Trans(formations) and Tenderness : Rhetorics and Resources to Support Transgender Youth in the United States.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dora-Laskey, Prathim-Maya.

Series:

Queer and LGBT+ Studies

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (348 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Lived Places Publishing, 2026.

Summary:

Learn how to effectively support transgender young people in the U.S. by understanding the harmful rhetoric surrounding gender identity and equipping yourself with helpful resources.

Contents:

FrontCover

Half-Title

Title Page

Copyright Information

Epigraph

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Table of Contents

Theme

1 Introduction

I "Protect Trans Youth": Unpacking the Rhetoric of Trans Issues with Tenderness

II What We're Up Against: Rhetorics of Hurt and Harm

1. Disinformation: Litter Boxes in Schools?

2. Silencing: "Let Her Speak"

3. Erasure: "Don't Say Gay"

But Why?

4. Practice: Identifying Rhetorics of Hurt and Harm

III This is How we Figure Things Out, Fight Back, and Fix Things: Rhetorics of Care

1. Listening to and Learning from Trans Youth: They Know What They Know

2. Storytelling and Speaking Up: Hearing from Trans Youth and Their Advocates

3. Critical Media Literacy: Who Tells the Story and How? (and Also: Why?)

4. Practice: Rhetorics of Care

IV Resources

1. Glossaries

2. National Advocacy Organizations

3. Social Media for Support and Learning

4. Trans Legislation Watch and Legislative Awareness

5. Developing Critical Media Literacy

2 Family Matters

Chapter 2: Family matters

I Bringing Up a Trans Child/Bringing Up a Child Trans: Theories and Themes

1. The Difference Between Parenting Rights and Parenting Privileges

Let's move on.

2. In Their Own Time: Developmental Timelines and Queer Temporalities for Transgender Children and Youth

3. Are You My Family? Family and Chosen Family

4. Minority Stress and Communities of Trans Care

II What If It's a Phase? What If It's a Phase? Rhetorics to Support Trans Youth

1. Responding with Love

2. Empowering Gender Learning in the Family

3. Dialoguing and Learning for Caregivers

4. We're Coming Out: Developing Plans for Sharing with Family

III Campaign for Love: Rhetorics to Advocate for Trans Youth

1. Announcements to Extended Family

2. How to Mediate and When to Intervene.

3. Preparing Family for Advocacy

4. How to Start, How to Say It: Practice with Prompts, Scripts, and Dialogues

1. Trans-Friendly Media for the Whole Family

2. Trans-Positive Media for Youth (aged 3 to young adult)

3. When You Want to Explore Gender Some More

4. Key Assistance, Aid, and Service Organizations

3 Making Ye Olde School Cool

I Windows and Mirrors: The Personal is/as Political

1. Building a Ladder of Safety and Support: Physical, Social, and Curricular

2. What is Right? What Are Our Rights?

3. Disrupt DARVO Rhetoric

4. A Note on College and Finding Trans-Positive Colleges

How to find gender-inclusive colleges

Check out these lists for more ideas

II Educating the Educators: Notes for Trans Youth and Their Families

1. Conversations in the Family

2. Make a Checklist, Check in Often

3. What to Expect (and Expectations): Communicating with School Personnel

4. How to Start and How to Say It: A Space to Practice (Peers, Educators, School Boards)

III Building a Welcoming School: Notes for Educators and Administrators

1. Best Practices and Principles

Best principles

2. Questions to Ask

Answers to Look For

In this preliminary stage, as you learn and seek answers, here are some absolute Dos and Don'ts

3. Campus as a Safe Zone

For trans youth in college, the following supplemental moves are necessary to ensure a safe campus

4. Practicing with Scripts (Trans Families, Conservative Families, Boards, Politicians)

IV Resources, Readings, and Research: Trans-Positive Resources for Youth and Families

1. Trans-Positive Learning Resources for Schools

2. Resources on Supplementary Issues (Homeschooling, Counseling)

3. Additional School-Adjacent Services for Trans Youth

4 Building the Beloved Community

I Working Together For All of Us.

1. Cosmopolitanism: Circles of Caring

2. Queer Liberation Instead of Rainbow Capitalism

3. Not Born This Way

4. Binary Gender as a Colonial Construct

II Living la Vida Local

1. Neighbors and Your Neighborhood

2. Donating to Trans Organizations

3. Volunteering/Creating a Resource Directory

4. Scripts (Introductions, Educating/Learning, and Volunteering)

Scripts for Families

Scripts for Trans Youth

Scripts for Volunteering

III State and National Arenas

1. Voting and Vetting Representatives

2. Writing to Representatives

3. Participating in Open Houses, Forums, and Hearings

4. Scripts and Resources (Introductions, Networking, Gratitude)

Speaking to legislators (lobbying)

IV Global Wisdoms and Visions

1. The State of LGBTQIA+ Rights Worldwide

Significant

Partial

Minimal

2. Collaborating With LGBTQIA+ Activists Worldwide

3. Providing Support and Advocacy to Global Trans Rights from Within the United States

4. Scripts and Resources (Learning, Donating, Volunteering, and Raising Awareness)

About the author

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-915734-75-4

1-915734-76-2

OCLC:

1584282763