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WRITING BY JACKSON BIRD

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"‘Harry Potter’ Helped Me Come Out as Trans, But J.K. Rowling Disappointed MeThe New York Times, December 2019

"A Trans Guy on Adjusting to Men's Bathroom CultureThe Advocate, September 2019

"Too Young to Write a MemoirPowell's Books, September 2019

"Coming Out as a Harry Potter Fan (Oh Yeah and as Trans): A Guest Post by Sorted Author Jackson BirdLGBTQ Reads, September 2019

"9 Books to Read on Celebrate Bisexuality+ DayGet Literary from Simon & Schuster, September 2019

"5 Ways to Support the Transgender People in Your LifeTips on Life & Love from Simon & Schuster, March 2019

"More Than Just Representation: 5 Queer ReadsBook Riot, October 2018

 

"12 Most Powerful Harry Potter Witches, RankedVulture, November 2017

"Protego Totalum: Building & Protecting Trans Safe SpacesThe Wizard Activist, August 2016

 

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Sorted: Growing Up, Coming Out, and Finding My Place – A Transgender Memoir, Tiller Press. Coming September 2019

Turning Fans Into Heroes: How the Harry Potter Alliance Uses the Power of Story to Facilitate Fan Activism and Bloc Recruitment 

Social Movements and Media. 2017, 23-54 

 

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Poem in Wizards In Space Literary Magazine, Issue 01. Video performance here.

 

ZINES

Free My Nipples: The Story of My Chest 

Out of print

 

Flying Dolphins: When Your Last Name Is A Noun 

Online orders available at DFTBA.com.

 

 

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What It's Like Releasing a Book
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What It's Like Releasing a Book

Get my book, SORTED! http://bit.ly/SortedBook Come see me and Alex Myers in Boston https://www.brooklinebooksmith.com/events/2019-12/alex-myers-and-jackson-bird/ Go to the Yule Ball https://www.harryandthepotters.com/shows Listen to the episode of A Story Most Queer I was on http://astorymostqueer.mischiefmedia.com/ Learn more about GLSEN https://www.glsen.org/ Subscribe to Tyler https://www.youtube.com/tyleroakley ___ More videos I think you'll like: → 5 Things Trans People Want You To Know https://youtu.be/pDYiesH5JYg → Reading My Childhood Journals https://youtu.be/9IrYSgMi0V8 → What I'm Reading For Pride 🌈 Trans History Book Recs https://youtu.be/YBGJIAIZbig ___ ✌️Subscribe → http://bit.ly/subtojackisnotabird and hit that 🔔 for notifications! 🔴 My TED Talk, "How to talk (and listen) to transgender people" → http://go.ted.com/jacksonbird 🎧 My Podcast, Transmission → http://transmissionpod.com 📙My Book, Sorted: Growing Up, Coming Out, and Finding My Place → http://bit.ly/SortedBook ___ N O T Y O U T U B E twitter → http://twitter.com/jackisnotabird instagram → http://instagram.com/jackisnotabird facebook → http://facebook.com/jackisnotabird S T I L L N O T Y O U T U B E 🙌 Become a Patron → http://patreon.com/jacksonbird ✨ Get some merch → http://dftba.com/jacksonbird 📚 See my book recs → http://goodreads.com/jackisnotabird 🎤 Book me to speak → http://freshspeakers.com/speakers/jackson-bird V I N T A G E M A I L 📬 (that thing where you can send me physical items) Jackson Bird PO Box 3003 Astoria, NY 11103 A B O U T M E 👋 I'm Jackson Bird and I make (hopefully) funny, (sometimes) educational videos for LGBTQ+ nerds like me – and the people in our lives that want to understand us better. Here on JACKISNOTABIRD, you can find new videos every Wednesday afternoon sharing my experiences as a bisexual trans guy, answering questions about LGBTQ+ issues, and sometimes showing what happens when you put weird stuff on a waffle iron. Beyond this channel, I'm a public speaker, podcaster, writer, and pub quiz host. You can learn more about my work at http://jacksonbird.cool If you want to hire me to speak at your school, event, or business, you can email my speaking bureau at laura@freshspeakers.com Please send other business inquiries to bizinquiries@fullscreen.com P L A Y L I S T S → Transitioning 101 / FTM https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1g3MXAZto6KRN9NFqdHjDYUxxGh8tGD6 → Booktube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1g3MXAZto6J9ICZ5rsd6I937fY578_S7 → My Transition https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1g3MXAZto6KVOT6MiBkIVcVASx0bO-io → Will It Waffle? https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1g3MXAZto6KukrudNbw4ifK4LR5wr_KN ___ 😍 This video brought to you in part by the following Patrons: Adam Koski Alex Papadopoulos Alison Gupta Anna Nichols Blop Canadian lover of HP Chloe Marie Weston Chris Frank David Beasley Jake Kennedy Joce Swanson Mel Dufrene Laura González Michael Morgan Nik Hansen Rae Mreen Ryan Winter Samivaya JD Will Shughart Want to see your name here? http://patreon.com/jacksonbird ___ 🤟 [CC] Contribute non-English captions to any of my videos: http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?tab=2&c=UCX4auhvsqthZe5Ncdf0xXLA YouTube's tips on captioning https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6054623?hl=en Looking to caption your own videos? I recommend using Rev.Com! https://www.rev.com/blog/coupon/?ref=jacksonbird
I WROTE A BOOK! 📕
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I WROTE A BOOK! 📕

Pre-order my book here: http://bit.ly/SortedBook Coming out SEPTEMBER 24TH! Books by diverse trans voices that I've either read or can't wait to read: - Black on Both Sides by C. Riley Snorton - Trap Door: Trans Cultural Production and the Politics of Visibility by Reina Gossett, Eric A. Stanley, and Johanna Burton - Born on the Edge of Race and Gender: A Voice for Cultural Competency by Willy Wilkinson - Even This Page Is White by Vivek Shraya - Holy Wild by Gwen Benaway - A Place Called No Homeland by Kai Cheng Thom - Really anything by Vivek, Gwen, or Kai is amazing - And Then I Got Fired: One Transqueer's Reflections on Grief, Unemployment & Inappropriate Jokes about Death by Jay Mase III - This Wound Is a World by Billy-Ray Belcourt - Decolonizing Trans/Gender 101 by b. binaohan - No Poster Boy: Trans Fag Essays by Elliott DeLine - Sissy: A Coming of Gender Story by Jacob Tobia ___ More videos I think you'll like: → The Queer Books That Made Me Who I Am https://youtu.be/YkYMzdDqn4M?t=34 → ULTIMATE TRANS BOOK REC LIST! https://youtu.be/4DzxKTMOpp8 → My Ten Year High School Reunion https://youtu.be/ZeRgZpDbiqQ ___ ✌️Subscribe → http://bit.ly/subtojackisnotabird and hit that 🔔 for notifications! 🔴 My TED Talk, "How to talk (and listen) to transgender people" → http://go.ted.com/jacksonbird 🎧 My Podcast, Transmission → http://transmissionpod.com ___ N O T Y O U T U B E twitter → http://twitter.com/jackisnotabird instagram → http://instagram.com/jackisnotabird facebook → http://facebook.com/jackisnotabird S T I L L N O T Y O U T U B E 🙌 Become a Patron → http://patreon.com/jacksonbird ✨ Get some merch → http://dftba.com/jacksonbird 📚 See my book recs → http://goodreads.com/jackisnotabird 🎤 Book me to speak → http://freshspeakers.com/speakers/jackson-bird V I N T A G E M A I L 📬 (that thing where you can send me physical items) Jackson Bird PO Box 3003 Astoria, NY 11103 A B O U T M E 👋 I'm Jackson Bird and I make (hopefully) funny, (sometimes) educational videos for LGBTQ+ nerds like me – and the people in our lives that want to understand us better. Here on JACKISNOTABIRD, you can find new videos every Wednesday afternoon sharing my experiences as a bisexual trans guy, answering questions about LGBTQ+ issues, and sometimes showing what happens when you put weird stuff on a waffle iron. Beyond this channel, I'm a public speaker, podcaster, writer, and pub quiz host. You can learn more about my work at http://jacksonbird.cool If you want to hire me to speak at your school, event, or business, you can email my speaking bureau at laura@freshspeakers.com Please send other business inquiries to bizinquiries@fullscreen.com P L A Y L I S T S → Transitioning 101 / FTM https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1g3MXAZto6KRN9NFqdHjDYUxxGh8tGD6 → Booktube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1g3MXAZto6J9ICZ5rsd6I937fY578_S7 → My Transition https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1g3MXAZto6KVOT6MiBkIVcVASx0bO-io → Will It Waffle? https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1g3MXAZto6KukrudNbw4ifK4LR5wr_KN ___ 😍 This video brought to you in part by the following Patrons: Adam Koski Alex Papadopoulos Alison Gupta Anna Nichols Blop Brianna Forsyth Canadian lover of HP Chloe Marie Weston Chris Frank David Beasley Jake Kennedy Laura González Michael Morgan Nik Hansen Rae Mreen Ryan Winter Samivaya JD Will Shughart Want to see your name here? http://patreon.com/jacksonbird ___ 🤟 [CC] Contribute non-English captions to any of my videos: http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?tab=2&c=UCX4auhvsqthZe5Ncdf0xXLA YouTube's tips on captioning https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6054623?hl=en Looking to caption your own videos? I recommend using Rev.Com! https://www.rev.com/blog/coupon/?ref=jacksonbird
ULTIMATE TRANS BOOK REC LIST!
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ULTIMATE TRANS BOOK REC LIST!

101! Memoirs! YA! Gender theory! History! I GOT ‘EM ALL FOR YA! JUMP LINKS BELOW! There’s a lot of famous titles missing because I haven’t read ‘em yet so I can’t rec ‘em, but here’s some I’m pretty sure are great: ABC’s of LGBT+ by Ash Hardell http://amzn.to/2hKB7ur Gender Outlaws by Kate Bornstein & S. Bear Bergman http://amzn.to/2vFHZil Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg http://amzn.to/2ftCwor Both of Janet Mocks memoirs: Redefining Realness http://amzn.to/2vjP0ob and Surpassing Certainty http://amzn.to/2vjVrr7 Becoming a Visible Man by Jamison Green http://amzn.to/2ftrJud Young Adult/Middle Grade: George by Alex Gino http://amzn.to/2vmOAf7 A+E 4ever by Ilike Merey http://amzn.to/2vjrE1S I am J by Cris Beam http://amzn.to/2vnd6g0 If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo http://amzn.to/2vnru83 Picture Books: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/20314.Transgender_Friendly_Young_Children_s_Books_ Trans feminine books: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/107698.Trans_Female_Transfeminine_MTF_Books Nonbinary books: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/30118.Non_Binary_Genderqueer_Genderfluid_Gender_Unspecified_etc_Fiction_and_Memoirs My Trans TO READ List: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/1780211-jackson-bird?page=1&shelf=trans-tbr&utm_campaign=mybooksnav&utm_content=mybooks_cta&utm_medium=web&utm_source=homepage All the books I DID mention: 00:50 My Gender Workbook by Kate Bornstein http://amzn.to/2vFI1Hf 1:05 Just Add Hormones by Matt Kailey http://amzn.to/2vPyhdN 1:26 No Poster Boy: Trans Fag Essays by Elliott DeLine http://amzn.to/2fug66C 1:51 Whipping Girl by Julia Serano http://amzn.to/2ftlc2P 3:02 A Queer and Pleasant Danger by Kate Bornstein http://amzn.to/2vk7sNo 3:26 Balls by Chris Edwards http://amzn.to/2fsPSRC 4:10 Man Alive by Thomas Page McBee http://amzn.to/2vFLwgO 4:31 Darling Days by iO Tillet Wright http://amzn.to/2wuoLKf 5:07 Believe Me by Eddie Izzard http://amzn.to/2ftSPkW 5:47 Christine Jorgensen: A Personal Autobiography by Christine Jorgensen and Susan Stryker http://amzn.to/2vQdNSj 6:20 The First Man-Made Man by Pagan Kennedy http://amzn.to/2uGJ3hr 7:24 As Nature Made Him by John Colapinto http://amzn.to/2vncE1g 8:53 Rethinking Normal by Katie Rain Hill http://amzn.to/2vnhlrW and Some Assembly Required by Arin Andrews http://amzn.to/2hLjdYD 9:40 Parrotfish by Ellen Whittlinger http://amzn.to/2vEJVI8 10:02 Beautiful Music for Ugly Children by Kirstin Cronn-Mills http://amzn.to/2uGuavF 10:34 Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan http://amzn.to/2uH3Lhj 11:14 Lily and Dunkin by Donna Gephart http://amzn.to/2vFpsCM 11:44 The Boy in the Dress by David Walliams http://amzn.to/2vFAgAX 12:12 No House to Call My Home by Ryan Berg http://amzn.to/2fumJ8H 12:44 Lost Boi by Sassafras Lowrey http://amzn.to/2hLB0i8 13:12 Revolutionary by Alex Myers http://amzn.to/2vnwgT1 13:48 At the Broken Places by by Mary and Donald Collins http://amzn.to/2vFsoPZ 14:15 Real Man Adventures by T. Cooper http://amzn.to/2vkacu3 ===== My name's Jackson Bird and I'm a media creator and activist. On my channel, you can find videos asking important questions about identity, social justice, and what happens when you put tacos on a waffle iron. Wanna subscribe? http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=loraxism Watch my Will It Waffle? series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1g3MXAZto6KukrudNbw4ifK4LR5wr_KN Or go to http://itwaffles.com Listen to my new podcast, Transmission, where I amplify the voices of transgender people of today: http://bit.ly/transmissionpod Get some of my merch at http://dftba.com/jacksonbird Support me on Patreon http://patreon.com/jacksonbird Music: "Pomade" by Silent Partner Sometimes I leave YouTube: http://jacksonbird.cool http://twitter.com/jackisnotabird http://instagram.com/jackisnotabird http://facebook.com/jackisnotabird http://facebook.com/willitwafflevideos Snapchat: jackisnotabird Want to hire me to speak at your school, event, business, etc.? Email my speaking bureau at info@freshspeakers.com Other business inquiries or to just say hi: jacksonxbird@gmail.com [CC] Contribute captions to any of my videos: http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?tab=2&c=UCX4auhvsqthZe5Ncdf0xXLA YouTube's tips on captioning https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6054623?hl=en
The Queer Books That Made Me Who I Am
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The Queer Books That Made Me Who I Am

I did the Who Am I? book tag, started by PBS Digital Studios in conjunction with The Great American Read. Submit your vote for America’s favorite novel here: https://to.pbs.org/2Jes2X5 (Voting is US only) I tag Iris Moon https://www.youtube.com/user/TheIrisMessenger Kristina Horner https://www.youtube.com/user/italktosnakes She Might Be Monica https://www.youtube.com/user/shemightbemonica/ Books I mentioned: Gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye https://amzn.to/2mG16md Witch Boy by Molly Ostertag https://amzn.to/2NFWJ6j The First Man-Made Man by Pagan Kennedy https://amzn.to/2mIPAqv MORE VIDEOS FOR YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE: Summer Tips for Trans Guys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb4OXMCd2Ko Ask a Trans Guy, Episode One https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbltGUO3Q8g I Thought I Couldn't Be Gay and Trans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U03o8ySLsHI Follow me on Instagram http://instagram.com/jackisnotabird ===== Hi! My name's Jackson Bird and I make (hopefully) funny, (sometimes) educational videos for LGBTQ+ nerds like me and the people in our lives that want to understand us better. Here on JACKISNOTABIRD, you can find new videos every Wednesday answering big questions about LGBTQ+ issues, sharing my experiences as a trans person, sharing other people's stories, and sometimes illustrating what happens when you put weird stuff on a waffle iron. Wanna subscribe? http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=loraxism Beyond this channel, I'm a public speaker, podcaster, writer, and pub quiz host. You can learn more about my work at http://jacksonbird.cool If you want to hire me to speak at your school, event, or business, you can email my speaking bureau at info@freshspeakers.com Please send other business inquiries to cori@fullscreen.com +++++ Subscribe to my podcast, Transmission: Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/transmission/id1228328203?mt=2 Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/transmission-2 SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/transmissionpodcast Google Play https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Idynyetb6pl57r4ofhlczjweoqq Twitter https://twitter.com/TransmissionMC +++++ DO YOU LIKE VINTAGE E-MAIL?? You can send me PHYSICAL ITEMS at Jackson Bird PO Box 3003 Astoria, NY 11103 STILL WANT MORE?? Check out my TED talk: go.ted.com/jacksonbird Get some of my merch at http://dftba.com/jacksonbird Watch my Will It Waffle? series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1g3MXAZto6KukrudNbw4ifK4LR5wr_KN Or go to http://itwaffles.com Follow me on these sites that are Not YouTube: http://twitter.com/jackisnotabird http://instagram.com/jackisnotabird http://yeti-mischief.tumblr.com http://facebook.com/jackisnotabird http://facebook.com/willitwafflevideos http://goodreads.com/jackisnotabird ===== This video brought to you in part by the following Patrons: Michelle Coleman Chris Frank Laura González Alison Gupta Samivaya JD Rachael Mreen Emily Neie Anna Nichols Arthur C. Petrone III Becca Rhodes Will Shughart Sam Volpe Roonil Wazlib Want to join the Patreon community? http://patreon.com/jacksonbird ===== [CC] Contribute captions to any of my videos: http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?tab=2&c=UCX4auhvsqthZe5Ncdf0xXLA YouTube's tips on captioning https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6054623?hl=en
THEY'RE BANNING QUEER BOOKS
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THEY'RE BANNING QUEER BOOKS

LINKS BELOW ON HOW TO TAKE ACTION ACTUALLY CLICK & OPEN THIS DESCRIPTION BOX, YO bannedbooksweek.org/ Kids’ Right To Read Action Kit http://ncac.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/NCAC_Action_Kit_92217.pdf Comics and graphic novels are increasingly being challenged. Learn more from the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund: http://cbldf.org/banned-comic/ What to do if a book in your community has been challenged: http://www.ala.org/tools/challengesupport Why LGBTQ+ media representation is important for queer, trans, and gender nonconforming kids: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00918369.2011.546729 Banned Books I mentioned: This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki http://amzn.to/2kcIs71 George by Alex Gino http://amzn.to/2x5GxCE Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan http://amzn.to/2ye2Wm8 Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison http://amzn.to/2fZABVW Beloved by Toni Morrison http://amzn.to/2fZ9PwW The Color Purple by Alice Walker http://amzn.to/2fZFwGG Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck http://amzn.to/2x5h3VM Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston http://amzn.to/2yyRfTk The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon http://amzn.to/2yghsdj Flowers for Alergnon by Daniel Keyes http://amzn.to/2xN8FOj Looking For Alaska by John Green http://amzn.to/2kcJtvR The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank http://amzn.to/2yfIFg3 Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss http://amzn.to/2x3r7nc A Wrinkle In Time by Madeline L'Engle http://amzn.to/2xNRiwX The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum http://amzn.to/2ka39Rk Strega Nona by Tommie de Paola http://amzn.to/2x5iiV1 Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling http://amzn.to/2x4Cgzq The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood http://amzn.to/2fZaO06 Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury http://amzn.to/2yzBThp 1984 by George Orwell http://amzn.to/2fYnYun All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren http://amzn.to/2x51ca4 Go Tell It On The Mountain by James Baldwin http://amzn.to/2yz2hrB ===== My name's Jackson Bird and I'm a media creator and activist. On my channel, you can find videos asking important questions about identity, social justice, and what happens when you put tacos on a waffle iron. Wanna subscribe? http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=loraxism Watch my Will It Waffle? series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1g3MXAZto6KukrudNbw4ifK4LR5wr_KN Or go to http://itwaffles.com Listen to my new podcast, Transmission, where I amplify the voices of transgender people of today: http://bit.ly/transmissionpod Get some of my merch at http://dftba.com/jacksonbird Support me on Patreon http://patreon.com/jacksonbird Music: "Pomade" by Silent Partner Sometimes I leave YouTube: http://jacksonbird.cool http://twitter.com/jackisnotabird http://instagram.com/jackisnotabird http://facebook.com/jackisnotabird http://facebook.com/willitwafflevideos http://goodreads.com/jackisnotabird Snapchat: jackisnotabird Want to hire me to speak at your school, event, business, etc.? Email my speaking bureau at info@freshspeakers.com Other business inquiries or to just say hi: jacksonxbird@gmail.com [CC] Contribute captions to any of my videos: http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?tab=2&c=UCX4auhvsqthZe5Ncdf0xXLA YouTube's tips on captioning https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6054623?hl=en
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