USA:
National Center for Transgender Equality, https://transequality.org/know-your-rights
Transgender Law Center, www.transgenderlawcenter.org
Lambda Legal, https://www.lambdalegal.org/issues/transgender-rights
National Center for Lesbian Rights, https://www.nclrights.org/
GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders (GLAD), https://www.glad.org/our-impact/cases/?issues=transgender-rights&type=advocacy
American Civil Liberties Union, https://www.aclu.org/issues/lgbt-rights/transgender-rights
Sylvia Rivera Law Project, https://srlp.org/
Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund, transgenderlegal.org
UK:
Press for Change, www.pfc.org.uk
Scottish Transgender Alliance, www.scottishtrans.org
Gender Identity Research & Education Society, https://www.gires.org.uk/
Republic of Ireland:
Transgender Equality Network Ireland, https://www.teni.ie/
Continental Europe:
Transgender Europe, www.tgeu.org
Global:
Human Rights Watch (reports, by country or region): https://www.hrw.org/topic/lgbt-rights
Global Action for Trans* Equality, https://gate.ngo/
How to change your Social Security records: https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/lnx/0110212200
How to change your passport: http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/passports/information/gender.html
How to change your immigration documentation: https://transequality.org/know-your-rights/immigration-documents
National Center for Transgender Equality: https://transequality.org/documents
NOTE: For specific State and Local laws and regulations write or call National advocacy or Legal organizations for referrals to State organizations.
Schools In Transition: A Guide for Supporting Transgender Students in K-12 Schools: http://www.aclu.org/Schools-in-Transition
Know Your Rights: A Guide for Trans and Gender Nonconforming Students: https://www.aclu.org/other/know-your-rights-guide-trans-and-gender-nonconforming-students
Resource Library: ACLU LGBT Youth and Schools Resources and Links:https://www.aclu.org/library-lgbt-youth-schools-resources-and-links
How to file a Title IX complaint with U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights: http://knowyourix.org/title-ix/how-to-file-a-title-ix-complaint/
Questions and answers on OCR's complaint process: http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/qa-complaints.html
Questions and answers on Title IX and single-sex classes and activities: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/faqs-title-ix-single-sex-201412.pdf
OCR complaint forms (electronic and PDF): https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/complaintintro.html
Model local education agency policy on transgender and nonbinary students: https://www.glsen.org/activity/model-local-education-agency-policy-on-transgender-nonbinary-students
GLSEN Changing the Game – All students, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity have a right to play and feel like they belong: https://www.glsen.org/changing-the-game
For federal employees: How to file a federal discrimination complaint with EEOC: https://www.eeoc.gov/federal-sector/filing-formal-complaint
For federal employees: OPM guidance on transgender federal employees: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/diversity-and-inclusion/reference-materials/guidance-regarding-employment-of-transgender-individuals-in-the-federal-workplace.pdf
For federal employees: Discrimination by Type: https://www.eeoc.gov/discrimination-type
For federal contractors: Know Your Rights on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination: https://www.eeoc.gov/sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity-sogi-discrimination
For federal contractors: U.S. Department of Labor directive on transgender employees: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/directives/2014-02
For federal contractors: How to file a discrimination complaint with OFCCP: http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/pdf/pdfstart.htm
OSHA best practices guide on restroom access for transgender workers: https://www.osha.gov/Publications/OSHA3795.pdf
Find out whether the EEOC is the right agency to help you: https://www.eeoc.gov/youth/about-eeoc-1
Time limits for EEOC complaints: http://www.eeoc.gov/employees/timeliness.cfm
Find your EEOC field office: http://www.eeoc.gov/field/
LGBTQ+ Inclusive Language: What It Is and Why It Matters in Healthcare: https://www.premiernursingacademy.org/resources/workplace-lgbtq-inclusive-language
Guidance for transgender people in shelters: https://www.glad.org/homeless-shelter-access-transgender-people/
HUD housing discrimination info: https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/fair_housing_equal_opp/housing_discrimination_and_persons_identifying_lgbtq
HUD housing and urban development guidance: https://www.glad.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/housingandurbandevelopment.pdf
Find your HUD field office: https://www.hud.gov/local
HUD complaint process: https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/fair_housing_equal_opp/complaint-process
File a HUD complaint online: https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/fair_housing_equal_opp/online-complaint
or print and send in this HUD complaint form: https://www.hud.gov/sites/documents/DOC_12150.PDF
Detailed info on your healthcare rights: https://transequality.org/sites/default/files/docs/kyr/KYR-Healthcare-June2017.pdf
How to file a federal healthcare discrimination complaint with HHS: https://www.hhs.gov/conscience/conscience-protections/index.html#how-to-file
HHS decision affirming Medicare coverage for transition related healthcare: http://www.hhs.gov/dab/decisions/dabdecisions/dab2576.pdf
ACLU/NCTE guide for transgender parents and their children: https://www.aclu.org/report/protecting-rights-transgender-parents-and-their-children
GLAD legal Q&A for children of transgender parents: https://www.glad.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/kids-of-trans-parents.pdf
Lambda Legal FAQ about transgener parents: https://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/article/trans-parenting-faq
Info for deaf or hard of hearing people: https://www.acludc.org/en/know-your-rights/know-your-rights-deaf-rights-what-do-when-dealing-police
ACLU/NCLR Know Your Rights guide for transgender prisoners: https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/laws-court-decisions-advocacy-tips-protect-transgender-prisoners PDF version
https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/field document/121414-aclu-prea-kyrs-1 copy.pdf
ACLU PREA (Prison Rape Elimination Act) toolkit:
Find a certified PREA auditor: http://www.prearesourcecenter.org/audit/list-of-certified-auditors
American Civil Liberties Union LGBT & HIV Project (National/state offices): http://aclu.org/LGBT
http://action.aclu.org/secure/report-lgbthiv-discrimination
National Center for Lesbian Rights (National): http://www.nclrights.org
Lambda Legal (regional offices in D.C., Seattle, Los Angeles, New York City, Atlanta): http://www.lambdalegal.org
Transgender Law Center (California and Atlanta): http://www.transgenderlawcenter.org
Sylvia Rivera Law Project (New York City): http://srlp.org
National Center for Transgender Equality (National): http://www.transequality.org/
Gay and Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (New England States): http://www.glad.org/
NOTE: For specific State and Local laws and regulations write or call National advocacy or Legal organizations for referrals to State organizations.
Listed here are some of the more prominent texts in the field, most of which are non-clinical in nature. Most of these also point to additional texts and resources.
General Transgender Theory & Experience
Mock, Janet (2014). Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More. New York: Atria.
Girschick, Lori B. (2008). Transgender Voices: Beyond Women and Men. Hanover: University Press of New England.
Serano, Julia (2007). Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity. Emeryville: Seal Press.
Valentine, David (2007). Imagining Transgender: An Ethnography of a Category. Durham: Duke University Press.
Stryker, Susan & Aren Aizura, eds. (2013). The Transgender Studies Reader 2. New York: Routledge.
Stryker, Susan & Stephen Whittle (2006). The Transgender Studies Reader. New York: Routledge.
Valerio, Max Wolf (2006). The Testosterone Files: My Hormonal and Social Transformation from Female to Male. Emeryville: Seal Press.
Green, Jamison (2004). Becoming a Visible Man. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press.
Wilchins, Riki (2004). Queer Theory, Gender Theory: An Instant Primer. Los Angeles: Alyson Books.
Rose, Donna (2003). Wrapped in Blue: A Journey of Discovery – a memoir. Round Rock: Living Legacy Press.
Namaste, Vivian K. (2000). Invisible Lives: The Erasure of Transsexual and Transgendered People. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Cromwell, Jason (1999). Transmen & FTMs: Identities, Bodies, Genders & Sexualities. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
Prosser, Jay (1998). Second Skins: the body narratives of transsexuality. New York: Columbia University Press.
Bornstein, Kate (1994). Gender Outlaw: On men, women and the rest of us. New York: Routledge.
Transgender History
Stryker, Susan (2017). Transgender History, second edition: The Roots of Today’s Revolution. Berkeley: Seal Press.
Stryker, Susan (2008). Transgender History. Berkeley: Seal Press.
Meyerowitz, Joanne (2002). How Sex Changed: A History of Transsexuality in the United States. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
Feinberg, Leslie (1996). Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to RuPaul. Boston: Beacon Press.
Transgender Law & Policy Texts
Levi, Jennifer L., & Monnin-Browder, Elizabeth E. (Eds.) (2012). Transgender Family Law: A Guide to Effective Advocacy. Bloomington: Authorhouse.
Bender-Baird, Kyla (2011). Transgender Employment Experiences: Gendered Perceptions and the Law. Albany: State University of New York Press.
Weiss, Jillian T. (2007). Transgender Workplace Diversity: Policy Tools, Training Issues, and Communication Strategies for HR and Legal Professionals. North Charleston: Booksurge Publishing.
Currah, Paisley, Juang, Richard. M., and Minter, Shannon P. (Eds.) (2006). Transgender Rights. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Health, Medical, and Psychology Texts
Witten, Tarynn M., and Eyler, A. Evan (2012). Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Aging: Challenges in Research, Practice & Policy. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press.
Ehrensaft, Diane (2011). Gender Born, Gender Made: Raising Healthy Gender-Nonconforming Children. New York: The Experiment Publishing.
Ettner, Randi, Monstrey, Stan, & Eyler, A. Evan (Eds.) (2007). Principles of Transgender Medicine and Surgery. New York: The Haworth Press. Second Edition (2016), Ettner, Monstrey, & Coleman, Eli (Eds.)
Lev, Arlene Istar (2004). Transgender Emergence: Therapeutic Guidelines for Working With Gender-Variant People and their Families. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Clinical Practice Press.
Children and Adolescent (for Adults, by non-clinical authors)
Brill, Stephanie and Pepper, Rachel (2008). The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals. San Francisco: Cleis Press.
Beam, Chris (2007). Transparent: Love, Family, and Living the T with Transgender Teenagers. Orlando: Harcourt, Inc.
Children and Adolescent (for Youth, by non-clinical authors)
Rainess, Seth Jamison (2015). Real Talk For Teens: Jump-Start Guide to Gender Transitioning and Beyond. Transgress Press.
Intersex-related
Greenberg, Julie (2012). Intersexuality and the Law: Why Sex Matters. New York: NYU Press.
Karkazis, Katrina (2008). Fixing Sex: Intersex, Medical Authority, and Lived Experience. Durham, Duke University Press.
Preves, Sharon E. (2003). Intersex and Identity: The Contested Self. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press.
Dreger, Alice Domurat (1998). Hermaphrodites and the Medical Invention of Sex. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.