Always My Child: A Parent's Guide to Understanding your LGBT or Questioning Son or Daughter

Kevin Jennings (NY: Simon & Schuster, 2003)

This is a wonderful resource for any parent who leanrs or suspects that their child is lgbt. Really, it's a wonderful source for anyone. 

Coming Out Young and Faithful

Leanne McCall Tigert & Timothy Brown (Cleveland: The Pilgrim Press, 2001)

Sometimes it's just good to hear it from the source. This book offers stories of mostly UCC youth who discover that they are lgbt. This is an important population to remember, especially since youth are coming out earlier and earlier in life. 

How Homophobia Hurts Children

Jean M. Baker (NY: Harrington Park Press, 2002)

Baker is a clinical psychologist and offers a sensitive exploration of the challenges that lgbt children face in school and ways to make our schools safer and more responsive to their needs. 

The Cost of Truth: Faith Stories of Mennonite and Brethren Leaders and Those Who Might Have Been

Roberta Showalter Kreider, editor (Kulpsville, PA: Strategic Press, 2004)

Personal stories written by Mennonites and Brethren. 

Articles About Minority Stress

Click the titles below to read more about minority stress of lgbtq people

The Minority Stress Perspective by Michael P. Dentato from the April 2012 Psychology and AIDS Exchange Newsletter published by the American Psychological Assocation

Prejudice, Social Stress and Mental Health in Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Populations: Conceptual Issues and Research Evidence by Ilan H. Meyer, Psychol Bull, 2003 September 

Gender minority stress, mental health, and relationship quality: A dyadic investigation of transgender women and their cisgender male partners by Kristi E. Gamarel, et al. J Fam Psychol, 2014 August

Intersectionality 101

Olena Hankivsky, PhD

The aim of this primer is to provide a clear-language guide to intersectionality; we explore its key elements and characteristics, how it is distinct from other approaches to equity, and how it can be applied in research, policy, practice and teaching. Most importantly, the primer aims to show how intersectionality can fundamentally alter how social problems are experienced, identified and grasped to include the breadth of lived experiences.

The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals

Stephanie Brill and Rachel Pepper, Cleis Press, 2008

A guidebook that includes  development, legal, medical and school issues 

transACTION: A Transgender Curriculum for Churches and Religious Institutions

Institute for Welcoming Resources  

A new curriculum designed for churches and religious institutions to help congregants and members understand and welcome transgender persons into their congregations and faith settings.

Transgender Journeys

Virginia Ramey Mollenkott and Vanessa Sheridan (Cleveland: Pilgrim Press, 2003)

Mollenkott and Sheridan offer their life experiences as an opportunity to reflect theologically, biblically and ethically about what it means to be both Christian and gender-variant.