The following are a list of resources that I have found useful during my husband’s transition (FTM), during my own gender identity exploration process (non-binary/genderqueer), and during pregnancy and parenting. I will keep updating it as I find more. Please let me know if any of the links aren’t working. Thanks!
Start here
If you are new to thinking of gender as different from sex or gender as a spectrum, or you’re not familiar with some of the terminology I use in the blog, here are some resources that take you through the basics.
- Chase Ross’s Trans 101 Playlist
- Ashley Wylde’s Gender Resources Playlist
- Ash Hardell The ABC’s of LGBT Playlist
Youtube
- Chase Ross – Canadian trans man
- Ash Hardell – Non-binary perspective
- Ash and Grace Hardell – Both non-binary, fun discussions about their different perspectives and their relationship
- Ashley Wylde – Non-binary perspective
- Aaron Ansuini – Canadian trans man, discussions about intersections of gender and disability
- Jamiedodger – trans man, some videos involving is girlfriend/fiancee for the partner’s perspective
Podcasts
- The Gender Rebels (also a youtube channel) – Faith, a trans woman, and her partner Kath, a cis woman, discuss a variety of topics related to transition and gender
- They/Them/Theirs by Jo & Rayne
- The Beyond Gender Podcast – interviews with trans and gender-nonconforming people
- Transpantastic – George, a trans man, and his wife Jess, a non-binary person, discuss gender, transition, and parenting their neuro-divergent kids.
- Transitional Wisdom by C and Nash
- Gender Reveal by Molly/Scout Woodstock
- Gender Stories by Alex Iantaffi
- NB by Caitlin Benedict for the BBC
- Public Trans
- The T and Cake Podcast
- The Gender Agenda
- Trans Positivity Podcast
- You’re So Brave (also a youtube channel) – conversations between Chase Ross and Aaron Ansuini, both trans men from Montreal.
Websites
- Dara Hoffman-Fox – a gender therapist from Colorado who is also non-binary and has good resources for people questioning their gender, discussions of their own gender discovery process, and resources for gender therapists.
- Non-binary identities wiki
Books
- You and Your Gender Identity – A Guide to Discovery by Dara Hoffman-Fox. This is a practical guide that walks you through preparing for, reflecting on, and exploring your gender identity in a holistic, personal, objective manner.
- How to Understand Your Gender – A Practical Guide to Understanding Who You Are by Alex Iantaffi and Meg-John Barker
PREGNANCY AND PARENTING
- Book: The Birth Partner, 5th Ed by Penny Simkin
- Podcast: Masculine Birth Ritual by Grover Wehman-Brown
- Podcast: The Gender Diaries by Ruby and Lucy
If there are other resources you have found useful, leave a comment below and I will check them out! Hope this helps.