Identity & Coming Out 2024: For Teachers & Caregivers

1) Rainbow parenting: your guide to raising queer kids and their allies

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"An essential guide for parents and caregivers to raising queer-friendly children in a gender-affirming space. In the face of so many injustices across society for LGBTQ+ people, it can be easy for parents of young children to feel helpless and hopeless. While they may not be able to address every problem across the country, there's a simple place to start: right at home. Rainbow Parenting is an indispensable stepping stone for adults who want to...

2) My child is trans, now what?: a joy-centered approach to support

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Greene, Ben V., 1999

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"My Child Is Trans, Now What? is for parents and loved ones of transgender youth and young adults at any stage in their journey. Trans education free of judgment is in short supply, and this book combines personal stories, key resources, and emotional support to guide those who wish to help trans youth but don't know how"-- Provided by publisher.

3) Free to be: understanding kids & gender identity

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Turban, Jack L

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"An authoritative guide to understanding and navigating gender identity from an acclaimed expert on the mental health of transgender and gender diverse youth. Kids today are more gender fluent and expansive than ever before. Over 700,000 teenagers in America openly identify as transgender, a number that is rising each year. As it becomes increasingly common for us to encounter and know transgender kids, as well as kids with more expansive notions...

4) He/she/they: how we talk about gender and why it matters

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Bailar, Schuyler

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"Just a few years ago, Schuyler Bailar rose to national and international prominence when he became the first openly transgender athlete to compete on an NCAA Division 1 team in any sport. A top high school prospect, Schuyler had been recruited by Harvard for the women's team, but after taking a gap year to address mental health and ultimately to transition, Schuyler swam instead for Harvard's men's team. Since then, Schuyler has become a go to expert...

5) Beyond the gender binary

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Vaid-Menon, Alok

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Pocket change collective

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"Poet, artist, and LGBTQIA+ rights advocate Alok Vaid-Menon deconstructs, demystifies, and reimagines the gender binary"-- Provided by publisher. Gender is a story, not just a word. Alok Vaid-Menon dares the world to see gender not in black and white, but in full color. Taking from their own experiences as a gender non-conforming artist, they show us that gender is a malleable and creative form of expression. The only limit is your imagination.

6) Out: a parent's guide to supporting your LGBTQIA+ kid through coming out and beyond

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Sovec, John

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"Coming out is one of the trickiest moments for families and this essential coming out parenting guide is here to help. With loads of helpful information about a wide range of orientations, cultures, effective communication strategies and stories from families who have been there throughout, this guide is your go-to for you and your family"-- Provided by publisher.

7) Seeing gender: an illustrated guide to identity and expression

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Gottlieb, Iris

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Seeing Gender is an of-the-moment investigation into how we express and understand the complexities of gender today. Deeply researched and fully illustrated, this book demystifies an intensely personal-yet universal-facet of humanity. Illustrating a different concept on each spread, queer author and artist Iris Gottlieb touches on history, science, sociology, and her own experience. This book is an essential tool for understanding and contributing...

8) A quick & easy guide to they/them pronouns

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Bongiovanni, Archie

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Quick and easy guide
Quick and easy guides (Limerence Press)

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"A quick, easy and important educational comic guide to using gender-neutral pronouns."--From Amazon. "Archie, a snarky genderqueer artist, is tired of people not understanding gender-neutral pronouns. Tristan, a cisgender dude, is looking for an easy way to introduce gender-neutral pronouns to his increasingly diverse workplace. The longtime best friends team up in this short and fun comic guide that explains what pronouns are, why they matter,...