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Gender issues are in the news almost every day. And they are a part of many people's lives every day, too. So at its heart, this debate isn't about a debate -- it's about people. And so is this book. Andrew Walker explores what, if anything, it means to be male or female; and suggests how each of us can think through the various views on gender. He looks at what Jesus said -- the Jesus who debated issues, but much more than that, who loved people....
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Transgender Rights and Issues covers the growing acceptance of the transgender community throughout the years, the discrimination transgender men and women face each day, and how United States and other countries are making changes to fix these issues. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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"In MARGARET AND THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING BODY, twelve-year-old Margaret Worms is the head detective of her friends' mystery club, Girls Can Solve Anything, but by high school the club has disbanded and Margaret has developed an eating disorder that sends her to a treatment center. Once there, Margaret goes on a quest of recovery and self-discovery that combines nineties girl group series and choose-your-own-adventures with a queer and trans coming-of-age...
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"Seventeen-year-old Gael is used to keeping to himself. Though his best friend gets him to attend a meeting of Plus, a support group for LGBTQIA+ teens, Gael doesn't plan on sharing much. Where would he even start? Between supporting his mother through bouts of depression, keeping his distance from his estranged father, and navigating senior year as a transgender boy at a conservative Tennessean high school, his life is a lot to unload on strangers....
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2020.
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"This empowering guide shows you how to live your best non-binary life, and offers experienced advice for non-binary people on how to navigate the world and their evolving identity. Covering everything from fashion and dating, to work and growing up, to future key debates, these funny tales and light-hearted anecdotes speak directly to the non-binary community. Read this inspirational, honest and celebratory book if you want to forge a better, more...
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"A passionate, powerful memoir by a trailblazing Black transgender activist, tracing her life of transformation and her work towards collective liberation. In 2017, Raquel Willis took to the National Women's March podium just after the presidential election of Donald Trump, primed to tell her story as a young Black transgender woman from the South. Despite having her speaking time cut short, the appearance only deepened her commitment to speaking...
90) My rainbow
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[2020]
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"A dedicated mom puts love into action as she creates the perfect rainbow-colored wig for her transgender daughter, based on the real-life experience of mother-daughter advocate duo Trinity and DeShanna Neal"--
91) Pet
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IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7
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In a near-future society that claims to have gotten rid of all monstrous people, a creature emerges from a painting seventeen-year-old Jam's mother created, a hunter from another world seeking a real-life monster.
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2022.
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Explores the history of transgender and gender nonconforming people, with a focus on those who identified in other than a straightforward binary fashion; on communities in West Africa, Asia, and among Native Americans; and on cross-dressing in World War I prison camps and in entertainment.
"Today's narratives about trans people tend to feature individuals with stable gender identities that fit neatly into the categories of male or female. Those stories,...
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"Compassionate, biblical, and thought-provoking, embodied is an accessible guide for christians who want help navigating issues related to transgenderism. Preston Sprinkle draws on scripture as well as real-life stories of individuals struggling with gender dysphoria to help readers understand the complexities and emotions of this highly relevant topic. With careful research and an engaging style, Embodied explores what it means to be transgender,...
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"Daniel Mallory Lavery is known for blending genres, forms, and sources to develop fascinating new hybrids--from lyric rants to horror recipes to pornographic scripture. In his most personal work to date, he turns his attention to the essay, offering vigorous and laugh-out-loud funny accounts of both popular and highbrow culture while mixing in meditations on gender transition, family dynamics, and the many meanings of faith. From a thoughtful analysis...
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Dylan doesn't have a lot of experience with comfort. His room in the falling-down Village Estates can generously be categorized as “squalid,” and he sure as hell isn't getting any love from his mother, who seemed to-no, definitely did-enjoy the perks that went along with being the parent of a “cancer kid.” His only escape has been in the form of his favorite video game-World of Warcraft-and the one true friend who makes him feel understood,...
97) Jack & Yaya
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[2021]
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Jack and Yaya celebrate their 30th year of friendship in their New Jersey hometown with a motley crew of family and neighbors. They party, reminisce and continue to support each other as they both fight for acceptance as trans people.
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"Jeremy Harkiss, cheer captain and student body president, won't let coming out as a transgender boy ruin his senior year. Instead of bowing to the bigots and outdated school administration, Jeremy decides to make some noise--and how better than by challenging his all-star ex-boyfriend, Lukas for the title of Homecoming King? Lukas Rivers, football star and head of the Homecoming Committee, is just trying to find order in his life after his older...
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"In the summer of 2015, shortly after Caitlyn Jenner came out as transgender, the NAACP official and political activist Rachel Dolezal was "outed" by her parents as white, touching off a heated debate in the media about the fluidity of gender and race. If Jenner could legitimately identify as a woman, could Dolezal legitimately identify as black? Taking the controversial pairing of transgender and transracial as his starting point, Rogers Brubaker...
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