Can I tell you about Gender Diversity? (eBook)

A guide for friends, family and professionals

CJ Atkinson (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
56 Seiten
Jessica Kingsley Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-78450-367-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Kit, a 12 year old who identifies as a boy, explains all about gender variance, the experience of medical transition and how his family, friends and school can support him. This illustrated introduction to gender diversity will be a helpful guide and discussion starter for children 11+, as well as for older readers.

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Meet Kit - a 12 year old undergoing medical transition - as he talks about gender and the different ways it can be explored. He explains what it is like to transition and how his friends, family and teachers can help through talking, listening and being proactive. With illustrations throughout, this is an ideal way to start conversations about gender diversity in the classroom or at home and suitable for those working in professional services and settings. The book also includes a useful list of recommended reading, organisations and websites for further information and support.

Autor

CJ Atkinson is an academic and an activist, currently completing a PhD in Creative Writing at Goldsmiths University. They are an active member of the trans community, as well as a regular YouTube contributor. Their pronouns are they/their, and they proudly identify as queer.

Inhalt

1. Introducing Kit. 2. Gender Identity. 3. Sexual Orientation. 4. Transitioning. 5. Gender Expression. 6. Gender Dysphoria & Euphoria. 7. Gender Identity Clinics. 8. Language. 9. The Equality Act (2010). 10. School. 11. Misgendering. 12. Being Kit. How Other People Can Help. Further Guidance & Support Groups.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.12.2016
• Reihe/Serie: Can I tell you about...?
• Illustrationen: Olly Pike
• Zusatzinfo: 11 b&w illustrations
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Körper / Sexualität
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Grundschule
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Schlagworte: binary • Child • Cisgender • Classroom • Diversity • Educate and Celebrate • Educational • expansive • explain • Family • female • friend • FTM • Gender • Gids • LGBTQ • Male • MTF • neutral • nonconformity • resource • school • stereotypes • Tavistock Clinic • Teacher • Trans • Transgender • Transition • Understand • Variance
• ISBN-10: 1-78450-367-3 / 1784503673
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78450-367-3 / 9781784503673