Month of Understanding Sources
Look here for articles, podcasts and more on the topics the MOU is covering. We will continue to add sources throughout the month--it's a community source so please let us know if you have something to add. Thank you!
Gender
- The Language of Gender"The vocabulary of gender continues to evolve and there is not universal agreement about the definitions of many terms. Nonetheless, here is some working language and examples of frequently used (and misused) terms. We offer them as a starting place for dialogue and understanding, which begins by clarifying how we are using various terms, rather than asserting that they represent the final or only definition of the various terms." - Gender Spectrum
Books & Reading
Gender Queer: A Memoir by Started as a way to explain to eir family what it means to be nonbinary and asexual, Gender Queer is more than a personal story: it is a useful and touching guide on gender identity—what it means and how to think about it—for advocates, friends, and humans everywhere.
Trans kids: being gendered in the twenty-first century by Trans Kids is a trenchant ethnographic and interview-based study of the first generation of families affirming and facilitating gender nonconformity in children.
Trans generation: how trans kids (and their parents) are creating a gender revolution by Based on interviews with transgender kids, ranging in age from 4 to 20, and their parents, and over five years of research in the US and Canada, The Trans Generation offers a rare look into what it is like to grow up as a trans child.
- College Success for Students With Learning Disabilities Strategies and Tips to Make the Most of Your College ExperienceThe complete handbook for college-bound kids with learning disabilities.
- Diary of a Dyslexic School Kid by Alais WintonExperience day-to-day life for a dyslexic kid, including school life, bullying and coping with tests and homework, in this frank and funny diary.
- Neurodivergent Rebel: Rebelling Against a Culture that Values Assimilation Over IndividualityWhat is AutiGender? The relationship between autism and gender. An autistic perspective by blogger Christa Holmans, aka Neurodivergent Rebel.
- Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Huntmiddle grade novel (but good for all ages!): "Everybody is smart in different ways. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its life believing it is stupid."
Videos
- Creating Gender Inclusive SchoolsTrailer for film about gender inclusivity in schools.
Podcasts
- Noncompliant"In the podcast, we discuss how institutions practice social control, how these practices get normalized and how we can (and do) intervene to make change. Some of the topics we’re covering: AAC and communication rights; the problem of ABA; autism pseudoscience; ADHD in historical context; juvenile justice; the autistic self-advocacy movement; sexuality; independent supported living; special education; and access to health care."
- neurodiverse podcasts"Here are a list of Podcasts related to autism, neurodiversity, employment, empowerment, and quality of life. "
Never Too Old: Gender Identity Children's Books and Readings
- Gender Identity: Children's BooksChildren's books are not just for kids! Here's a list of some faves about gender identity.
MLK Assembly
- Tech Is a Citadel. Del Seymour Built a Drawbridge.NYTimes article about MLK ASM speaker Del Seymour.
- The Tenderloin Rebbe brings prosecutors face-to-face with homelessnessArticle about MLK ASM speaker Rabbi Michael Lezak of Glide Memorial Church.
- What if I were homeless? An immersion course in empathy in San Francisco’s TenderloinLATimes article about the work being done at Glide Memorial Church.
- Our democracy’s founding ideals were false when they were written. Black mericans have fought to make them true.from the NYTimes 1619 Project
- Letter from a Birmingham JailRead MLK Jr.'s open letter that became a crucial text of the Civil Rights Movement. "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Post-Urban as a POC
- Real Talk: Being a POC at a PWIStories from students of color who attend predominantly white institutions.
