The Basics This page contains a growing number of “entry-level” introductory educational pieces that are highly recommended reading before you continue your educational search. These aim to give you a basic grasp of the psychology and definitions involved in the issues that the transgender population addresses. With these fundamentals in mind, you should be better able to choose from among longer-reading books and other resources the titles that makes sense to you at each stage of your learning process. ** Please visit the About page now and read the disclaimers there regarding the educational pieces offered on this site! ** About.htmlshapeimage_2_link_0
Introductory Educational Materials. “Transgender Glossary”: an 8-page dictionary of terms applying to transgender and larger LGBTQ communities. • Letter format: TransgenderGlossary811.pdf “The Meaning of Transgender”: a short pamphlet overview of definitions and various well-populated transgender profiles. You can print this in letter format for your own files. Or you can print the Z-fold version and copy this as a 2-sided pamphlet, perhaps on colored paper, to hand out to family, friends, co-workers or HR departments. • Letter format: MeaningOfTransgenderPamphletLetterFormat904.pdf • Z-fold pamphlet format: MeaningOfTransgenderPamphletZFold904.pdf “Why People Can Identify As Transgender”: a short pamphlet overview of the diversity of human sexuality and its role in being transgender. You can print this in letter format for your own files. Or you can print the Z-fold version and copy this as a 2-sided pamphlet, perhaps on colored paper, to hand out to family, friends, co-workers or HR departments. • Letter format: (Being updated, please check back soon.) • Z-fold pamphlet format: (Being updated, please check back soon.) “On Being Ourselves: A Transgender Perspective” by Claire Ruth Winter. On Being Ourselves is a concise book (180 pages with diagrams) that presents a fascinating new look at the nature of human diversity: why a vast but socially obscured spectrum of identities—including transgender people—will always exist. Part I offers a refreshingly intuitive analysis of human sexuality, enhanced by clear diagrams and the author’s personal experience. Part II provides a well-organized overview of the myriad forms of transgender expression, while Part III sheds light on the many kinds of relationships we can have with transgender people and how best to cope with and benefit from these. Though relatively short, this book is surprisingly rich in content and is written in an engaging and sometimes witty style that draws you in from the beginning and keeps you reading with fascination to the end. • Excerpts from the book: OnBeingOurselvesFirstEditionPreview38Page90731.pdf “Transgender Americans: A Handbook for Understanding”: created by HRC, this 52 page booklet interweaves definitions and transgender issues with photos and personal stories. • Booklet format: http://www.hrc.org/documents/Transgender_handbook.pdf The_Basics_files/TransgenderGlossary811.pdfThe_Basics_files/MeaningOfTransgenderPamphletLetterFormat904.pdfThe_Basics_files/MeaningOfTransgenderPamphletZFold904.pdfThe_Basics_files/OnBeingOurselvesFirstEditionPreview38Page90731.pdfhttp://www.hrc.org/documents/Transgender_handbook.pdfshapeimage_3_link_0shapeimage_3_link_1shapeimage_3_link_2shapeimage_3_link_3shapeimage_3_link_4