If you’re the family member of a trans or gender-expansive Christian, you may have some questions. This page is full of resources to help you affirm and understand your family member, and to find support yourself.

Peer Support  |  For Parents and Partners

Understanding Trans Experiences  |  Theology

Building Affirming Communities  |  Children’s Books

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Trans Families

For parents and partners

Books for Parents of Trans People

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  • Transgender Students in Elementary School: Creating an Affirming and Inclusive School Culture by Melinda Mangin
  • Family of Origin, Family of Choice: Stories of Queer Christians by Katie Hays and Susan A Chiasson
  • Gender: Your Guide: A Gender-Friendly Primer on What to Know, What to Say, and What to Do in the New Gender Culture by Lee Airton
  • Trans Allyship Workbook: Building Skills to Support Trans People In Our Lives by Davey Shlasko
  • A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns by Archie Bongiovanni and Tristan Jimerson
  • The Transgender Child: Revised & Updated Edition: A Handbook for Parents and Professionals Supporting Transgender and Nonbinary Children Stephanie Brill by Rachel Pepper
  • Histories of the Transgender Child by Jules Gill-Peterson
  • Histories of the Transgender Child by Jules Gill-Peterson
  • Queerfully and Wonderfully Made: A Guide for LGBTQ+ Christian Teens by Leigh Finke and Jennifer Knapp
  • Embracing the Journey: Companion Study Guide Greg by McDonald and Lynn McDonald
  • Transitions of the Heart: Stories of Love, Struggle and Acceptance by Mothers of Transgender and Gender Variant Children by Rachel Pepper
  • Thriving through Transition: Self-Care for Parents of Transgender Children by Denise O'Doherty
  • Unconditional: A Guide to Loving and Supporting Your LGBTQ Child (Lgbt Book, Child Is Transgender or Lgbtq+) by Telaina Eriksen
  • The Reflective Workbook for Parents and Families of Transgender and Non-Binary Children: Your Transition as Your Child Transitions by D. M. Maynard
  • Trans-Affirmative Parenting: Raising Kids Across the Gender Spectrum by Elizabeth Rahilly
  • Daring Adventures: Helping Gender-Diverse Kids and Their Families Thrive by Rachel A. Cornwell
  • Mom, I'm Gay by Susan Cottrell

Digital Resources

Books for Partners of Trans People

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  • A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns byArchie Bongiovanni and Tristan Jimerson
  • Gender: Your Guide: A Gender-Friendly Primer on What to Know, What to Say, and What to Do in the New Gender Culture by Lee Airton
  • Reaching for Hope: Strategies and support for the partners of transgender people by Suzanne DeWitt Hall
  • The Trans Partner Handbook: A Guide for When Your Partner Transitions by Jo Green
  • The Reflective Workbook for Partners of Transgender People: Your Transition as Your Partner Transitions by D. M. Maynard
  • Family of Origin, Family of Choice: Stories of Queer Christians by Katie Hays and Susan A Chiasson
  • Trans Allyship Workbook: Building Skills to Support Trans People In Our Lives by Davey Shlasko
  • Embracing Queer Family: Learning to Live Authentically in Our Families and Communities by Nia Chiaramonte and Katie J. Chiaramonte

Understanding Trans Experiences

Want to know more about trans people?

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  • Gender: A Graphic Guide, by Meg-John Barker and Jules Scheele
  • Queer: A Graphic History, by Meg-John Barker and Julia Scheele
  • Non-Binary Lives: An Anthology of Intersecting Identities, edited by Jos Twist, Meg-John Barker, and Kat Gupta
  • A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns, by Archie Bongiovanni and Tristan Jimerson
  • Gender: Your Guide: A Gender-Friendly Primer on What to Know, What to Say, and What to Do in the New Gender Culture by Lee Airton
  • Trans Allyship Workbook: Building Skills to Support Trans People In Our Lives by Davey Shlasko
  • Gender Identity, Sexuality and Autism: Voices from Across the Spectrum, by Eva A Mendes and Brian T. Harris
  • Nonbinary Gender Identities: History, Culture, Resources by Charlie McNabb
  • Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Marsha P. Johnson and Beyond by Leslie Feinberg
  • Transgender History: The Roots of Today's Revolution by Susan Stryker
  • Evolution's Rainbow: Diversity, Gender, and Sexuality in Nature and People by Joan Roughgarden
  • Trans+: Love, Sex, Romance, and Being You, by Kathryn Gonzales and Karen Rayne
  • Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Trans (But Were Afraid to Ask) by Brynn Tannehill
  • Nonbinary: Memoirs of Gender and Identity, edited by Micah Rajunov and A Scott Duane
  • Transgender 101: A Simple Guide to a Complex Issue by Nicholas Teich
  • Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity by C. Riley Snorton
  • The Shape of Sex: Nonbinary Gender from Genesis to the Renaissance by Leah Devun
  • Byzantine Intersectionality: Sexuality, Gender, and Race in the Middle Ages
  • Histories of the Transgender Child by Jules Gill-Peterson
  • They/Them/Their: A Guide to Nonbinary and Genderqueer Identities by Eris Young
  • How to They/Them: A Visual Guide to Nonbinary Pronouns and the World of Gender Fluidity by Stuart Getty
  • Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender by Kit Heyam
  • To Survive on This Shore: Photographs and Interviews with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Older Adults by Jess T Dugan and Vanessa Fabbre

Theology

Books on theology by transgender people

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  • transforming: The Bible & the Lives of Transgender Christians by Austen Hartke
  • Trans-Gender by Justin Sabia-Tanis
  • This Is My Body: Hearing the Theology of Transgender Christians by Christina Beardsley
  • OtherWise Christian: A Guidebook for Transgender Liberation by Chris R. Paige
  • Queerfully and Wonderfully Made: A Guide for LGBTQ+ Christian Teens by Leigh Finke
  • Trans/formations by Lisa Isherwood and Marcella Althaus-Reid
  • The Queer Bible Commentary by Deryn Guest
  • Queer Religion 2 Volume Set: Homosexuality in Modern Religious History edited by Donald Boisvert and Jay E. Johnson
  • Transgender Journeys by Virginia Ramey Mollenkott and Vanessa Sheridan
  • Omnigender: A Trans-Religious Approach (REV and Expanded) by Virginia Ramey Mollenkott
  • Que(e)Rying Religion edited by Gary D. Comstock and Susan E. Henking
  • Take Back the Word - A Queer Reading of the Bible edited by Robert E. Goss and Mona West
  • Bible Trouble: Queer Reading at the Boundaries of Biblical Scholarship edited by Teresa J. Hornsby and Ken Stone
  • The Shape of Sex: Nonbinary Gender from Genesis to the Renaissance Leah Devun
  • Trans and Genderqueer Subjects in Medieval Hagiography
  • Queering Christianity: Finding a Place at the Table for LGBTQI Christians edited by Thomas Bohache, Robert Shore-Goss, and Patrick Cheng
  • Queering Christian Worship: Reconstructing Liturgical Theology by Sharon R Fennema

Books on theology by or for allies

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  • Beyond a Binary God: A Theology for Trans* Allies by Tara K. Soughers
  • Queer Virtue: What LGBTQ People Know about Life and Love and How It Can Revitalize Christianity by Elizabeth M. Rev Edman
  • Building a Bridge: How the Catholic Church and the Lgbt Community Can Enter Into a Relationship of Respect, Compassion, and Sensitivity James Martin
  • Filled with the Spirit: Sexuality, Gender, and Radical Inclusivity in a Black Pentecostal Church Coalition Ellen Lewin
  • Queer Religiosities: An Introduction to Queer and Transgender Studies in Religion by Melissa M. Wilcox
  • Transgender, Intersex, and Biblical Interpretation by Teresa J. Hornsby and Deryn Guest
  • Radical Love: Introduction to Queer Theology by Patrick S. Cheng

Videos

Digital Resources

Building Affirming Communities

Books On building Trans Affirming Churches

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  • Christianity, LGBTQ Suicide, and the Souls of Queer Folk by Cody J. Sanders
  • True Inclusion: Creating Communities of Radical Embrace by Brandan Robertson
  • A Brief Guide to Ministry with LGBTQIA Youth by Cody J. Sanders
  • Transfaith: A Transgender Pastoral Resource by Chris Dowd and Christina Beardsley
  • Ministry Among God's Queer Folk, Second Edition by Bernard Schlager and David Kundtz
  • Retreating Forward by David Elias Weekley
  • Trans Affirming Churches: How to Celebrate Gender-Variant People and Their Loved Ones by Chris Dowd and Christina Beardsley
  • Made, Known, Loved: Developing LGBTQ-Inclusive Youth Ministry by Ross Murray
  • Welcoming and Affirming: A Guide to Supporting and Working with LGBTQ+ Christian Youth ed. Leigh Finke
  • Queering Black Churches: Dismantling Heteronormativity in African American Congregations by Brandon Thomas Crowley
  • LGBTQ Catholics: A Guide to Inclusive Ministry by Yunuen Trujillo
  • LGBTQ Catholic Ministry: Past and Present by Jason Steidl
  • New Ways and Next Steps: Developing Parish LGBTQ+ Ministry by Francis Debernardo

Digital Resources

Children’s Books

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  • A Church for All by Gayle E. Pitman
  • It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book about Gender Identity by Theresa Thorn
  • Who Are You?: The Kid's Guide to Gender Identity by Brook Pessin-Whedbee
  • My Maddy by Gayle E. Pitman
  • George by Alex Gino
  • The Boy & the Bindi by Vivek Shraya
  • Neither by Airlie Anderson
  • Ho'onani: Hula Warrior by Heather Gale
  • Introducing Teddy: A Gentle Story about Gender and Friendship by Jessica Walton
  • Phoenix Goes to School: A Story to Support Transgender and Gender Diverse Children by Michelle Finch and Phoenix Finch
  • Jacob's New Dress by Sarah Hoffman and Ian Hoffman
  • They She He Me: Free to Be! by Maya Christina Gonzalez and Matthew Sg
  • I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings
  • Red: A Crayon's Story by Michael Hall
  • From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea by Kai Yun Ching and Kai Cheng Thom
  • One of a Kind, Like Me / Único Como Yo by Laurin Mayeno
  • When Aidan Became a Brother by Kyle Lukof
  • Pink Is for Boys by Robb Pearlman
  • Julián Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
  • The Gender Identity Workbook for Kids: A Guide to Exploring Who You Are by Kelly Storck