For too long, medical and cultural narratives have tried to define transness as pathology. But gender diversity is as old as humanity—and as wide as nature. Whether you're talking with a hesitant caregiver or deepening your own knowledge, here’s a roundup of affirming resources that celebrate trans and gender diverse (TGD) existence as natural, diverse, and powerful.

🎧 Podcasts & Audio

• Radiolab:

  “Seagulls”: How queerness in nature got erased from science. Part of the

  “Gonads” miniseries—best listened to in order.

• The Queer Collective’s “The ENTIRE History of Trans People”: A queer-created, hour-long deep dive. May be “too queer” for some folks new to the convo—but that’s also what makes it great.

• QueerCME's episode with Dr. Os Keyes deep dives some gender clinic history- as always QueerCME's podcast is created for prescribing and referring clinicans (not community members)

📺 Videos

• 6-minute TED Talk: A concise, accessible history of transness.

• 16-minute educational video: Not created by a trans person, but informative and digestible.

📰 Articles

• National Geographic and The Conversation: Written introductions to the history of gender diversity.

• NEJM’s “Sex, Gender, and Sexuality”: How one of the biggest medical journals mishandled LGBT identities—and how that’s changing.

• Harvard Public Health’s reflection on trans history: Lessons we all need.

📚 Academic Dive

• Intro to Transgender History (Susan Stryker): For those looking for more structured knowledge.

• Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity (Bruce Bagemihl):  first comprehensive account of sexual diversity in the natural world, bringing together accurate, accessible, and nonsensationalized information. 

I’d love to expand this post with your contributions. What media do you share when someone questions the naturalness of gender diversity? What shifted your perspective? Email me [email protected] with your faves, and I’ll keep this post updated as a living resource.

Because transness isn’t a disorder—it’s a story. One full of power, diversity, and resilience. 💛