32 Essential Books by Trans and Nonbinary Authors to Add to Your Reading List

"Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity" ($20)

In an enlightening, deeply educational, and eye-opening historical account, scholar C. Riley Snorton identifies the cross-sectionality between transness and Blackness in his book "Black on Both Sides: A Radical History of Trans Identity." Carried by an extensive archive of materials such as fugitive-slave narratives, sensationalist journalism, and Afro-modernist literature, Snorton gives insight into the importance of Black history in relation to transgender topics.