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Travers, Ann.
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Transgender children.
Parents of transgender children.
Transgender people -- Identity.
Transgender children -- Identity.
Transgender children -- Family relationships.
Gender identity -- Law and legislation.
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Travers, Ann.
Transgender children.
Parents of transgender children.
Transgender people -- Identity.
Transgender children -- Identity.
Transgender children -- Family relationships.
Gender identity -- Law and legislation.
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The
trans
generation
:
how
trans
kids
(and
their
parents
) are
creating
a
gender
revolution
/ Ann Travers.
by
Travers, Ann.
New York University Press, 2018.
Call #:
306.768 T779t
Subjects
Transgender children.
Parents
of transgender children.
Transgender people -- Identity.
Transgender children -- Identity.
Transgender children -- Family relationships.
Gender
identity -- Law and legislation.
ISBN:
9781479885794 (hc.)
Description:
vii, 263 p. : 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Transgender
kids
-- Schools -- Spaces --
Parents
-- Supportive healthcare -- Conclusion: beyond hope.
Summary:
"In this fascinating account, Ann Travers shows that from very early ages, some as young as two and three years old,
trans
kids
find themselves to be different from the sex category that was assigned to them at birth.
How
they make
their
voices heard--to
their
parents
and friends, in the schools, in public spaces, and through the courts--is the focus of this remarkable and groundbreaking book. Based on interviews with transgender
kids
, ranging in age from 4 to 20, and
their
parents
, and over five years of research in the US and Canada, The
Trans
Generation
offers a rare look into what it is like to grow up as a
trans
child. From daycare to birthday parties and from the playground to the school bathroom, Travers takes the reader inside the day-to-day realities of
trans
kids
who regularly experience crisis as a result of the restrictive ways in which sex categories regulate
their
lives and put pressure on them to deny
their
internal sense of who they are in gendered terms. As a transgender person and as an advocate for
trans
kids
, Travers is able to document from first-hand experience the difficulties of growing up
trans
and the challenges that
parents
can face. The book shows the incredible time, energy, and love that these
parents
give to
their
children, even in the face of, at times, unsupportive communities, schools, courts, health systems, and government laws. Keeping in mind that all
trans
kids
are among the most vulnerable to bullying, violent attacks, self-harm and suicide, and that those who struggle with poverty, racism, lack of parental support, learning differences, etc., are extremely at risk, Travers offers ways to support all
trans
kids
through policy recommendations and activist interventions. Ultimately, the book is meant to open up options for
kids
' own
gender
self-determination, to question the need for the sex binary, and to highlight ways that cultural and material resources can be redistributed more equitably. The
Trans
Generation
offers an essential and important new understanding of childhood."--Book jacket.
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