Resources for Allies

  • A Nurse’s Comprehensive Guide to Gender-Affirming Care

    A Nurse’s Comprehensive Guide to Gender-Affirming Care by Nurse Practitioner Programs.

    Read

  • Becoming Visible: Trans Stories

    A podcast hosted by Jack Fonder, a transgender man and Susan Williams, mom of a transgender teen in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

    Listen

  • Let's Talk About Intersex

    Let's Talk about Intersex Animation

    Watch

  • Transformation Project Advocacy Network

    Advocating for the dignity and well-being of transgender South Dakotans. Through social and political action, we partner with all South Dakotans to confidently advocate for transgender equity and justice.

    Learn More

Book Recommendations for Allies

​He’s Always Been My Son: A Mother’s Story about Raising Her Transgender Son

by Janna Barkin

Parenting Beyond Pink & Blue: How to Raise Your Kids Free of Gender Stereotypes

by Christia Spears Brown

Gender Identity: Beyond Pronouns and Bathrooms

by Maria Cook, Alexis Cornell

A Practical Guide to Understanding Gender Variance: Including Intersex, Trans, Non-Binary & Gender Fluid Individuals

by Helen Dale

Transgender Profiles: Time for a Change

by Linda Defruscio-Robinson

Pink is a Girl Color… and Other Silly Things People Say

by Stacy and Erik Dragsest

I Promised Not to Tell: Raising a Transgender Child

by Cheryl B. Evans

What Does God Think?: Transgender People and The Bible

by Cheryl B. Evans, Colby Martin

This is How it Always Is

by Laure Frankel

Sid Doesn’t Feel Like a Boy or a Girl!

by Dylan Greenberg

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Red: A Crayon’s Story

by Michael Hall

The Sign Around My Neck

by Lucas Hasten

Parts and Hearts: A Kids (and Grown-Ups) Guide to Transgender Transition

by Jenson J. Hillenbrand

How to Understand Your Gender

by Alex Iantaffi

Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen

by Jazz Jennings

Helping Your Transgender Teen, 2nd Edition: A Guide for Parents

by Irwin Krieger

Through the Door of Life: A Jewish Journey between Genders

by Joy Ladin

Trans Kids

by Tey Meadow

Jamie is Jamie: A Book about Being Yourself and Playing Your Way

by Afsaneh Muradian, Maria Bogade

Trans Kids and Teens: Pride, Joy, and Families in Transition

by Elijah C. Nealy

Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family

by Amy Ellis Nutt

Who Are You?: The Kids Guide to Gender Identity

by Brook Pessin-Whedbee, Naomi Barduff

Trans-Gender: Theology, Ministry, and Communities of Faith

by Justin Sabia-Tanis

Becoming Eve: My Journey from Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi to Transgender Woman

by Abby Stein

God Doesn’t Make Mistakes: Confessions of a Transgender Christian

by Laurie Suzanne Scott

Raising Ryland: Our Story of Parenting a Transgender Child with Strings Attached

by Hillary Whittington