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Clinical Books:

  • Transgender Emergence: Therapeutic Guidelines for Working with Gender-Variant People and Their Families, Arlene Istar Lev  Being revised 
  • Principles of Transgender Medicine and Surgery, Ettner, Monstrey, Eyler, eds.
  • Transgenderism and Intersexuality in Childhood and Adolescence,  Cohen-Kettenis and Pfafflin

Information for Self, Youth, Parents/Family, Others

Websites:
  • LGBTQ Students and College Affordability
  • College Guide for LGBTQ Students
  • Best College for LGBTQ in each State  Best Colleges Guide for LGBTQ Students
  • youth: TRUE Center for Gender diversity at Colorado Children’s Hospital, true@childrenscolorado.org
  • youth: Rainbow Alley at www.GLBTcentercolorado.org.     
  • WPATH.org.   World Professional Assn for Transgender Health. Find a member gender therapist, Standards of Care

Organizations: 

  • www.TransgenderCenteroftheRockies.org,  support groups, part of Mile High Beh’l Health
  • www.glbtcolorado.org, advocacy, support, job fairs. Rainbow Alley social hang out
  • www.ONE-colorado.org, advocacy for healthcare, legal, other
  • www.Trans*youthchannel.org     see:  youtube.com/transyouthchannel
  • www.coloradopflag.org   Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays includes Trans. Denver and Highlands Ranch have chapters
  • highlandsranchpflag.org
  • Trans YouthFamily Allies  National organization
  • www.tyes-colorado.org   Support for families in Colorado
  • The Recovery Village   LGBTQ+ Drug and Alcohol Treatment Resources

Articles:

  • The Cost of Gender Transition: Hormone Therapy, Transgender Surgery, and More
Films/TV
  • Transparent–Amazon Prime television
  • “Trans”   Documentary of six true stories of trans children, families, transitions and more, www.transthemovie.com
  • “No Dumb Questions” and “Five Years Later”  by Daylight Productions.  Documentary following three children whose uncle becomes their auntie.  Not recommended for small children. 
  • Inside Out-the Documentary
Books ( a short list)
  • Trans-Kin: A guide for Family & Friends of Transgender People, Eleanor A Hubbard and Cameron T. Whitley
  • The Transgender Guidebook: Keys to a Successful Transition, Anne L. Boedecker
  • TransGender 101, Nicholas Teich
  • Helping Your Transgender Teen, Irwin Krieger
  • The Agony of Nurturing the Spirit: A Mother’s Recount of Raising a Transgender Child, by Stephanie, A Publication of PFLAG Philadelphia. Order from pflagphila@yahoo.com
  • The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals, Brill and Pepper
  • She’s Not There,  and sequel: I’m Looking Through You,  Jennifer Finney Boylan,  memoir

Spirituality

Books & Articles:
  • Living in the Image of God: Transgender People in Spiritual Direction, Laura Thor (see my blog)
  • Quarterly Voice, DignityUSA (GLBT Catholics), vol 13, n 2, Summer 2015
  • Transgender Good News, Pat Conover  (my favorite)
  • Omnigender: a Trans-Religious Approach, Virginia Ramey Mollenkott
  • Balancing on the Mechitzah: Transgender in Jewish Community, ed. Noach Dzmura
  • Torah Queeries: Weekly Commentaries on the Hebrew Bible, ed. G. Drinkwater, J. Lesser, D. Shneer
  • Through the Door of Life: A Jewish Journey Between Genders,  Joy Ladin
  • By the Grace of God: Lee Frances Heller and Friends: Writings for Families, Friends and Clergy,  ed. Julie Ann Johnson
  • Forsaking the Normal: Biblical Tales of Transformation, James and Evelyn Whitehead
Websites:
  • www.TransChristians.org
  • www.TransFaithOnline.org
  • DignityUSA Quarterly Voice, issues of 2015 are all by or about transgender Catholics
Listing of Religious Affirming Support Sites, Churches, Synagogues in Metro Denver:
  • www.DignityDenver.org, Catholic LGBT
  • www.Keshet.org, Jewish LGBT inclusion
  • www.Affirmation.org, LDS (Mormon)
  • House of All Sinners and Saints (Lutheran), Denver
  • B’nai Havurah, Jewish Reconstructionist synagogue, Denver
  • Warren Methodist Church, Denver
  • Park Hill UCC, Denver
  • Highlands Church, Denver  www.highlandschurchdenver.org
  • Left Hand Church, Longmont

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Email: laura.thor@hush.com
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