Meyer / Pullen Sansfaçon Supporting Transgender and Gender Creative Youth

Schools, Families, and Communities in Action
2. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4539-1210-2
Verlag: Peter Lang
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 270 Seiten, WEB PDF

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Supporting Transgender and Gender Creative Youth brings together cuttingedge research, social action methods, and theory on the topic of transgender youth and gender creative children. Organized in three sections covering theoretical and clinical, educational, and community perspectives, the chapters specifically address issues and challenges in education, social work, medicine, and counseling as well as recommendations that are relevant for parents, families, practitioners, and educators alike. The result is a well-researched and accessible book that will provide support and knowledge to a broad audience of individuals invested in improving the social worlds of gender diverse children and youth.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Meyer, Elizabeth J.

Pullen Sansfaçon, Annie

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies: Homosexualität, LGBTQ+
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Kinder- und Jugendsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Sozialethnologie: Familie, Gender, Soziale Gruppen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: Kimberley Ens Manning/Annie Pullen Sansfaçon/Elizabeth J. Meyer: Introduction – Diane Ehrensaft: From Gender Identity Disorder to Gender Identity Creativity: The Liberation of Gender-Nonconforming Children and Youth – Jake Pyne: Health and Well-Being among Gender-Independent Children and Their Families: A Review of the Literature – Jemma Tosh: Working Together for an Inclusive and Gender-Creative Future: A Critical Lens on ‘Gender Dysphoria’ – Ann Travers: Transformative Gender Justice as a Framework for Normalizing Gender Variance among Children and Youth – Elizabeth J. Meyer: Supporting Gender Diversity in Schools: Developmental and Legal Perspectives – Karleen Pendleton Jiménez: 'I Will Whip My Hair' and 'Hold My Bow': Gender-Creativity in Rural Ontario – Jennifer C. Ingrey: The Limitations and Possibilities for Teaching Transgender Issues in Education to Preservice Teachers – Françoise Susset: Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Experience of Parents of Gender-Nonconforming Boys – Arwyn Daemyir: Ten Fingers, Ten Toes, and Potentially Trans: The Everyday Revolution of Gender-Diverse Parenting – Michelle Walks: Parent-Initiated Gender-Creativity: Raising Queerlings – Annie Pullen Sansfaçon/Audrey-Anne Dumais-Michaud/Marie-Joëlle Robichaud: Transforming Challenges into Action: Researching the Experience of Parents of Gender-Creative Children through Social Action and Self-Directed Groupwork – Lyndsey Hampton: Supporting Genderqueer Youth in Rural Communities: A Case Study – Lorraine Gale/Haley Syrja-McNally: 'Expanding the Circle': Serving Children, Youth, and Families by Integrating Gender Diversity and Affirming Gender-Independent Children – Annie Pullen Sansfaçon/Elizabeth J. Meyer/Kimberley Ens Manning/Marie-Joëlle Robichaud: Looking Back, Looking Forward.

Über Autor(innen)

Elizabeth J. Meyer (PhD McGill University) is an Assistant Professor in the School of Education at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo and is the author of Gender, Bullying, and Harassment: Strategies to End Sexism and Homophobia in Schools (2009) and Gender and Sexual Diversity in Schools (2010).
Annie Pullen Sansfaçon (PhD De Montfort University) is an Associate Professor of Social Work at the Université de Montréal in Canada and is the author of The Ethical Foundations of Social Work (2012).