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The transgender child / Stephanie Brill and Rachel Pepper.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brill, Stephanie
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gender nonconformity.
- Trans children.
- Transgender children.
- Trans youth.
- Transgender youth.
- Gender identity.
- Trans people.
- Transgender people.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 252 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco, Calif. : Cleiss Press, [2008]
- Summary:
- What do you do when your son insists on wearing a dress to school? Or when your toddler daughter's first sentence is that she's a boy? Offering an extensive understanding of gender-variant and transgender youth, The Transgender Child answers these questions and more. Covering developmental, legal, medical, and school issues, The Transgender Child is a comprehensive, first-of-its-kind guidebook for the unique challenges that thousands of families face raising children who step outside of the pink or blue box.
- Contents:
- Is my child transgender?
- Family acceptance : from crisis to empowerment
- Developmental stages and the transgender child
- Start where you are : moving from damaging to effective parenting practices
- Transition decisions : when should I let my child live as their preferred gender?
- Disclosure : whom to tell, how, why, and when
- The educational system and your family
- Medical issues for transgender children
- Legal issues to consider.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781573443180
- 1573443182
- OCLC:
- 227570066
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