Many members of the autistic community are transgender, nonbinary, and/or gender nonconforming. Many of us have unique experiences and perspectives of gender. Here are a few resources related to being autistic and trans + some cool autistic and trans people on the internet:
2016 Statement by Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, National Centre for Transgender Equality, and LGBTQ Task Force on the Rights of Transgender and gender Non-conforming People: http://autisticadvocacy.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/trans-autistic-rights-1pg.pdf
Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Asperger/Autism by the Asperger/Autism Network: https://www.aane.org/sexual-orientation-gender-identity-aspergerautism/
Autism Traits in Treatment-Seeking Transgender Adults (2018)
More background information by the author, who is doing her PhD on interpersonal issues for trans people transitioning.
http://programme.exordo.com/epath2017/delegates/presentation/32/
“The study found that participants on the autism spectrum were 7.59 times more likely to “express gender variance.””
(generally good article)
In-depth study of research into gender variance and autism:
https://www.spectrumnews.org/features/deep-dive/living-between-genders/
On being trans and autistic:
https://www.aane.org/gendervague-intersection-autistic-trans-experiences/
https://medium.com/the-establishment/how-our-society-harms-trans-people-with-autism-9766edc6553d
Some autistic and trans people you should check out:
Seranine Elliot, a musician, model, and activist: Bandcamp Facebook
Alistair H, artist and activist: website YouTube
Asharah Saraswati/Art Twink, artist: Facebook, Instagram
Shain Neumeier, attorney, advocate: website, Twitter
s.e Smith, writer, editor: website, Instagram, Twitter
Lydia X. Z. Brown, advocate, organizer, writer: website, Facebook, Twitter