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Trans Day of Visibility

In recognition of Trans Day of Visibility on March 31, find below a selection of films, books, and other sources by and about trans, non-binary and two-spirit people.

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This display was created by a cishet librarian in consultation with university groups such as the Positive Space Alliance, and has continued to be updated from year to year. If you have suggestions or comments about the display, please email library@viu.ca

Selected Material by Trans, Non-Binary, Two-Spirit people

I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel; Jazz Jennings; Shelagh McNicholas (Illustrator)
Call Number: HQ 77.7 H467 2014
ISBN: 9780803741072
Publication Date: 2014-09-04
Queerly Beloved by Jacob Anderson-Minshall; Diane Anderson-Minshall
Call Number: HQ 77.8 A583 Q8 2014
ISBN: 9781626390621
Publication Date: 2014-05-13
Even This Page Is White by Vivek Shraya
Call Number: PS 8637 H73 E84 2016
ISBN: 9781551526416
Publication Date: 2016-09-13
I'm Afraid of Men by Vivek Shraya
Call Number: PS 8637 H73 Z46 2018
ISBN: 9780735235939
Publication Date: 2018-08-28
Death Threat by Vivek Shraya; Ness Lee (Illustrator)
Call Number: HQ 77.96 S47 2019
ISBN: 9781551527505
Publication Date: 2019-05-07
The Boy and the Bindi by Vivek Shraya; Rajni Perera (Illustrator)
Call Number: PS 8637 H73 B69 2016
ISBN: 9781551526683
Publication Date: 2016-10-11
Full-Metal Indigiqueer by Joshua Whitehead
Call Number: PS 8645 H5495 F85 2017
ISBN: 9781772011876
Publication Date: 2017-11-07
She Walks for Days Inside a Thousand Eyes: A Two Spirit Story by Sharron Proulx-Turner
Call Number: PS 8581 R68983 S54 2008
ISBN: 9780888013262
Publication Date: 2008

Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead
ISBN: 9781551527253
Publication Date: 2018-05-15
Making Love with the Land by Joshua Whitehead
ISBN: 9780735278868
Publication Date: 2022
You Only Live Twice: Sex, death and transition by Chase Joynt; Mike Hoolboom
ISBN: 9781552453315
Publication Date: 2016-04-19
Brown Trans Figurations : Rethinking Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Chicanx/Latinx Studies by Francisco J. Galarte
ISBN: 9781477322130
Publication Date: 2021-01-28
Trans and Gender Diverse Voices in Libraries by Kalani Adolpho (Editor); Stephen J. Krueger (Editor); Krista McCracken (Editor)
ISBN: 9781634001205
Publication Date: 2021-06-01

Spellbound by Bishakh Som
Call Number: HQ 77.8 S66 A3 2020
ISBN: 9781951491031
Publication Date: 2020-09-08
The Third Person by Emma Grove
Call Number: PN 6727 G76 T45 2022
ISBN: 9781770466159
Publication Date: 2022-05-03
Transposes by Dylan Edwards (Artist); Alison Bechdel (Foreword by)
Call Number: HQ 77.7 E39 2012
ISBN: 9780984594085
Publication Date: 2012-10-05
Phantomtits. Vol. 1 by Cara Tierney ; Pascale Arpin (illustrator)
Call Number: PN 6727 T54 P43 2020
Publication Date: 2020
Gaylord Phoenix by Edie Fake
Call Number: PN 6727 F35 G39 2010
ISBN: 9780979960987
Publication Date: 2010-12-01
First Year Out by Sabrina Symington
Call Number: PN 6733 S97 F57 2018
ISBN: 9781785922589
Publication Date: 2017-12-19
Coming Out, Again by Sabrina Symington
Call Number: PN 6733 S97 C66 2021
ISBN: 9781787752405
Publication Date: 2021-03-18

Podcasts

Podcast episodes

Oregon State University's Black Trans* Lives Matter guide by Amir El-Chidiac

NOTE: VIU Library may not have all the materials included in this guide but you can interlibrary loan books and journal articles to gain access to them.

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