Supporting Transgender and Gender-Creative Youth

Elizabeth J. Meyer is Associate Dean and Associate Professor in the School of Education at the University of Colorado Boulder. Meyer 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). She completed her PhD at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.Annie Pullen Sansfaçon is Professor at the University of Montreal’s School of Social Work. She has conducted many projects on the experiences of trans youth and families and is one of the co-founder of Gender Creative Kids Canada. Pullen Sansfaçon completed her PhD at DeMontfort University in the United Kingdom.

• List of Figures and Tables – Acknowledgements – Preface to the Second Edition – 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 – Edward Ou Jin Lee: Trans Youth of Color: Knowledges, Realities and Practice Strategies – Elizabeth J. Meyer: Supporting Gender Diversity in Schools: Developmental and Legal Perspectives – Elizabeth J. Meyer/Anika Tilland-Stafford/Lee Airton: Creating Affirming Spaces for Transgender and Gender-Creative Students in Schools: Lessons from Their Teachers – 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 – Kimberley Ens Manning/Akiko Asano: Affirmation, Access, Autonomy: Canadian Parents Talk Trans* Rights – 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: Conclusion: Looking Back, Looking Forward – Lee Airton/Elizabeth J. Meyer: Glossary of Terms – Contributors.