I would like to live in a world that is gender-inclusive for children and youth and that embraces creativity in both gender and sexuality. Connecting these children, teens and their caregivers to the resources they require to thrive is central to the mission of my practice.

This page is continually updated; however, with specific inquiries or needs, please just reach out as this list is non-exhaustive!

LGBTQIA+ Support

Reading

Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource by and for Transgender Communities by Dr. Laura Erickson-Schroth is a collective knowledge base from dozens of influential experts.

Health Across the Gender Spectrum- If you're a caregiver wanting to gain insight into gender and supporting positive mental health outcomes AND love the format of a course. This free one from Stanford is for you.

A Clinician's Guide to Gender-Affirming Care: Working with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Clients by Chand, Singh, Dickey is a comprehensive resource intended for clinicians on gender-affirming care. I think it could also give trans and gender nonconforming individuals an idea of what to expect from this care.

The Gender Creative Child: Pathways for Nurturing and Supporting Children Who Live Outside Gender Boxes by Dr. Diane Ehrensaft is an inviting and thorough invitation to providers, parents and communities to help children achieve gender health.

The Transgender Child and The Transgender Teen by Brill, and Brill and Kenney are two handbooks intended to help guide caregivers through the learning curve of offering love and support as their relationship to their gender expansive/ trans child or teenager transforms.

Transgender History by Susan Stryker is an academic but readable account tracing trans history from mid-twentieth century to 2017.

A Queer History of the United States by Michael Bronski is the first book to cover the entirety of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender history, from pre-1492 to the present. For the history buffs and those with an interest in a wider account of all non heteronormative behavior in the United States.

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin belongs just as much in the sci-fi category but I have it here because the book’s setting is a world without sexual prejudice in which gender is fluid. A strange and beautiful examination of some of these ideas and how they would perhaps play out.

Resources

Transgender Map by Andrea James is an incredible website filled with information about all things gender identity and expression as well as social, legal, medical and financial resources for trans individuals and their families. Here is information on getting connected to practitioners, advocates, and support groups in your own state:

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Gender Spectrum is an organization with lots of resources for trans individuals and their families.

Gender in Classrooms is an organization dedicated to supporting educators in fostering safe, welcoming, gender-inclusive spaces. There are resources here that caregivers could use in collaborating with school staff in supporting their child.

Coming Out: A Handbook for LGBTQ Young People by Trevor Project

If you’re expecting a child or in the postpartum period and queer- a support group that I would highly recommend from Postpartum Support International- Queer Support Group

If you are navigating the loss of a pregnancy and queer- LGBTQ Pregnancy Loss Support Group

LGBTQ+ Crisis/Suicide Prevention Hotlines

A large list of gender and sexuality related resources for families from Gender Justice in Early Childhood.

Research

Families with LGBTQ Children or Parents: Countering Stigma with Knowledge and Support by the Constellation Project

For specific inquiries on how to locate up-to-date research on sexual and gender minority youth and their caregivers, please contact me directly!