Information for parents and young trans people
- The following links are from a major research project on young trans people, they have some great videos and useful, up-to-date information:
- Experiences of trans and gender diverse young people
- Experiences of parents and carers of young trans and gender diverse people
- How To Be A Girl: A Mother And Her Transgender Daughter Explore Gender
- All That I Did Not Know: Supporting My Transgender Kid
- It’s okay to let your transgender kid transition — even if they might change their mind in the future
- Understanding non-binary
- A mantra for the misgendered: Storyteller Ivan Coyote offers some ‘armour’ for trans kids
- The Gender Quest Workbook
Research/discussion
- Transgender Kids Show Consistent Gender Identity Across Measures
- Transgender teens become happy, healthy young adults
- Research Paper: Young Adult Psychological Outcome After Puberty Suppression and Gender Reassignment
- Detransition, Desistance, and Disinformation: A Guide for Understanding Transgender Children Debates
- Response to Dr. Jack Drescher and the New York Times About Childhood Transition: Part 1: [A helpful response to those who question whether children can know they are transgender]
- Transgender children: what’s behind the spike in numbers?
- Endocrine Society Urges Policy Makers to Follow Science on Transgender Health
Cass Report Analysis
- Critically Aprraising The Cass Report: Methodological Flaws and Unsupported Claims
- Transactual.org.uk – Press release: The Cass Review is bad science and should not be taken seriously by policymakers
- TACTT – Therapists Against Conversion Therapy & Transphobia – Our interim response to the Cass report
Support organisations:
Info for schools
The following are some excellent resources for schools:
- Gendered Intelligence
- Mermaids
- Stonewall
- GIRES
- And my own information sheet is pretty handy
- Developing a trans friendly curriculum and more on this here
- How schools can become more trans inclusive – Year 12 student tells us how it is
- Trans Educators Toolkit
Based in the USA
Transparent Indy – Facebook Page – TransParent is a volunteer-led national not-for-profit based out of St. Louis USA providing connection, support, and resources to parents of trans and gender-expansive children.
Stand with Trans – US Website – The mission of Stand with Trans is to provide the tools needed by transgender youth so they will be empowered, supported and validated as they transition to their authentic life.
Indy PFLAG – US Website – PFLAG is a nonprofit organization that aims to provide Support, Education and Advocacy to families, friends, allies, and LGBT people.
IYG – US Website – Indiana Youth – IYG revolves around building community, developing leadership qualities, and increasing self-esteem and self-efficacy to lessen the impact of stressors most commonly faced by LGBTQ+ youth.
Sam Hope 