Helpful Resources for Parents
These links and pdfs and books are provided to help you understand the importance supporting young trans and gender diverse people
A list of 10 Things you should never say to a trans or gender diverse person. (Video)
You Can't Ask That - Trans* People
Things Not To Say to a Non Binary Person
5 Non-Binary People chatting about Non Binary identities. (video)
Twenty 10: Being Trans at school
Sex, Sexual-orientation, Gender identity, Gender expression
The Transgender teen, A handbook to those supporting transgender and non binary teens
9 Things People Get Wrong About Being Non-Binary
How to support a transgender child
The Singular They - a guide to its use and why it isn't grammatically incorrect.
Sex and Gender: What's the difference?
Having a discussion with others about your trans child.
Talking to Grandparents and other Adult Family Members.
Thoughts from a trans adult : My Parents Still Struggle to Know Me After I Transitioned Late
Some basic info from PFLAG New York - Questions Parents Ask
Helpful books for Parents and Young Adults and Younger Children
Top 20 Books about gender diversity.
First Day - short film about a transgender young person's first day at school.
Its time to update "The talk"
Stop using phony science to justify transphobia
Trans Pathways study, Australia 2017
School Experiences of Trans and Gender Diverse Young People (Research Paper)
The myth of testosterone spurts in young boys.
There is a popular idea that pre pubertal boys experience spurts or surges of testosterone at various stages in the early life, pre puberty. This article, by an expert paediatric endocrinologist examines this idea.
