Suggested Reading
PFLAG NYC is often asked to recommend books on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBTQ+) subjects. From the early stages of learning about an LGBTQ+ loved one or coming out, to finding out more about the LGBTQ+ community and current issues, the books listed here are helpful in becoming well-informed.
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Parents & Families
This Is a Book for Parents of Gay Kids: A Question & Answer Guide to Everyday Life
Dannielle Owens-Reid and Kristin Russo
Chronicle Books, 2014
Two Spirits, One Heart: A Mother, Her Transgender Son, and Their Journey to Love and Acceptance
Marsha Aizumi and Aiden Aizumi
Magnus Books, 2021
Side by Side: On Having a Gay or Lesbian Sibling
Andrew R. Gottlieb
Routledge, 2004
Is It a Choice?: Answers to 300 of the Most Frequently Asked Questions About Gay and Lesbian People
Eric Marcus
HarperOne, 2005
Coming Out, Coming Home: Helping Families Adjust to a Lesbian or Gay Child
Michael C. LaSala, Ph.D.
Columbia University Press, 2010
Helping Your Transgender Teen: A Guide for Parents
Irwin Krieger
Genderwise Press, 2011
Transgender Topics
Transgender 101: A Simple Guide to a Complex Issue
Nicholas M. Teich
Columbia University Press, 2012
Trans Forming Families: Real Stories About Transgendered Loved Ones
Jessica Xavier, Mary Boenke and Arlene Istar Lev
Oak Knoll Press, 2003
She’s Not There: A Life in Two Genders
Jennifer Finney Boylan
Broadway, 2004
Transitions of the Heart: Stories of Love, Struggle and Acceptance by Mothers of Transgender and Gender Variant Children
Rachel Pepper, ed.
Cleis Press, 2012
Transgender Explained For Those Who Are Not
Joanne Herman
AuthorHouse, 2009
Becoming a Visible Man
Jamison Green
Vanderbilt University Press, 2004
Gender-Expansive/Gender-Creative Children
The Gender Creative Child: Pathways for Nurturing and Supporting Children Who Live Outside Gender Boxes
Diane Ehrensaft, PhD
The Experiment, 2016
Gender Born, Gender Made: Raising Healthy Gender-Nonconforming Children
Diane Ehrensaft, PhD
The Experiment, 2011
The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals
Stephanie A. Brill and Rachel Pepper
Cleis Press, 2008