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The transgender child

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...

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Main Author: Brill, Stephanie A.
Other Authors: Pepper, Rachel.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: San Francisco, Calif. : Cleis Press, Ã2008.
Subjects:
Transgenderism.
Transgender children.
Transgender youth.
Gender identity.
Transgender people.
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.
Physical Description: xvii, 252 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9781573443180 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1573443182
Author Notes: Stephanie Brill is a leading expert on a broad range of topics related to gender diversity. She is the author of landmark books including The Transgender Child and The Transgender Teen . She is the founder and Board Chair of Gender Spectrum, an organization at the forefront of work related to children, youth, and gender. She is also co-founder and Board Chair of Reimagine Gender, an organization working with corporations, NGOs, legislators, and policy makers to open a world of possibilities for all people to realize their potential by addressing and expanding today's limiting concepts of gender.

Rachel Pepper is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist whose specialties include working with the LGBT community. She is the author of several books, including The Transgender Child , and the award-winning collection, Transitions of the Heart: Stories of Love, Struggle and Acceptance by Mothers of Transgender Children . She lives on an urban farm in The Bay Area of California with her family, her dog, a couple of cats, and a flock of chickens.

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