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A 2015 Stonewall Honor Book

A groundbreaking work of LGBT literature takes an honest look at the life, love, and struggles of transgender teens.

Author and photographer Susan Kuklin met and interviewed six transgender or gender-neutral young adults and used her considerable skills to represent them thoughtfully and respectfully before,…

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1 author picked Beyond Magenta as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I taught high school for many years, and I thought I was pretty well-versed in the teen experience. This book proved me wrong, and I was fascinated.

Here, I learned about a huge spectrum of what it means to be transgender, not just the narrow biological male to female or biological female to male transitions. I was totally blown away by everything packed into this guide.

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