Amid book bans that target LGBTQ literature, transgender authors continue to tell their own stories

Book recommendations from Traci Thomas

• "We Deserve Monuments" by Jas Hammonds
• "Detransition, Baby" by Torrey Peters
• "Summer Fun" by Jeanne Thornton
• "Felix Ever After" by Kacen Callender
• "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
• "She is a Haunting" by Trang Thanh Tran
• "An Unkindness of Ghosts" by Rivers Solomon
• "Manhunt" by Gretchen Felker-Martin

• "Gender Queer: A Memoir" by Maia Kobabe
• "The Natural Mother of the Child: A Memoir of Nonbinary Parenthood" by Krys Malcolm Belc
• "Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir" by Akwaeke Emezi
• "Black Boy Out of Time: A Memoir" by Hari Ziyad
• "Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness" by Da'Shaun Harrison
• "All Boys Aren't Blue: a Memoir-Manifesto" by George M. Johnson
• "Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More" by Janet Mock
• "Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story" by Jacob Tobia
• "Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality" by Sarah McBride
• "Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity" by C. Riley Snorton

• "Pageboy" by Elliot Page
• "A Trans Man Walks Into a Gay Bar: A Journey of Self (and Sexual) Discovery" by Harry Nicholas
• "We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film" by Trev'elle Anderson