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Feminism will ruin your life -- in the best way possible -- because society screams numerous messages every moment about how women must look, act, and speak in order to earn their right to be seen and heard. The only thing any human needs to do in order to earn their right to exist, however, is to exist. Break free of the insidious narratives that hold you back from being your most authentic self.
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English
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In Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood, the Vida/Sida Cacica Pageant brings together members of the Puerto Rican community to celebrate its transgender participants.. I AM THE QUEEN follows Bianca, Julissa and Jolizza as they prepare for the pageant under the guidance of Ginger Valdez, an experienced transgender from the neighborhood. These trans women share stories of their transition, their relatives’ varying reactions, and how they find support...
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English
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"Food critic Dorothy Daniels loves what she does. Discerning, meticulous, and very, very smart, Dorothy's clear mastery of the culinary arts make it likely that she could, on any given night, whip up a more inspired dish than any one of the chefs she writes about. Dorothy loves sex as much as she loves food, and while she has struggled to find a long-term partner that can keep up with her, she makes the best of her single life, frequently traveling...
4) Every day
Author
Series
Every day volume 1
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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Every day a different body. Every day a different life. There's never any warning about where it will be or who it will be. A has made peace with that, even established guidelines by which to live: Never get too attached. Avoid being noticed. Do not interfere. It's all fine until the morning that A wakes up in the body of Justin and meets Justin's girlfriend, Rhiannon. From that moment, the rules by which A has been living no longer apply. Because...
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
182 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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English
Description
"Author and photographer Susan Kuklin met and interviewed six transgender or gender-neutral young adults and used her considerable skills to represent them thoughtfully and respectfully before, during, and after their personal acknowledgment of gender preference. Portraits, family photographs, and candid images grace the pages, augmenting the emotional and physical journey each youth has taken. Each honest discussion and disclosure, whether joyful...
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Mask of shadows duology volume 2
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English
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As Opal, Sal now has the power, prestige, and ability to exact revenge, but must first identify murderers while ignoring the fact that Elise is a virtual prisoner and the queen may have ulterior motives.
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English
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"If you look hard enough at old photographs, we're there in the background: healers in the trenches; Suffragettes; Bletchley Park oracles; land girls and resistance fighters. Why is it we help in times of crisis? We have a gift. We are stronger than Mundanes, plain and simple. At the dawn of their adolescence, on the eve of the summer solstice, four young girls--Helena, Leonie, Niamh and Elle--took the oath to join Her Majesty's Royal Coven, established...
9) Melissa
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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"When people look at Melissa, they think they see a boy. But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she's a girl. Melissa thinks she'll have to keep this a secret forever. Then her teacher announces that their class play is going to be Charlotte's Web. Melissa really, really, REALLY wants to play Charlotte. But the teacher says she can't even tryout for the part . . . because she's a boy. With the help of her best friend, Kelly, Melissa comes up with...
10) Ana on the edge
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
380 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
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"Twelve-year-old figure skater Ana strives to win competitions while learning about gender identity--Ana's own and that of a new friend--and how to navigate the best path forward"--
11) Girl mans up
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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"In Ontario, Pen is a sixteen-year-old girl who looks like a boy. She's fine with it, but everyone else is uncomfortable--especially her Portuguese immigrant parents and her manipulative neighbor who doesn't want her to find a group of real friends"--
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English
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Desperate for a place to belong with her father in prison and her mother dead, teenager Kenny Lugo finds a less-than-idyllic home with her Aunt Glo, her father's struggling girlfriend, and her children, until she finds redemption from an unexpected source following the killing of a college girl in the house next door.
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Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
122 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Third-grader Zeke Meeks already has two sisters, so he is bitterly disappointed when his new neighbor proves to be a girl--can Charlie change his mind and prove to him that boys and girls can play together?
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Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
229 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Told in multiple voices, seventh-grader Libby sets off a chain of events that brings hope and encouragement to four different individuals across the country who are dealing with bullies, acceptance, homelessness, and grief.
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Series
Unstoppable volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Tired of hiding in obscurity on Earth, Tina, the human clone of a brilliant alien tactician, pursues her destiny in space, but success is elusive until Tina and her best friend Rachel assemble a ragtag crew of humans and set out to save all the worlds.
16) Darling days
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English
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Unfolding in animated, crystalline prose, an emotionally raw, devastatingly powerful memoir of one young woman's extraordinary coming of age-a tale of gender and identity, freedom and addiction, rebellion and survival in the 1980s and 1990s, when punk, poverty, heroin, and art collided in the urban bohemia of New York's Lower East Side. Born into the beautiful bedlam of downtown New York in the '80s, iO Tillett Wright came of age at the intersection...
17) Bad boy: a novel
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Language
English
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"Wake presents an intense, suspenseful, and unusual tale of romantic suspense that will make readers question their perceptions of gender and relationships." —Booklist (starred review)
A "fast-paced, mind-bending romantic thriller" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) about a transgender vlog star who struggles with a past that continues to haunt him as he sets out to prove that he's not a "bad boy," but something...
A "fast-paced, mind-bending romantic thriller" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) about a transgender vlog star who struggles with a past that continues to haunt him as he sets out to prove that he's not a "bad boy," but something...
Publisher
The University of Utah Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xi, 202 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"I Spoke to You with Silence" is a collection of original essays and previously published writing that first appeared on blogs and social media outlets where self-identifying Mormons of marginalized genders share their thoughts anonymously without risking friendships, their marriages, their standing in the church, or their lives"--
19) Salt the water
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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A confrontation with a teacher and a family crisis force high school senior Cerulean Gene to drop out of twelfth grade and derails their dreams of moving cross-country and living off the grid.
20) LGBTQ rights
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Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"From the Compton's Cafeteria and Stonewall riots in the 1960s, to the decriminalization of homosexuality, and marriage rights, this thoughtful title examines the continuing fight for LGBTQ human and legal rights. Using fascinating primary and secondary source material, readers will gain insight into this evolving rights movement and be encouraged to think critically about the concepts of rights and freedoms in democratic societies. The effects of...
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