This collection is part of my directory of other people's creations on itch.io, Curated Collections of LGBTQIA, where you can find more collections about other topics, and on specific sorts of transgender identities. I personally select and review each creation in them, even if they are different than my own views or experiences as a queer person myself.
Content: Rated G.
Medium: An interactive educational resource. It runs in your web browser.
About: Explore this virtual museum and learn about the history of LGBTQIA people at MIT. This also has a glossary of queer words, some pride flags, and resources for queer students.
Content: Rated R. Nudity and sexual content.
Medium: Book. Zine.
About: As described by the author,
"a zine about my nonbinary relationship with my own chest. it is made other nonbinary people in mind, especially to those to whom going through mastectomy feels very complicated."
Content: Rated R.
Medium: Book.
Genre: Nonfiction. Memoir.
About: A collection of diary comics and illustrations that were important in how the author questioned her gender and documented her transition. As described by the author,
"Between 2021 and 2024 I drew a lot of art relating to my gender identity. A lot of people online said it helped them, so for Trans Day of Visibility 2025, I figured i'd consolidate them all into one pdf. Please enjoy. There is also a censored version in case you don't want to see NSFW bits."
Queer themes: Questioning. Transition. Transgender women. Lesbian.
Content: Rated G.
Medium: Computer game.
Genre: Walking sim.
Length: Five minutes.
About: "Why are there so many trans women in tech? A theory by Lena Siess. See change through the lens of gender. This personal journey lets you explore three environments at three different time periods as the same person."
Content: Rated R, for adults only.
Medium: A thesis paper.
Length: 16 pages.
About: As described by the person who posted it,
"I have full permission from the author, Lorca Jolene, to share their thesis paper. As the site that had previously published it for the public no longer does so. The thesis paper, originally published in 2015, summarizes studies conducted in Chicago. Following participating ace folk in the city's kink scene."
Content: Rated G.
Medium: A game made with Bitsy. It runs in your web browser.
Length: About five minutes.
About: "A short game about how I feel every time I get invited to a wedding because I'm asexual and I keep being expected to bring a date to weddings or be paired up with another single person at weddings."
Content: Rated G.
Medium: A game created with Bitsy. It runs in your web browser.
Length: About five minutes.
About: The traditional poem and story of how a 7th century BCE emperor of China inspired the euphemism for gay men, "cut sleeve."
Vibe: Tender-hearted.
Content: Rated G.
Medium: Book. Comic. Zine.
Genre: Nonfiction. Memoir.
Length: 9 pages, with cover.
About: As described by the author, "a semi-vent comic about my own feelings of being trans and misgendered in public"
Content: Rated PG-13.
Medium: Book.
Length: 24 pages.
Genre and subject: Nonfiction. Memoir.
About: As described by the author,
"Reflections on my asexuality (and sexuality) — essays, anecdotes, and commentary from an ongoing journey not NOT influenced by watching a lot of House."
Queer themes: Asexual. Nonbinary. Questioning. Compulsory heterosexuality. Self discovery.
Content: Rated PG-13. Sexual health education.
Accessibility: Screen reader friendly.
Medium: Book. Zine.
Genre: Nonfiction.
Length: Twelve pages, with covers.
About: The trans nonbinary author shares advice from their experiences with taking Testosterone (T). They tell about the voice changes as a trained signer, nutritional supplements to prevent cramping from muscle growth as a kung fu nerd, and changes in sexual feelings as a 95% asexual. They also share about bottom growth and changes in needs for protein and care for skin and body hair.
Queer themes: transition, trans masculine hormone replacement therapy (HRT).
Vibe: Positive and helpful with a touch of exasperated humor.
Content: Rated PG-13.
Medium: Book. Zine.
Length: Nine pages, with covers.
About: Hysterectomy can be a part of bottom surgery for transgender men and trans masculine people. This zine explains more about it.
Content: Rated G.
Medium: Book.
Genre: Nonfiction.
Length: About a ten minute read.
About: An anthology of illustrations and comics by nonbinary people about what it's like to be nonbinary for them. As described by the creator:
"The nonbinary experience is unique to each individual. No two people are going to experience gender in the exact same way, much like they won’t experience the world in the same way. That said, in a world literally built against recognizing and accommodating us, a lot of our experiences are going to overlap.
"Through this project I wanted to explore the (ironically named) duality of being nonbinary: that our struggles are often shared, but our identities and selves are entirely unique. I wanted to tackle themes of intersectionality, the use of labels and symbolism, self discovery, dysphoria and euphoria, education, and more."
Vibe: A variety of different feelings, each brief and vivid.
Content: Rated G.
Medium: Book. Zine. Full color.
Genre: Nonfiction.
Length: Ten pages.
About: Advice for how to change your legal name and gender in the US.
Vibe: A cool friend brings a fun attitude to a no-nonsense path through bureaucracy.
Content: Rated PG-13.
Medium: Book. Zine. Available in two formats: PDF or epub.
Genre and subject: Nonfiction.
Length: About ten minutes.
About: "Wondering if you might be intersex? Unsure of how you're supposed to tell? This short (1700 words) zine aims to provide some help to figure out if you are intersex or not."
Vibe: Informative, practical, and to-the-point, while also expressing the difficult emotions involved.
Content: Rated G.
Medium: A mini zine comic.
About the loss of words for transgender people and colors.
Vibe: Survival.
Content: Rated G.
Medium: Comic book.
Genre and subject: Nonfiction. Memoir.
Length: 31 pages.
About the artist's "experiences growing up as a trans kid with an unsupportive family, discovering myself and transitioning as an adult."
Content: Rated PG. Non-sexual nudity in art.
Medium: A mini zine that you can print and fold.
Genre and subject: Nonfiction. Art history. Mythology.
About: As described by the zinester,
"Nobody knows why Andromeda (of Greek mythology fame) is sometimes portrayed with a penis in medieval art. Here's a zine about that with an original black-and-white illustration."
Content: Rated G. Description of discriminatory attitudes against transgender people.
Medium: Zine. There is a version for reading on screen, and another for printing.
Genre and subject: Nonfiction. Perzine.
About: The zinester tells about his personal experiences as a trans man who had a bad time with getting outed, why he prefers being stealth (living as a man without others knowing that he is transgender). He explains some things that more people need to understand about how it is okay to be stealth.
Queer themes: Transgender men.
Adding to this reviewer's hand-curated collections: LGBTQIA printable zines; LGBTQIA - rated G; Transgender; Trans men and trans masculine people; LGBTQIA nonfiction.
Content: Rated PG-13. This talks about some physical conditions in a way similar to what one ought to hear in a high school health class, if only those classes talked about this.
Medium: Zine.
Length: 10 pages.
Genre and subject: Nonfiction.
About: "a compilation of information on various intersex variations, meant to be used as a reference for writing purposes." This is focused on the physical conditions themselves.
Content: Rated PG-13.
Medium: Poetry in the form of an illustrated zine or comic book.
About: Celebrating the author's body a year after top surgery.
Vibe: Joyful, beautiful, earnest, loving, hopeful.
Content: Rated PG-13. Content warnings for artistic nudity, swear words, needles, fantasy body horror (for example, robot bodies), insects, and menstruation.
Medium: Zine. Full color.
Genre and subject: Nonfiction. Anthology. Poetry. Art. Comics.
About: An anthology of poems, comics, collages, paintings, illustrations, and other creative works by many transgender men and trans masculine nonbinary artists from around the world.
Queer themes: Transgender men. Trans masculine. Nonbinary. Drag. Name change. Hormone therapy (Testosterone). Dysphoria. Transition. Top surgery. Gay trans men.
Content: Rated G.
Medium: Comic book.
Genre and subject: Nonfiction. Memoir.
About the cartoonist's day visiting a pride event.
Content: Rated PG-13. This talks about many sensitive issues, such as racism, poverty, homelessness, abortion, abuse, drugs, sex trafficking, suicide, and more. It doesn't go into graphic detail about them, and addresses these topics with taste, facts, and usually a non-inflammatory tone.
Medium: A 64 page long booklet. It is designed for reading on screen as well as printing, if you follow the included instructions for how to print it.
Genre and subject: Nonfiction. Religion. Politics in the USA.
About: In the Bible, Jesus said that everyone will know his followers because of how they love (John 13:34-35). This booklet asks evangelical Christians in the US to center these words of Jesus, and think about whether their attitudes are loving. Particularly, in whether their religious views shape their political choices in ways that are good for families and offer love to everyone, including the poor, African-Americans, and people who are LGBTQ.
Vibe: Painful, yet calm. Confrontational, yet collaborative with the reader.
Content: Warning for examples of hatred against LGBT people, and examples of problematic methods of telling teens to abstain from sex. None of these go into graphic detail.
Accessibility: For artistic reasons, some text is partly covered up and difficult to read.
Medium: Comic book.
Genre and subject: Nonfiction. Memoir.
About: This shows some things that evangelical Christians in the US tell teens about sex and queerness, and how these messages are harmful.
Content: Rated G.
About: "a queer moment I had at a mosh recently, captured in a short 7-page comic"
Vibe: Fun!
Content: Rated G.
Medium: A tiny computer game created with Bitsy. This is a playable prototype. The author wants to expand on it in a later version with a combat system.
Genre and subject: Nonfiction. History. Combat. Crime. Romance.
About: Play as a queer person from history, Julie d'Aubigny (1673–1707), as she duels a suitor for a woman's hand, and reflects on how her life brought her to this point.
Representation: Gender nonconformity. A historical figure who had relationships with men and women, and so has been described in today's language as bisexual.
Vibe: Exciting, rebellious.
Content: Rated G. Noise: gentle instrumental background music begins to play when the game starts.
Medium: A computer game created with Bitsy. It can run in your web browser.
Genre and subject: Nonfiction. History.
About: Explore the tomb of Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum. Look at the murals of these two men who lived in ancient Egypt. Decide for yourself whether you think they were lovers or best friends.
Content: Rated PG-13. Swear words. References to adult topics.
Medium: Comic book.
Genre and subject: Nonfiction. Memoir.
About: In the sequel to Don't Assume I'm Cis, the cartoonist continues to tell the story of his transition.
Vibe: The struggle between discouragement and hope. Choosing to be unstoppable.
Content: Rated G.
Medium: Perzine. There is a version for reading on screen, and another for printing.
About: "I was feeling super isolated during pride month, so I made a zine about it and cried. 16 pages, 1/8 size. #IsolatedQueerSolidarity in the comments."
Vibe: Lonely, vulnerable, but determined.
