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Breaking Point

by Suzy Spencer (Goodreads Author)

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Has Medicine Lost Its Mind?: Why Our Mental Health System Is Failing Us and What Should Be Done to Cure It

by Robert C. Smith MD

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Mental: Lithium, Love, and Losing My Mind

by Jaime Lowe

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Book cover for Transgender 101: a Guide to Coping with Gender Dysphoria

Transgender 101: a Guide to Coping with Gender Dysphoria by Adrienne J

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The bigots and transphobes don’t deserve to have that hold on your life. They deserve nothing and they are nothing but weak and pathetic.

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Mark’s Quotes

“Being told you are not who you know yourself to be is trauma [page 321]”
― Elijah C. Nealy, Transgender Children and Youth: Cultivating Pride and Joy with Families in Transition

tags: children, education, ftm, mtf, transgender

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“When her breast grew, Teena hated how they hurt. When someone stared at her chest, it would make her feel sick. She liked her body before puberty and despised it when it started to develop. She wasn't feminine she wasn't graceful and she didn't want to be [page 47]”
― Aphrodite Jones, All She Wanted

tags: ftm, transgender, true-crime

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