The space adventures of Marko and Alana continue in the sixth installment of this graphic novel series. Their daughter Hazel begins kindergarten and, while there, meets her first transgender adult, Petrichor, who features prominently in subsequent…
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EPL Picks: International Transgender Day of Visibility
March 31st is the International Transgender Day of Visibility, a day of celebrating and recognizing the incredible accomplishments of the trans community. Check out this list of titles that include transgender characters--there's a title for all ages, from kids to adults!
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- Shock Pao can navigate the Slip, the electronic realm of his cyberpunk world. Pressed into service by a ruthless crime lord, he finds himself in the middle of a society-shaking conflict involving gangs, assassins, and all-powerful AIs. Shock is also…
- Gibson is an LGBT+ spoken word poet, and this volume of poems talks about everything from sexual and gender identity to dating to panic attacks, with raw, heartfelt emotion. (Trigger warnings for school shootings, the Orlando gay bar shooting,…
- Learn what it’s like to be transgender from the experiences of transgender people. This collection reveals the journeys and challenges faced by those who transition, and talks about hormone treatments, reassignment surgeries, coming out, sex and…
- Danny Tozer accidentally ends up with the superpowers of the biggest hero of all time, Dreadnought. A side effect of these powers is becoming your true, ideal self, and for Danny, that means becoming Danielle. On top of learning to handle her new…
- Nine months after the events of “Dreadnought”, Danny is protecting her city on her own and struggling to stay afloat. Her family still doesn’t accept her, her friendships are dwindling, and a new supervillain will test her strength and identity in…
- J has always felt like a boy, hiding his female body beneath bandages and baggy clothes. After being discarded by his best friend and family, he runs away. He discovers a school for LGBT+ teens, where he finds new friends and gains self-acceptance…
- Amanda has just moved to a new town and uses that opportunity to embrace her new self, transitioning from her previous life as Andrew. As she makes new friends, she must also develop a relationship with her estranged father, and decide how much to…
- Grayson makes his first friend in a long time, and his aunt and uncle couldn’t be happier. But when he tries out for the lead role in his school play, the Greek goddess Persephone, they’re concerned. Tensions abound relating to the casting choice…
- Gabe is part-time DJ and close to graduating high school. He has also started to transition from his old life as Elizabeth. Only his parents and his lifelong friend know at first, but then a girl at school finds out and outs him and Gabe worries his…
- From the time she was two years old, Jazz knew that she had a girl's brain in a boy's body. This confused her family, until they took her to a doctor who said that Jazz was transgender and that she was born this way. This book is based on her…
- Liv knows he is a boy, and has no interest in wearing the skirts mandated for girls by his school. With the help of some supporting friends, he challenges his school’s dress code and gains the courage he needs to come out. Also available as an…
- Everyone thinks George is a boy, but she is really a girl named Melissa. When her fourth-grade class prepares a production of Charlotte’s Web, George wants to play the part of Charlotte. But things aren’t that simple, not even when George summons…
- Zenobia July has moved cities to live with Aunts Phil and Lucy, and starts school for the first time as a trans girl. Zen bonds with her school’s band of “orphan misfits,” but even with the support and love of her aunts, she wrestles daily with the…
- Shane switched schools three years ago and could finally be the boy he knew he was, without being treated differently. When a school bully shows students an old picture of Shane dressed as a girl, however, rumors fly, and Shane worries he’ll lose…
- Offers an upbeat portrait of what's possible: Max can ask for and receives the support he needs from school and his parents. There are also eye-opening moments for Max: his new friend Teresa rejects his assertion that girls don't like to climb trees…
- Jackie’s older sister, Susan, must come to terms with Jackie deciding they are Jack instead. While Susan mourns the loss of her sister, she comes to realize that whether Jack is a boy or a girl doesn’t matter, her sibling is still her sibling.
- Someone hacks and posts an entire town’s private information. In the wake of all the exposed secrets, four friends must fight for their very lives. One of them, Bex, is a transgender woman, and is portrayed by transgender actress Hari Nef. (Trigger…
- A documentary showing the transition of Suzanna into Coby, with interviews and conversations with Coby, his partner, and his parents, and YouTube clips posted by Coby when he was younger and began his gender journey. Informative of the transitioning…
- In this French film, Laure moves to a new neighborhood for the summer and makes some new friends, but introduces herself to them as Mikael. The film follows the gender experimenting Mikael does and the reactions of family and friends when they find…
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