The Transgender Child: Revised & Updated Edition: A Handbook for Parents and Professionals Supporting Transgender and Nonbinary Children

by Stephanie A. Brill; Rachel Pepper

1 pages, Audio CD

Published November 28, 2023

Reviews

[Bree · Rating 2 out of 5]

weirdly insistent that nonbinary people and trans people are inherently different. not all nonbinary people identify as trans but also many nonbinary people very much do? also has good information in terms of legal and medical procedures but not very much of it and only in the last few chapters. most of the book is dedicated to explaining how to support and love a trans child which is great but also is strangely tolerant of shitty behavior and includes a lot of quotes from parents that really aren't supportive of their trans children. i used this book as a potential part of research for a project and i don't know how much of it i'll actually be using. would maybe recommend to a cisgender parent/guardian/caretaker on the grounds that some cis people know next to nothing about trans kids but i think also that could be damaging depending on how some people may really take to having a neutral response (which is encouraged over a negative response, which is somewhat good but also your trans child Will notice that you are being neutral and not encouraging) rather than trying to learn to be fully supportive. would definitely not recommend to other trans people because it's emotionally difficult to read the quotes from the parents who refuse to try and understand their children.