality as a mental disorder on May 17, 1990. This year's theme is “Our Bodies, Our Lives, Our Rights”, highlighting the right to live one's sexuality, express gender(s) freely, and be free of violence and discrimination.
The Economic Case For LGBT Equality: Why Fair And Equal Treatment Benefits Us All by M. V. Lee Badgett
We know that homophobia harms people in many ways. Economist M. V. Lee Badgett argues that in addition to moral and human rights reasons for equality, there's a financial argument too.
The Beginner's Guide To Being A Trans Ally by Christina Whittlesey
With real-life examples and FAQs, learn helpful strategies to navigate respectful conversations, speak up against transphobia and create inclusive relationships and spaces.
Raising LGBTQ Allies: A Parent's Guide To Changing The Messages From The Playground by Chris Tompkins
Parents and caregivers, learn the many ways you can prevent new generations from adopting homophobic and transphobic beliefs.
Death Threat by Vivek Shraya and Ness Lee
In the fall of 2017, the acclaimed writer and musician Vivek Shraya began receiving vivid and disturbing transphobic hate mail from a stranger. Celebrated artist Ness Lee brings these letters and Shraya's responses to them to startling life in Death Threat, a comic book that, by its existence, becomes a compelling act of resistance.
Fierce Femmes And Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl's Confabulous Memoir by Kai Cheng Thom
The highly sensational, ultra-exciting, sort-of true, coming-of-age story of a young Asian trans girl, pathological liar, and kung-fu expert who runs away from her parents’ abusive home in a rainy city called Gloom, combatting transmisogyny, racism, and police brutality as she finds her way.
Every Class In Every School: Final Report On The First National Climate Survey On Homophobia, Biphobia, And Transphobia In Canadian Schools
The first national climate survey (2011) on homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia in Canadian schools. Download the 2021 report, Still In Every Class In Every School.
Under The Rainbow by Celia Laskey
Big Burr, Kansas is the kind of place where everyone seems to know everyone--or so they think. But when a national nonprofit labels Big Burr "the most homophobic town in the U.S." and sends in a queer task force to live and work there for two years, no one is prepared for what will ensue.
The Laramie Project and The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later by Moises Kaufman et al.
Together, The Laramie Project and The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later create a powerful vision of the small Wyoming town where Matthew Shepard was murdered in an act of brutality and hate that shocked the world.
Beyond Pronouns by Tammy Plunkett
If your child or teen recently told you they are transgender, non-binary or genderfluid, you're bound to have questions. Offering gentle guidance through the first 100 days and beyond, Plunkett uniquely addresses the need for parents and caregivers to be supported so they can best care for their child.
