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Black Trans* Lives Matter

Resources by and about Black Trans* Folks (*includes trans, transgender, transsexual, agender, genderqueer, non-binary, two-spirit, and other genders outside cisgender) by Amir El-Chidiac

Books That Include Black Trans* Experiences and Perspectives

Ezili′s Mirrors: Imagining Black Queer Genders by Omise′eke Natasha Tinsley

Ezili′s Mirrors: Imagining Black Queer Genders by Omise'eke Natasha Tinsley

Halal If You Hear Me by Fatimah Asghar and Safia ElHillo

Halal If You Hear Me by Fatimah Asghar and Safia ElHillo

Black Sexualities: Probing Powers, Passions, Practices and Policies by Juan Battle (Ed.), and Sandra L. Barnes (Ed.)

Black Sexualities: Probing Powers, Passions, Practices and Policies by Juan Battle (Ed.), and Sandra L. Barnes (Ed.)

Black LGBT Health in the United States: The Intersection of Race, Gender and Sexual Orientation by Lourdes Dolores Follins (Ed.), and Jonathan Mathias Lassiter (Ed.)

Black LGBT Health in the United States: The Intersection of Race, Gender and Sexual Orientation by Lourdes Dolores Follins (Ed.), and Jonathan Mathias Lassiter (Ed.)

Fashioning Lives: Black Queers and the Politics of Literacy by Eric Darnell Pritchard

Fashioning Lives: Black Queers and the Politics of Literacy by Eric Darnell Pritchard

Terrorizing Gender: Transgender Visibility and the Surveillance Practices of the U.S. Security State by Mia Fischer

Terrorizing Gender: Transgender Visibility and the Surveillance Practices of the U.S. Security State by Mia Fischer

Subject to Change: Trans Poetry and Conversations by H. Melt (Ed.)

Subject to Change: Trans Poetry and Conversations by H. Melt (Ed.)

Queer and Trans Artists of Color: Stories of Our Lives by Nia King (Ed.)

Queer and Trans Artists of Color: Stories of Our Lives by Nia King (Ed.)

Semi queer: Inside the World of Gay, Trans, and Black Truck Drivers by Anne Balay

Semi Queer: Inside the World of Gay, Trans, and Black Truck Drivers by Anne Balay

A Dirty South Manifesto: Sexual Resistance and Imagination in the New South by L.H. Stallings

A Dirty South Manifesto: Sexual Resistance and Imagination in the New South by L.H. Stallings

No Tea, No Shade: New Writings in Black Queer Studies by E. Patrick Johnson (Ed.)

No Tea, No Shade: New Writings in Black Queer Studies by E. Patrick Johnson (Ed.)

Oppression and the Body: Roots, Resistance, and Resolutions by Christine Caldwell (Ed.), and Lucia Bennett Leighton (Ed.)

Oppression and the Body: Roots, Resistance, and Resolutions by Christine Caldwell (Ed.), and Lucia Bennett Leighton (Ed.)