CONTENTS

PART 1: IDENTITY

MYTH 1 You’ve Never Met a Transgender Person

MYTH 2 All Trans People Want to Be Either Barbie or Ken

MYTH 3 You’re Not Really Trans If You Haven’t Had “the Surgery”

MYTH 4 Trans People Are “Trapped in the Wrong Body”

MYTH 5 Trans People Are Secretly Gay

MYTH 6 It’s Rude to Ask How You Should Address Someone

MYTH 7 “Sure, I’d Love to Talk About What’s in My Pants”

PART 2: SEX AND RELATIONSHIPS

MYTH 8 Most Trans People Are Sex Workers and Have HIV

MYTH 9 Trans People Hate Their Bodies

MYTH 10 Trans People Are Trying to Trick Others

MYTH 11 Most Trans People Can’t Find Partners and End Up Lonely

MYTH 12 Trans People Are a Danger to Others, Especially Children

PART 3: HEALTH AND SAFETY

MYTH 13 “You’re in the Wrong Bathroom!”

MYTH 14 Trans People Are Mentally Ill and Therapy Can Change Them

MYTH 15 Getting Hormones and Surgery Is Easy

MYTH 16 Testosterone Makes You Angry and Estrogen Makes You Emotional

MYTH 17 Laws Support Trans People

PART 4: HISTORY AND COMMUNITY

MYTH 18 Trans People Have Existed Throughout Time

MYTH 19 Certain Cultures Universally Embrace Trans People

MYTH 20 Trans People and Feminists Don’t Get Along

MYTH 21 The LGBTQ+ Community Is United

Acknowledgments

Resources

Notes