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The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals
by: Stephanie A. Brill, Rachel Pepper

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.768083
EAN: 9781573443180
ISBN: 1573443182
Label: Cleis Press
Manufacturer: Cleis Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 200
Publication Date: June 28, 2008
Publisher: Cleis Press
Sales Rank: 50288
Studio: Cleis Press




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This comprehensive first of its kind guidebook explores the unique challenges that thousands of families face every day raising their children in every city and state. Through extensive research and interviews, as well as years of experience working in the field, the authors cover gender variance from birth through college. What do you do when your toddler daughter’s first sentence is that she’s a boy? What will happen when your preschool son insists on wearing a dress to school? Is this ever just a phase? How can you explain this to your neighbors and family? How can parents advocate for their children in elementary schools? What are the current laws on the rights of transgender children? What do doctors specializing in gender variant children recommend? What do the therapists say? What advice do other families who have trans kids have? What about hormone blockers and surgery? What issues should your college-bound trans child be thinking about when selecting a school? How can I best raise my gender variant or transgender child with love and compassion, even when I barely understand the issues ahead of us? And what is gender, anyway? These questions and more are answered in this book offering a deeper understanding of gender variant and transgender children and teens.




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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - What a Godsend
This book was recommended to me by an Aunt after we sent out an email letting our family and friends know that our daughter would now be living as our son. I can not tell you enough how many questions this book answered and how much comfort it gave me to know that my questions weren't unique they were common.
And when it came time for our son to attend school as his new self this book went along for the ride. I offered it to teachers, principles, and any other person who seemed to need more information and understanding. The best part was this book does not point a finger or try to change peoples religious or political views which I sometimes find pushes people away from excepting. Instead this book just gives the facts, it tells you the details of everything on what to expect, how to talk to doctors, and what the laws are for trans children. My favorite part was at the end when it gave letter examples that ... Read More



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Authors know the transgender child
The authors show evidence of years of working "in the trenches." This is a must read for all parents and therapists who are trying to guide transgender children and adolescents. I know of no other book that is as comprehensive, practical and sensitive as this one - for that age group. hank you!



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A must read!
If we think about our own and others' experiences of gender identity, whether we are more gender-typical adults (cis-gendered) or transgender, then we know that one's sense of gender is not a decision and gender non-conformity is not a frivolous choice. Rather, gender is a component of all of our most innate selves. Research supports this view. Most parents do not expect to have a transgender, gender variant, or gender fluid child, so what to do when our young children show us consistently that their gender identities do not align with typical expectations following from their biological sex? Or when older children come out and tell their families that their gender identities are not what has been assumed? This unparalleled book by an author with deep experience educating families and institutions on gender identity, especially in children, and another with academic experience in LGBT studies, now makes available ... Read More



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A ground-breaking book!
This book is exactly what parents of gender nonconforming children have needed, and it's finally here! Stephanie Brill is one of the most knowledgeable people in the country about gender identity in children. This book is great for parents (and professionals) who are just starting to learn about this issue, as well as those with more experience. It is very thoughtful and incredibly helpful.




 

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