A Growing Up Guide For
Trans and Nonbinary Youth

An honest, all-inclusive, uncensored guide with real-world information for teens who are transgender, nonbinary, gender-nonconforming, gender-fluid, or questioning their gender identity.

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Dear Reader,

No matter where you live, it is important to know this:

Transgender and gender-nonbinary people have often held a revered place in their societies. We have been healers, shamans, revered rulers. We are no less than the stars and we are expressions of all that is beautiful in this universe that knows no other constant but change.

So go forward in this book, in your life, in your world, knowing that you are perfect, whole, and complete. Operate from a place where you know your own power, your own marvelousness.

Know that your ancestors were no less than gods.

Kathryn & Karen

Meet the Authors

KATHRYN GONZALES, MBA

Kathryn Gonzales, MBA, is the Operations & Programs Director at Out Youth, a Co-Chair of the steering committee for the Central Texas Transgender Health Coalition, the Chair of the board of directors at HavenCon, and a commissioner on the City of Austin’s LGBTQ Quality of Life Commission. Kathryn is always seeking out new ways for youth to share their stories with the world.

KAREN RAYNE, PhD

Karen Rayne, PhD, is the author of Girl: Love, Sex, Romance and Being You , which was features in Teen Vogue, on npr.org , and earned a starred review in Publishers Weekly. She is Executive Director of the nonprofit UN|HUSHED, writes comprehensive sexuality materials, and trains professionals internationally. She lives in Austin, TX.

A Growing Up Guide For Trans and Nonbinary Youth