As we explore how to make our community more empathetic and inclusive around issues of gender, here are some books in the MCDS LRC that will help us understand how we can affirm the gender health of all of our children.
Dr. Diane Ehrensaft's Gender Born, Gender Made: Raising Healthy Gender-Nonconforming Children, offers a framework for helping each child become his or her own "true gender self." She offers teachers and parents guidance for living and working with children who bend the "rules" of gender. She explains that "As long as gender continues to be a defining feature of identity in our culture, every single one of our sons and daughters, whether conforming or not, will need to spin his or her unique gender web."
In Beyond Magenta Transgender Teens Speak Out, Susan Kuklin, has written and photographed the stories of six teens and their transition. Using family photos, portraits, and their own words, she takes us on a journey into the lives of these brave and honest young adults.
Raising my Rainbow: adventures in raising a fabulous, gender creative son by Lori Duron
“Because of Lori's courage, there is now an answer when searching how to parent a child who is gender fluid, gender non-conforming, transgender, gay or whatever label you use. This book is a wonderfully authentic read that will bring depth, joy and understanding to parents, extended families and anyone seeking to learn how parents can and do love gender creative children. To acceptance!”
—Cheryl Kilodavis, author of My Princess Boy
“Because of Lori's courage, there is now an answer when searching how to parent a child who is gender fluid, gender non-conforming, transgender, gay or whatever label you use. This book is a wonderfully authentic read that will bring depth, joy and understanding to parents, extended families and anyone seeking to learn how parents can and do love gender creative children. To acceptance!”
—Cheryl Kilodavis, author of My Princess Boy
The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals by Stephanie Brill
A guidebook for the challenges that thousands of families face raising gender-variant children. The information in this book will deepen your understanding of transgender children and help navigate issues with compassion and practical wisdom.
A guidebook for the challenges that thousands of families face raising gender-variant children. The information in this book will deepen your understanding of transgender children and help navigate issues with compassion and practical wisdom.
Here are a few of the many picture books that can help open a discussion with young children about gender:
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