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Gender Identity for Kids
A fun, approachable and easy-to-use guide to gender identity for 7+ readers with colourful illustrations throughout. What is gender and what does it mean to you? What are ways people express their gender? What if you don't feel like the gender everyone says you are? This book is a simple approach to the subject communicated through an accessible and fun format, pitched perfectly for the age group. At a time when trans rights are being discussed all over the globe, a book speaking directly to kids in accessible and accepting language is desperately needed. Trans non-binary illustrator Andy Passchier breaks down modern-day conversations about gender identity into easily understandable sections, providing essential support to young people and the grown-ups in their lives.
It Feels Good to Be Yourself
A picture book that introduces the concept of gender identity to the youngest reader from writer Theresa Thorn and illustrator Noah Grigni. Some people are boys. Some people are girls. Some people are both, neither, or somewhere in between. This sweet, straightforward exploration of gender identity will give children a fuller understanding of themselves and others. With child-friendly language and vibrant art, It Feels Good to Be Yourself provides young readers and parents alike with the vocabulary to discuss this important topic with sensitivity.
Transsexual and Other Disorders of Gender Identity
For the vast majority of children acquiring speech and language skills is an effortless process. However there is a sizeable proportion of children for whom this is not true. Difficulties they experience may be associated with other conditions such as cleft palate or hearing loss or they may have no obvious cause. This book provides a comprehensive picture of the difficulties that occur when speech and language does not develop in the young child. Divided into two sections the first focuses on how such children should be identified and assessed. The second section provides specific insights into communication difficulties in different conditions. Each is written by an expert practitioner and is illustrated with specific examples. Based on best clinical practice and research-based evidence it is a practical guide fully referenced for those who wish to develop knowledge further. It is essential reading for all professionals who work with children particularly those who work in community settings.
Who Are You?
What do you like? How do you feel? Who are you? This brightly illustrated children's book provides a straightforward introduction to gender for anyone aged 5-8. It presents clear and direct language for understanding and talking about how we experience gender: our bodies, our expression and our identity. An interactive three-layered wheel included in the book is a simple, yet powerful, tool to clearly demonstrate the difference between our body, how we express ourselves through our clothes and hobbies, and our gender identity. Ideal for use in the classroom or at home, a short page-by-page guide for adults at the back of the book further explains the key concepts and identifies useful discussion points. This is a one-of-a-kind resource for understanding and celebrating the gender diversity that surrounds us.
Understanding Gender Identity
An essential guide that offers a comprehensive understanding of gender identity for transgender individuals. It serves as a roadmap for self-discovery and support, providing invaluable knowledge and insights to foster empathy and inclusivity.
Media, Gender and Identity
Popular media present a vast array of stories about women and men. What impact do these images and ideas have on people’s identities? The new edition of Media, Gender and Identity is a highly readable introduction to the relationship between media and gender identities today. Fully revised and updated, including new case studies and a new chapter, it considers a wide range of research and provides new ways for thinking about the media’s influence on gender and sexuality. David Gauntlett discusses movies such as Knocked Up and Spiderman 3, men’s and women’s magazines, TV shows, self-help books, YouTube videos, and more, to show how the media play a role in the shaping of individual self-identities. The book includes: a comparison of gender representations in the past and today, from James Bond to Ugly Betty an introduction to key theorists such as Judith Butler, Anthony Giddens and Michel Foucault an outline of creative approaches, where identities are explored with video, drawing, or Lego bricks a Companion Website with extra articles, interviews and selected links, at: www.theoryhead.com.
Gender, Identity, And The Production Of Meaning
This book explains an open-ended theory of self that delineates 'masculine' and 'feminine' self-strategies on the basis of the Hegelian tradition of theorizing self/other relations and contemporary feminist theory. It proposes the possibility of combining the gender differentiated self strategies.
Understanding Gender Identity
An essential guide that offers a comprehensive understanding of gender identity for transgender individuals. It serves as a roadmap for self-discovery and support, providing invaluable knowledge and insights to foster empathy and inclusivity.
Understanding Sexual Identity
Today’s youth struggle with difficult questions of sexual identity. How can a youth worker offer wise care and counsel on such a controversial and confusing subject? Mark Yarhouse, Director of the Institute for the Study of Sexual Identity, writes to equip youth ministers so they can faithfully navigate the topic of sexual identity in a way that is honest, compassionate, and accessible. Reframing the focus away from the culture wars, Yarhouse introduces readers to the conversation beginning with the developmental considerations in the formation of sexual identity—all of which occurs in the teen years. He offers practical and helpful ways to think about people who experience same-sex attraction. Sections of the book are also dedicated to helping parents respond to their children and teens who struggle with questions of sexual idenity, as well as how youth ministry can become more relevant in the lives of youth who are navigating these issues.
The Transgender Debate
Addressing the historical, social, legal and medical issues surrounding transsexualism, this text challenges the existence of definitive gender roles. What does it mean to be a man, or a woman, in the late 20th century?
