Thenonprofitsupports all transgender people, but primarily supports youth between the ages of 12 and 22 years old, according to their website. In addition to helping young trans individuals, the organization also provides support groups for parents. Resources for transgender people Keith said in an ...
Our main program is our support groups held four times a month (three in-person and one virtual) and are comprised of peer-to-peer support for the parents and a supervised interactive social/playgroup for the youth and children. Siblings are also welcome in the social/playgroup. Parents, Leg...
But the situation was not so good at school. Fifty-five percent of parents said their child had been bullied at school in the past year. Only 26.2 percent had a gender support plan for their child at school. However, of those who did, more than 90 percent said the support plan was ve...
Schools routinely notify parents about all manner of performance and behavioral issues so parents can address them at home. Why, they ask, should such a significant issue be kept secret? What LGBTQ activists say about NJ's trans policy On the surface, letting parents know what's going on wit...
I have also noted a growth in space for parents to discuss at length their own transphobic assumptions, where facilitators perhaps want every parent to have their say and don’t feel able to police any minimum standards of respect. The last ‘support’ group I attended I was directly called...
We live in odd times. For some trans youth, there has never been a better time to be a student: there are legal protections and informed school staff and supportive parents and wonderful local trans communities. For some trans youth, there has never been a more diff...
Many communities now have a ‘parents of transgender kids support group,’ particularly in larger communities. If you’re in a more rural spot, you can go online to find support from other parents who have transgender kids or kids who are exploring their gender. You can find supportive ...
Where does this leave the parents of kids requesting gender transition medical care? Ludden discussed the extremestressplaced on parents as they attempt to support, but also guide, theirteenagers. The high rates of mental illness, especiallysuicidality, in this group are well-documented. Parents may...
Her parents found out about us and pulled her from public school to go to a special school, an Evangelical Christian boarding school where she would be ” cured”. The ” cure” killed her. I was cleaning out some old things and I found her last note to me. It was on a small crump...
Firstly, data collection began with parents of TNB children living in the Gasp茅sie, Bas-Saint-Laurent and les-de-la-Madeleine regions, who participated in five group meetings. Secondly, nine in-depth interviews were conducted with parents living in the province of Quebec, outside ...