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Resources for Parents of Transgender Children

Websites

TransKids Purple Rainbow Foundation
TKPRF is committed to the premise that Gender Identity Disorder is something a child can't control and it is society that needs to change, not them

Mermaids: Family Support Group for Children and Teenagers with Gender Identity Issues
Mermaids is a support group for gender variant children and teenagers, and their families.

TransYouth Family: Understanding Through Education
TYFA empowers children and families by partnering with educators, service providers and communities to develop supportive environments in which gender may be expressed and respected. We envision a society free of suicide and violence in which ALL children are respected and celebrated.

Books and Readings

True Selves: Understanding Transsexualism: For Families, Friends, Coworkers, and Helping Professionals
by Mildred L. Brown and Chloe Ann Rounsley
Filled with wisdom and understanding, this groundbreaking book paints a vivid portrait of conflicts transsexuals face on a daily basis--and the courage they must summon as they struggle to reveal their true being to themselves and others.

Mom, I need to be a girl
by Just Evelyn
You are about to read a rare true story about a young boy who received a kind of help from his mother that some children need, but almost none receive.

Our Trans Children
A Publication of the Transgender Network of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), 3rd Edition

Why Don't You Tell Them I'm a Boy? Raising a Gender-Nonconforming Child
by Florence Dillon
Setting my daughter free meant more than I'd imagined


Compiled by Elizabeth Baker for the University Counseling Center.

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