This book, which can be read to or with a transgender child, performs an invaluable function – it legitimizes and normalizes the child’s experience. In addition it gives clues and direction to the young child on how to cope with difficult situations, such as: “…whenever she felt sad o...
They get you fixed up and hopefully living a normal life again, but they don’t focus on the longer strategic aspects of dealing with a child who has been sexually abused. What if I already have a therapist for my child? Perfect. You will want one. The challenge is what are you ...
Standards set by transgender activists 15 years ago insist that it’s "medically necessary" for a child who wishes to transition to do so socially, pharmaceutically and surgically, Myers emphasized. This includes the use of puberty blockers, such as Lupron, often used to ...
with transgender youth, Allies and Angels provides an important perspective on the lives of transgender youth through the eyes of two parents. By sharing their struggles with coming to terms with Drew’s transition and then dealing with the world around them, Terri and Vince offer hope to ...
when a child comes home with anything, it’s our job as parents to listen to that, to give them the best information that we can, the best feedback that we can — and that doesn’t change because sexuality is now involved in it,” Wade told Ellen DeGeneres of his transgender daughter...
molly,raised in Worcester, MA by her mom and dad who transitioned when she was 14“Especially around transgender issues, people are fine with it in theory, and then it gets really close to them, and they’re like, “Oh shit! This is for real and I’m uncomfortable.”” ...
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, + LMM: Linear Mixed Modeling MREC: Medical Research Ethics Committee OQ-45: Outcome Questionnaire-45 PBI: Parenting Behavior Inventory PCL-5: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist For The Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of...
ve had our policy we’ve not had any problems. On the contrary, it has solved many problems. It’s a non-issue on our campuses. Our transgender students use the bathrooms for the same reasons as everybody else. They do their business, fix their hair and make-up, and gossip with ...
Sandy was like many parents I met while doing research formy new bookon families raising gender-nonconforming children. These parents often struggled with the question of how to tell if their child was really transgender, merely experimenting with gender or, instead, simply growing into an adolesc...
“Transgender activists were actively posting videos about ‘safe’ breast binding and how euphoric testosterone makes you feel and how it makes all your problems suddenly disappear. The more I was brainwashed by these videos, the more I started to resonate with them,” she wrote. Julie began i...