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Maybe you just found out your mom, or your dad, is transgender, or maybe you've known for a while. But now what? Bryant's guide has chapters on navigating the changes in your family, coming out, or not, the many ways to transition both inside and out, and much, much more. In seeing how other people have handled these experiences, you'll gain information needed to support yourself and your family through the transition and beyond. -- adapted from back...
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"'My Dad's name is Haley. She used to be a he but now she is a she! Last year she did this thing called transition. She grew her hair long, painted her nails in bright colours and started wearing different clothes.' When Mini's cousin accidently misgenders her dad Haley, Mini explains why misgendering is hurtful and why we need to treat trans people with respect. Mini speaks with confidence about transitioning and gender identity, and empowers others...
3) My Maddy
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A child celebrates her Maddy, who is neither mommy nor daddy but a little bit of both, like so many things in nature. Includes note to parents.
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"Essentially this book is a heavily visual memoir-in-essays that explores how the experience of gestational parenthood-conceiving, birthing, and breastfeeding my son Samson-eventually clarified my gender identity and allowed me to project a different more masculine self. Ruminating on how the experiences contained under the umbrella of "motherhood" don't fully describe my experience amplifies the outsiderness the speaker, who is almost always addressing...
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"This book will cover fertility and conception for the whole LGBTQ spectrum"--
The only evidence-based, up-to-date fertility guide for queer people from an experienced health care provider, this is also the first to be transgender inclusive and body-positive. Here, queer prospective parents will find sound advice for navigating complex medical, social and financial decisions. Trusted fertility midwife Kristin Kali walks you through the baby-making...
7) And she was
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When Dara finds her birth certificate, she is puzzled to find two strange names on it, but when her mother, Mellie, reveals that she is transgender and transitioned when Dara's biological mother died soon after Dara's birth, Dara is stunned and angry--and she sets off with her friend Sam, in search of the grandparents she never knew existed (and who may be able to fund her tennis career), and the family secrets she can only guess at.
8) How we do family: from adoption to trans pregnancy, what we learned about love and LGBTQ parenthood
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"An LGBTQ family's inspiring story of building a loving home, with lessons all families can use"--
9) The Joneses
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The inspiring story of Jheri Jones, a 74-year-old transgender divorcee in Mississippi, struggling to keep three generations of her family together while her son Trevor embarks on his own unexpected journey of self-discovery. Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the **San Francisco Film Festival.**
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"When Lulu's Dad tells her that she's going to change her name to Rachel and be a lady now, Lulu has a major worry: what if Santa doesn't find out in time to fix all the tags on Rachel's Christmas presents? Lulu decides to take matters into her own hands and make sure that her Dad gets the lovely Christmas she deserves for being a most wonderful parent"--
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"Quand le père de Lulu lui a dit qu'elle changerait son nom pour Rachel et qu'elle serait maintenant une femme, Lulu a soudainement tres peur: qu'arriverait-il si le Pére Noël ne l'apprenait que trop tard pour changer le nom sur les cadeaux de Rachel? Lulu décide de prendre les choses en main et de s'assurer que son pére vive le magnifique Noël qu'elle mérite pour être un si bon parent"--Page 4 of cover.
When Lulu's Dad tells her that she's...
13) Love makes a family: portraits of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender parents and their families
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This volume combines interview and photographs to document the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender parents and their children. It allow all of the family members to speak candidly about their lives, their relationships, and the ways in which they have dealt with the pressures of homophobia. Included in the book are people from diverse racial, ethnic, and economic backgrounds, representing a wide range of family structures. Together,...
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"Bringing together the stories and experiences of LGBT+ parents as well as professionals in the field, this guide explains what healthcare and birth workers can do to improve care for their clients. It broadens the ability to understand those who birth and parent beyond the heteronormative and cisgender binary. Covering topics such as LGBT+ and neurodiversity, surrogacy and lactation, as well as including interviews from Jake Graf, Freddy McConnell...