Voices of Transgender Children in Early Childhood Education

Ashley L. Sullivan is Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education at Penn State Behrend, USA. Her research focuses on young transgender children in early education settings, children’s literature containing transgender characters, children in poverty, reconceptualist methodologies, and kindergarten “readiness.”Laurie L. Urraro is Assistant Teaching Professor of Spanish at Penn State Behrend, USA. She teaches language and culture classes. Her research focuses on contemporary female-authored Spanish drama, gender and sexuality, and women’s issues.

• 1. Trans Who? Understanding Transgender Children.- 2. Being Young and Trans in School.- 3. Theory, History, and Realities of Transgender Individuals.- 4. Hiding in the Open: Portraits of Trans Partners (Birth-Eight).- 5. Spaces, Places, Faces - Erases and Embraces: Actions and Experiences of the Trans Child Within Normative Frameworks.- 6. Art Studios Versus Locker Rooms: Safe and Unsafe Places for Trans Children.- 7. Focusing the lens: Theoretical Perspectives of Body Normalization.- 8. Where Do We Go From Here? Dos and Don'ts When Working with Trans Children.