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What is Transgender Day of Visibility?

International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV) is an annual event occurring on March 31st dedicated to celebrating transgender people and their contributions to society. While celebratory in nature, this is also a day to recognize and raise awareness on the discrimination faced by transgender people worldwide.

You can read more about TDOV with Trans Student Education Resources.

Non-fiction Books on Trans Experiences

Available Digitally:

Trans/Portraits by Jackson Wright Shultz
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 1611688086
Publication Date: 2015-10-06
Giving voice to a diverse group of individuals, the book raises questions about gender, acceptance, and unconditional love. From historical descriptions of activism to personal stories of discrimination, love, and community, these touching accounts of gender transition shed light on the uncharted territories that lie beyond the gender binary.
Queer: a Graphic History by Meg-John Barker; Julia Scheele (Illustrator); Jules Scheele (Illustrator)
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 1785780719
Publication Date: 2016-09-08
From identity politics and gender roles to privilege and exclusion, Queer explores how we came to view sex, gender and sexuality in the ways that we do; how these ideas get tangled up with our culture and our understanding of biology, psychology and sexology; and how these views have been disputed and challenged.
Becoming a Visible Man by Jamison Green
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9780826514561
Publication Date: 2004-06-04
Written by a leading activist in the transgender movement, Becoming a Visible Man is an artful and compelling inquiry into the politics of gender. Jamison Green combines candid autobiography with informed analysis to offer unique insight into the multiple challenges of the female-to-male transsexual experience, ranging from encounters with prejudice and strained relationships with family to the development of an FTM community and the realities of surgical sex reassignment.
Black on Both Sides by C. Riley Snorton
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 1452955867
Publication Date: 2017-12-05
In Black on Both Sides, C. Riley Snorton identifies multiple intersections between blackness and transness from the mid-nineteenth century to present-day anti-black and anti-trans legislation and violence.
Transgender Voices: Beyond Women and Men by Lori B. Girshick; Jamison Green
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9781584656838
Publication Date: 2009-06-30
In this extraordinary book, based on 150 in-depth interviews, Lori B. Girshick, a sociologist and social justice activist, brings together the voices of sex- and gender-diverse people who speak with absolute candor about their lives.
Transgender History by Susan Stryker
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9781580052245
Publication Date: 2008-05-06
Covering American transgender history from the mid-twentieth century to today, Transgender History takes a chronological approach to the subject of transgender history, with each chapter covering major movements, writings, and events.

Available in Print:

Nonbinary by Micah Rajunov (Editor); A. Scott Duane (Editor)
Call Number: Popular Reading--1st Floor HQ77.9 .N645 2019
ISBN: 9780231185332
Publication Date: 2019-04-09
In this groundbreaking book, thirty authors highlight how our experiences are shaped by a deeply entrenched gender binary. The powerful first-person narratives of this collection show us a world where gender exists along a spectrum, a web, a multidimensional space.
"You're in the Wrong Bathroom!": and 20 other myths and misconceptions about transgender and gender-nonconforming people by Laura Erickson-Schroth; Laura A. Jacobs
Call Number: 3rd Floor HQ77.9 .E74 2017
ISBN: 9780807033890
Publication Date: 2017-05-30
Debunks the twenty-one most common myths and misperceptions about transgender issues.
Gender Outlaw by Kate Bornstein
Call Number: 3rd Floor HQ77.9 .B67 1995
ISBN: 9780679757016
Publication Date: 1995-04-25
Part coming-of-age story, part mind-altering manifesto on gender and sexuality, coming directly to you from the life experiences of a transsexual woman, Gender Outlaw breaks all the rules and leaves the reader forever changed.

Streaming Media and DVDs

LGBT Studies in Video
Contains award-winning films, documentaries, interviews, and archival footage exploring the social, cultural, and political evolution of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day.

Transamerica (DVD)
Call Number: DVD--Audiovisual Collections--8th Floor PN1995.9.G47 T73 2006
ISBN: 9781594441158
Publication Date: 2006
Bree Osbourne, a conservative transgender woman learns she is the parent of a long-lost 17-year old son. The wheels of fortune take Bree and son on a cross-country adventure, including a memorable visit with Bree's parents, that will change both of their lives.

Suited (Streaming Video)
From producers Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner (HBO’s Girls), Suited tells the story of Bindle & Keep, a Brooklyn tailoring company that looks beyond the gender binary, creating custom-made suits for gender non-conforming and transgender clients.
My Transgender Life (Streaming Video)
A moving documentary on what it's like to be transgender, to grow up in the wrong gender and eventually transition to a different sex. A documentary designed to record, share and celebrate the personal stories of transgender women and men and their stories of struggle, of courage and of triumph. Though they vary in age, ethnicity and socioeconomic backgrounds, each person has fought to cast off the gender assigned to them at birth and embrace their true selves.
Deep Run (DVD)
Call Number: DVD--Audiovisual Collections--8th Floor HQ77.8.D38 D44 2015

"A powerful verité portrait of trans life in rural North Carolina. Exiled by her family and rejected by an ex-partner, 17-year-old Spazz has no one to lean on for support. But when Spazz falls in love again and summons up the courage to become Cole, a strong-willed trans-man, his candid humor and steadfast, all-inclusive Christian beliefs counter the bigotry he experiences daily"--Container.

Atkins Library Special Collections Materials

King-Henry-Brockington LGBTQ Archive
Founded in 2013, the King-Henry-Brockington LGBTQ+ Archive is a community project designed to collect, preserve, and protect the LGBTQ+ community history of Charlotte.
Janice Covington Allison Oral History Interviews
In this series of interviews, Janice Covington Allison, a transgender woman and trans-activist in Charlotte, NC, discusses her personal history and reflects on transgender experiences in the Carolinas.
Q-Notes
Digitized copies of an LGBTQ arts, entertainment and news publication based in Charlotte. Coverage from 1983-2016.
Mecklenburg Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Political Action Committee (MeckPAC) Records
Papers related to the operation of MeckPac from its founding in 1998 to 2010. Contains Voter Guides, Correspondence, Meeting Agendas, News Clippings and Photos.

UNC Charlotte Campus Resources

Trans at UNC Charlotte

Maintained by the Office of Identity, Equity, and Engagement, this website offers basic information, policies, and support resources for trans students at UNC Charlotte.

UNC Charlotte Student Organizations

Queer Yoga CLT
Friendly Peer

Map of Gender Neutral Bathrooms at UNC Charlotte

Resources Beyond Atkins Library

Trans Student Educational Resources

Trans Student Educational Resources is a youth-led organization dedicated to transforming the educational environment for trans and gender nonconforming students through advocacy and empowerment.

National Center for Transgender Equality
Fact sheets, studies, surveys, news, and legislative updates on transgender topics ranging from homelessness to immigration to family recognition.
The Carolina Transgender Society
This group provides a safe and secure location to gather with other members of the local trans community.
Trans in the South: A Guide to Resources and Services
A directory of more than 400 Southern health service providers that the Campaign for Southern Equality team has confirmed to be trans-friendly and trans-competent.

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