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Resources for Parents of Transgender Children

Websites
Gender Public Advocacy Coalition
http://www.childrenastheyare.org/
There are some useful tips for parenting if you click on the Resources tab, and then click on Children as They Are Materials, followed by Do’s and Don’ts for Parents.

Mermaids: Family Support Group for Children and Teenagers with Gender Identity Issues
http://www.mermaids.freeuk.com/
There are some useful resources under Helpful Hints for Families and Carers

TransYouth Family: Understanding Through Education
http://www.imatyfa.org/

Books and Readings
True Selves: Understanding Transsexualism: For Families, Friends, Coworkers, and Helping Professionals
by Mildred L. Brown and Chloe Ann Rounsley

Mom, I need to be a girl
by Just Evelyn
http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TS/Evelyn/Mom_I_need_to_be_a_girl.pdf

Our Trans Children
A Publication of the Transgender Network of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), 3rd Edition
http://www.transproud.com/pdf/transkids.pdf

Why Don't You Tell Them I'm a Boy? Raising a Gender-Nonconforming Child
by Florence Dillon
http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/whydontyoutellthem.pdf

Compiled by Elizabeth Baker for the University Counseling Center.

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