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LGBTQ+: Transgender Resources

Key Concepts

Transgender: a person whose sense of personal identity and gender does not correspond to that person's sex at birth, or does not conform to conventional notions of sex and gender.

Gender-affirming: that enables a person, esp. a transgender person, to live according to their gender identity.

Non-binary: having a gender identity that does not conform to traditional binary notions of gender in which all individuals are exclusively either male or female

-definitions adapted from the Oxford English Dictionary

Scholarly Journals

If you're looking for scholarly journal articles, please click the Databases tab above.  Two transgender focused journals are listed below.  

Books and Ebooks

You'll find books and ebooks in the Harper College Library Catalog

 

Keywords to search for in the catalog include:

  • transgender
  • "gender identity"
  • "gender nonconformity"
  • "gender transition"
  • "hormone therapy"
  • "sex reassignment surgery"

 

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