Calling all awesome autistic trans teens! Yenn Purkis and Sam Rose want you to live your best authentic life – and this handy book will show you how! With helpful explanations, tips and activities, plus examples of famous trans and gender divergent people on the autism spectrum, this user-friendly guide will help you to navigate the world as an awesome autistic trans teen.
Covering a huge range of topics including coming out, masking, different gender identities, changing your name, common issues trans and gender divergent people face and ways to help overcome them, building a sense of pride and much, much more, it will empower you to value yourself and thrive exactly as you are.
Contents:
- 1. All About Autism and Gender Diversity
- 2. All About Being Gender Divergent
- 3. Some Well Known Autistic and Gender Divergent People
- 4. Being Trans and Autistic
- 5. All About Coming Out
- 6. Challenges About Being Trans and Autistic
- 7. Ways to Make Life Easier
Author Bio:
Yenn Purkis is autistic and non-binary and has published a range of books with JKP since 2006. They actively speak at autism conferences and have increasingly spoken and written on autism and LGBTQIA+ identities and received the ACT Volunteer of the Year award for work in autism advocacy. Yenn lives in Canberra, Australia.
Sam Rose is autistic and trans/non-binary. They are Network Leader at I CAN Network, a Mentor for Kids Under Cover, and a mental health speaker at batyr. Since June 2020, Sam has been running a weekly online program for young LGBTQIA+ autistic people (aged 13-17) to connect and chat about their experiences in a safe and informal environment.
