IMPORTANT WEBSITES WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND SUPPORT:
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Dr. Johanna Olson-Kennedy
The Center for Transyouth Health and Development at Children's Hospital Los Angeles promotes healthy futures for transgender youth by providing services, research, training, and capacity building that is developmentally informed, affirmative, compassionate, and holistic for gender nonconforming children and transgender youth.
Gender Spectrum
Gender Spectrum provides education, training, and support to help create a gender-sensitive and inclusive environment for all children and teens. It also hosts free online support groups for pre-teens, teens, parents, caregivers, etc.
Q Chat Space
Q Chat Space offers dedicated online discussion groups where youth can come together with other youth from all over the US and beyond to discuss topics relevant to their identities and experiences. It offers live, chat-based groups (no video or audio) with facilitators who work at LGBTQ+ centers across the US.
Diversity Collective
https://www.diversitycollectivevc.org/event/little-unicorns/all/
Diversity Collective hosts the Little Unicorns Youth Group for young LGBTQ+, questioning, and allies ages 9-12. They meet on the last Saturday of each month to discuss relevant issues and support each other in a safe, healthy, and relaxed atmosphere.
National Center for Transgender Equality
The National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) is a 501(c)3 social justice organization dedicated to advancing the equality of transgender people through advocacy, collaboration, and empowerment. NCTE was founded in 2003 by transgender activists who saw the urgent need for a consistent voice in Washington, DC for transgender people.
TransYouth Family Allies (TYFA)
TYFA empowers children and families by partnering with educators, service providers, and communities to develop supportive environments where gender may be expressed and respected.
Transgender Law Center
Transgender Law Center works to change law, policy, and attitudes so that all people can live safely, authentically, and free from discrimination regardless of their gender identity or expression.
Transforming Family
A Los Angeles based family support group creating a positive environment for children, adolescents, and their families to explore issues of gender identity.
Welcoming Schools
Welcoming Schools offers professional development tools, lessons aligned with the Common Core State Standards, and many additional resources for elementary schools on:
* Embracing family diversity
* Avoiding gender stereotyping and affirming gender
* Ending bullying and name-calling
BOOKS FOR PARENTS OF TRANS YOUTH:
The Gender Creative Child
by Diane Ehrensaft, PhD (2016)
The Conscious Parent's Guide to Gender Identity
by Darlene Tando, LCSW (2016)
The Transgender Child
by Stephanie Brill and Rachel Pepper (2008)
Gender Born, Gender Made:
Raising Healthy Gender Nonconforming Children
by Diane Ehrensaft, PhD (2011)
Raising Ryland: Our Story of Parenting a Transgender Child with No Strings Attached
by Hillary Whittington (2016)
Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family
by Amis Ellis Nutt (2016)
Two Spirits, One Heart: A Mother, Her Transgender Son, and Their Journey to Love and Acceptance
by Marsha Aizumi (2013)
Transitions of the Heart: Stories of Love, Struggle and Acceptance by Mothers of Transgender and Gender Variant Children
by Rachel Pepper (2012)
BOOKS FOR GENDER CREATIVE CHILDREN:
I Am Jazz
by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings (2014)
Red: A Crayon's Story
by Michael Hall (2015
My Princess Boy
by Cheryl Kilodavis (2010)
10,000 Dresses
by Marcus Ewert (2008)
Jacob's New Dress
by Sarah and Ian Hoffman (2014)
Be Who You Are
by Jennifer Carr (2010)
Gracefully Grayson
by Ami Polonsky (2014)
George
by Alex Gino (2015)
Riding Freedom
by Pam Muñoz Ryan (1999)
BOOKS FOR TRANSGENDER TEENS
Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen
by Jazz Jennings ((2016)
Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out
by Susan Kuklin (2015)
Hello Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks, and Other Outlaws
by Kate Bornstein (2006)
Some Assembly Required: The Not-So-Secret Life of a Transgender Teen
by Arin Andrews (2015)
If I Was Your Girl
by Meredith Russo (2016)
The Gender Quest Workbook: A Guide for Teens and Young Adults Exploring Gender Identity
by Rylan Jay Testa, PhD (2015)
Resources on Gender
