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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
Description
Le Guin's Hainish series begins with the assumption that centuries ago humanoids from the planet Hain ventured through the solar system establishing colonies on various planets including Earth. For mysterious reasons these colonies lose all contact and knowledge of each other until the 21st century when an attempt is made to establish a galactic league. Individual stories in this loosely organized series explore the inherent communication difficulties...
Author
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Butler addresses the regulation of sexuality and gender that takes place in psychology, aesthetics, and social policy. These essays deepen her treatment of issues introduced by earlier work on the relationship between power and the body, the meaning & purpose of the incest taboo, and the problems of kinship.
Author
Publisher
Routledge
Language
English
Description
Cultural theorists have written loads of smart but difficult-to-fathom texts on gender theory, but most fail to provide a hands-on, accessible guide for those trying to sort out their own sexual identities. In My Gender Workbook, transgender activist Kate Bornstein brings theory down to Earth and provides a practical approach to living with or without a gender. Bornstein starts from the premise that there are not just two genders performed in today's...
Author
Publisher
Rosen Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Throughout human history, societies around the world have developed varying concepts of gender that affect the roles its citizens play in their communities. There is an equally rich history of individuals who reject, subvert, expand, or explore the gender roles of their society. This book serves as an accessible introduction to the history of gender and conversations on gender identity happening today. It breaks down complex social issues at a lower...
Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"Gender and Culture in Psychology introduces readers to new approaches to the psychological study of gender that bring together feminist psychology, socio-cultural psychology, discursive psychology and critical psychology. It presents research and theory that embed human action in social, cultural and interpersonal contexts. The book provides conceptual tools for thinking about gender, social categorization, human meaning and culture. It also describes...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
HL 600L
Language
English
Description
"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, during, and after their personal acknowledgment of gender preference. Portraits, family photographs, and candid images grace the pages, augmenting the emotional and physical journey each youth has taken. Each honest discussion and disclosure, whether joyful...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A picture book that introduces the concept of gender identity to the youngest reader from writer Theresa Thorn and illustrator Noah Grigni. Some people are boys. Some people are girls. Some people are both, neither, or somewhere in between. This sweet, straightforward exploration of gender identity will give children a fuller understanding of themselves and others. With child-friendly language and vibrant art, It Feels Good to Be Yourself provides...
12) Mask of shadows
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
HL 690L
Language
English
Description
Gender fluid Sallot Lean is a thief who wants nothing more than to escape the drudgery of life as a highway robber and get closer to the upper-class, and the nobles who destroyed their home. Sal auditions to become a member of The Left Hand, the Queen's personal assassins, named after the rings she wears, in order to infiltrate the court and get revenge. But the audition is a fight to the death filled with clever circus acrobats, lethal apothecaries,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
1090L
Language
English
Description
A LGBTQ chronicle for teens shares hip, engaging facts about 23 influential gender-ambiguous notables from the era of the Roman Empire to the present, exploring how they defied convention to promote civil rights, pursue relationships on their own terms and shape culture.
16) Every day
Author
Series
Every Day volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
HL 650L
Language
English
Description
Every morning A wakes in a different person's body, in a different person's life, learning over the years to never get too attached, until he wakes up in the body of Justin and falls in love with Justin's girlfriend, Rhiannon.
17) George
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
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Description
Knowing herself to be a girl despite her outwardly male appearance, George is denied a female role in the class play before teaming up with a friend to reveal her true self.
Author
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Language
English
Description
"Despite significant advances for gay and transgender persons in the United States, the public school environment remains daunting, even frightening, as evidenced by numerous high-profile incidents of discrimination, bullying, violence, and suicide. Yet efforts to protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) students and educators, or to enhance curricula to better reflect the experience of differing sexual orientations and...
Author
Publisher
Icon Books Ltd
Pub. Date
2016.
Lexile measure
1270L
Language
English
Description
"Activist-academic Meg John Barker and cartoonist Julia Scheele illuminate the histories of queer thought and LGBTQ+ action in this groundbreaking non-fiction graphic novel. From identity politics and gender roles to privilege and exclusion, Queer explores how we came to view sex, gender and sexuality in the ways that we do; how these ideas get tangled up with our culture and our understanding of biology, psychology and sexology; and how these views...
20) Ruin of stars
Author
Series
Mask of shadows volume 2
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
HL 690L
Language
English
Description
As Opal, Sal now has the power, prestige, and ability to exact revenge, but must first identify the murderers while ignoring the fact that Elise is a virtual prisoner and the queen may have ulterior motives.
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