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Recommended books

  • The ABC’s of LGBT+ by Ash Hardell
  • The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
  • A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf 
  • As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl by John Colapinto
  • Badly Behaved Women:  The History of Modern Feminism by Anna-Maria Crowhurst
  • The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf
  • The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
  • Betraying the Big Brother by Leta Hong Fincher
  • Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon
  • The Birth of the Pill by Jonathan Eig
  • Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment by Patricia Hill Collins
  • Caliban and the Witch:  Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation by Silvia Federici
  • Career and Family:  Women’s Century-Long Journey toward Equity by Claudia Goldin
  • The Color Purple by Alice Walker
  • Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  • Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference by Cordelia Fine
  • Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
  • Difficult Women: An Imperfect History of Feminism by Helen Lewis
  • Female Masculinity by Jack Halberstam
  • Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics by Bell Hooks
  • The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan
  • Feminist International:  How to Change Everything by Veronica Gago and Liz Mason-Deese
  • Gender Explained: A New Understanding of Identity in a Gender Creative World by Diane Ehrensaft and Michelle Jurkiewicz 
  • Gender Failure by Ivan Coyote, Rae Spoon
  • Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us by Kate Bornstein
  • Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity by Judith Butler
  • GenderQueer: Voices From Beyond the Sexual Binary by Joan Nestle, Clare Howell, and Riki Wilchins
  • Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
  • George by Alex Gin 
  • Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
  • Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
  • The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
  • Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly 
  • The History of Sexuality, Volume 1: An Introduction by Michel Foucault
  • Hood Feminism:  Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikke Kendall
  • How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
  • I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb
  • Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men  by Caroline Criado Perez
  • It’s Not About the Burqa by Mariam Khan
  • Julián Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
  • Lean In:   Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
  • The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin 
  • Living a Feminist Life by Sar Ahmed
  • Mapping Dalit Feminism by Aninditha Pan
  • Melissa by Alex Gino
  • Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit
  • Men Who Hate Women by Laura Bates
  • Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
  • Misogynation: The True Scale of Sexism by Laura Bates
  • The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World by Melinda Gates 
  • My Gender Workbook: How to Become a Real Man, a Real Woman, the Real You, or Something Else Entirely by Kate Bornstein and Diane DiMasa
  • My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinem
  • Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity by Matt Bernstein Sycamore
  • The Power by Naomi Alderman
  • The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang 
  • The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women by Jessica Valent
  • Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women’s Anger by Soraya Chemaly
  • Redefining Realness:  My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock
  • The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
  • Self-Made Man: One Woman's Journey Into Manhood and Back Again by Norah Vincent
  • The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls by Mona Eltahawy
  • Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality by Anne Fausto-Sterling 
  • Sexual Politics by Kate Millett
  • She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders by Jennifer Finney Boylan 
  • Sissy: A Coming-Of-Gender Story by Jacob Tobia
  • Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
  • Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir by Liz Prince
  • Transgender History by Susan Stryker
  • Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman by Leslie Feinberg
  • Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue by Leslie Feinberg
  • Undoing Gender by Judith Butler
  • The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler
  • We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  • Women & Power: A Manifesto by Mary Beard
  • Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estés
  • Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity by Julia Serano
  • The Yellow Wall by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Recommended films

  • 9 to 5 (1980)
  • 52 Tuesdays (2013)
  • The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
  • Alien (1979)
  • Bambie (2013)
  • Barbie (2023)
  • Bend it Like Beckham (2003)
  • Billy Ellliot (2000)
  • The Birdcage (1996)
  • Birds of Prey (2020)
  • Booksmart (2019)
  • Boys Don’t Cry (1999)
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
  • But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)
  • Clockwatchers (1998)
  • Clueless (1995)
  • The Crying Game (1992)
  • Dangal (2017)
  • Disclosure (2020)
  • Dressed in Blue (1983)
  • Easy A (2010)
  • Equity (2016)
  • Erin Brockovich (2000)
  • Euphoria (2019)
  • A Fantastic Woman (2017)
  • The Farewell (2019)
  • Flawless (1999)
  • Frida (2002)
  • Funeral Parade of Roses (1969)
  • A Girl Like Me:  The Gwen Araujo Story (2006)
  • The Glorias (2020)
  • Harlan County, USA (1976)
  • Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
  • Hidden Figures (2017)
  • His Girl Friday (1940)
  • Holler (2020)
  • Julie & Julia (2009)
  • Just Charlie (2017)
  • Kiki (2016)
  • Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
  • Laurence Anyways (2012)
  • A League of Their Own (1992)
  • Legally Blonde (2001)
  • Let Me Die a Woman (1977)
  • The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter (1980)
  • Little Women (2019)
  • Mala Mala (2014)
  • Mascara (1987)
  • Matilda (1996)
  • Moonlight (2016)
  • Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
  • Mulan (1998)
  • My Girl (1991)
  • My Life in Pink (1997)
  • Norma Rae (1979)
  • Normal (2003)
  • North Country (2005)
  • Orlando (1992)
  • Other Angels (2010)
  • Paris is Burning (1990)
  • Port Authority (2019)
  • Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
  • Princesa (2001)
  • The Princess Diaries (2001)
  • Promising Young Woman (2020)
  • Queen of Katwe (2016)
  • Queens at Heart (1967)
  • Roma (2018)
  • Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria (2005)
  • Set if Off (1996)
  • Soldier’s Girl (2003)
  • Something Must Break (2014)
  • Suffragette (2015)
  • Thelma and Louise (1991)
  • Tomboy (2011)
  • Tootsie (1982)
  • Vagabond (1985)
  • Veveno (2020)
  • Velvet Goldmine (1998)
  • Wonder Woman (2017)
  • Yentl (1983)

Recommended organizations

  • Abaad Centre for Gender Equality (Abaad MENA)
  • The Akshara Foundation
  • American Foundation for Equal Rights
  • Amnesty International
  • Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome Support Group
  • Asexual Visibility and Education Network
  • Association for Women’s Rights in Development
  • Bisexual Resource Center
  • Brothers
  • Center for Reproductive Rights
  • Equality Now
  • European Institute for Gender Equality
  • European Women’s Lobby
  • Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
  • Gay Liberation Network
  • Gender at Work
  • Gender Equality Resource Center
  • Gender Fluid World
  • The Gender Identity Center of Colorado
  • GenderQueer ID
  • Global Center for Gender Equality
  • Global Fund for Women
  • Human Rights Campaign
  • Human Rights Watch
  • International Alliance of Women
  • International Center for Research on Women
  • International Labour Organization 
  • International Rescue Committee (IRC)
  • Intersex Society of North America
  • International Women’s Development Agency
  • Lambda Legal
  • Malaika
  • The Mankind Project (MKP)
  • MATCH International Women’s Fund
  • Matthew Shephard Foundation
  • Men Engage Alliance
  • National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR)
  • The National Center for Transgender Equality
  • National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers
  • The Network of Young People for Gender Equality
  • Nike Foundation
  • Oxfam
  • PFLAG (Parents, Families, & Friends of Lesbians and Gays)
  • Plan International
  • Project DIVA International
  • PROMUNDO
  • Rise Up
  • Save the Children
  • Stand4Sisterhood
  • Time’s Up
  • Trans Student Educational Resources
  • Turner’s Syndrome Society of the United States
  • UN Women
  • Voices Against Violence
  • Women’s Inclusive Team (WIT)
  • Womankind Worldwide
  • Women4Cyber
  • Women for Women International
  • Women’s Environment and Development Organization
  • World Health Organization