Genderqueer Leadership

Role models, trailblazers, and leaders are sometimes felt to be
in short supply in the queer community -- and in the genderqueer
community in particular, it can feel like there are almost no
non-cis leaders in day-to-day life. This week, El and Josie talk
about their experiences (or lack thereof) with genderqueer
leaders, and how to find that leadership in your own life.


In lieu of leaders in your day-to-day life, here are some
nonfiction books by non-binary authors that you can look up to!


Those that El has read:


What's Your Pronoun, by Dennis Baron - This is
very academic and much more about the grammar of pronouns
than gender expansive identities, but it is a great resource to
throw at people who are still upset about the singular use of
they/them


Raising Them, by Kyl Myers - A memoir about
gender creative parenting that follows an incredible family as
they raise their child without an assigned gender. The author,
Kyl, identifies as gender expansive and uses she/them, and has a
PhD in gender studies - and I'm obsessed with them.


Nonbinary: Memoirs of Gender and Identity, by
Micah Rajunov - A memoir series written exclusively by older
nonbinary folx aimed primarily at showing how long various
nonbinary gender identities have existed.


Gender Queer, by Maia Kobabe - A beautiful
graphic memoir written by a non-binary author as e discover eir
gender identity. TW for pap smears


Some El hasn't read, but  found from reputable sources and
plans to read eventually. . .


The Queer Art of Failure, by Jack J. Halberstam
- This one is heavily academic, and focuses on willingness
to fail and to lose one’s way, to pursue difficult questions
about complicity, and to find counterintuitive forms of
resistance


Beyond the Gender Binary, by Alok Vaid-Menon -
ANOTHER graphic memoir!


Transcending: Trans Buddhist Voices, by Kevin
Manders - A series of memoirs of nonbinary Buddhists.


Music for Gender Journeys Composed by Sonia Bourdaghs


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