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The Trans Guide to Mental Health and Well-Being

by Katy Lees

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Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America

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The Three Christs of Ypsilanti (New York Review Classics)

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Book cover for A Guide to Gender: The Social Justice Advocate's Handbook

A Guide to Gender: The Social Justice Advocate's Handbook by Sam Killermann

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“We’re not the same, but we’re also not that different,”

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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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“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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