Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More quoted a series of writers, paid homage to literary works that shaped me, mentioned a slew of pop culture references and works, and highlighted resources, organizations and studies. I offer them as a reference to deepen your reading experience.
Writers quoted
Audre Lorde
Barbara Smith
bell hooks
James Baldwin
J.K. Rowling
Oprah Winfrey
Trans foremothers mentioned
Marsha P. Johnson
Dorian Corey
S.T.A.R.
Octavia St. Laurent
Venus Xtravaganza
Miss Major-Griffin Gracy
Sylvia Rivera
Christine Jorgensen
Literary works cited
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Sula by Toni Morrison
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
“Letting Go” from Borderlands/La Frontera by Gloria Anzaldúa
The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
This Bridge Called My Back, edited by Cherrie Moraga and Gloria Anzaldúa
Pop culture references
Aaliyah
Beyonce Knowles
Clair Huxtable
Destiny’s Child
Janet Jackson’s “The Velvet Rope”
Lauryn Hill “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill”
Sex and the City
The Crying Game
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Reports, studies & organizations referenced
-GLSEN’s Model District Policy on Transgender & Gender Nonconforming Students, 2011
-The Williams Institute’s LGBT Population Report, 2011
-Lambda Legals’ Fact Sheet on LGBT Youth in Schools
-The Task Force & National Coalition of the Homeless’ LGBT Youth: An Epidemic of Homelessness, 2006
-The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs’s Report on LGBTQH Hate Violence, 2013
-The Williams Institute’s Serving Our Youth Findings, 2012
–World Professional Association of Transgender Health
–U.S. Department of Justice and the Crimes Against Children Research Center
