Gender Explained
A New Understanding of Identity in a Gender Creative World
$31.99
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
19 November 2024
Summary
The informed road map you need to embrace the new gender creative landscape
By now, you’ve probably heard the terms transgender, nonbinary, genderqueer, and gender fluid. You might even know someone who identifies as one of those ways or know someone who is questioning their gender. But what do those terms actually mean? Is this gender exploration just a phase due to over-influence by social media or peer pressure? And how do you broach the subject of gender with your child or loved o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781785045240 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1785045245 |
| Author: | Dr Diane Ehrensaft, Dr Michelle Jurkiewicz |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vermilion |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 19 November 2024 |
| Weight: | 245g |
| Dimensions: | 217mm x 137mm x 20mm |
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Critics Review
If you’re scared and confused because your child is saying things about gender that you never expected to hear, this is the book for you. Gender Explained sets aside the politics, lays out the science, and offers practical, compassionate advice for supporting our children – and ourselves – on the gender adventure that awaits us. * Marlo Mack, author of How to Be a Girl *Gender Explained is the perfect antidote to the current state of widespread confusion about gender. Ehrensaft and Jurkiewicz’s careful, thoughtful, and well-researched approach to the topic of gender cuts through a sea of misinformation. * Sabra L. Katz-Wise, PhD, associate professor at Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health *A must-read for anyone interested in exploring the complex subject of gender. * Joel Baum, director of education at the Child and Adolescent Gender Center, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital *With courage and wisdom, this book does an amazing job at explaining gender diversity. A highly recommended read for families, clinicians, and anyone eager to better understand our complex world. * Jean Malpas, psychotherapist and founder of the Gender & Family Project at the Ackerman Institute for the Family *
About The Author
Dr Diane Ehrensaft
Diane Ehrensaft (Author)
Diane Ehrensaft is a developmental and clinical psychologist who cares for children, adolescents and families. She specialises in gender-affirmative care for transgender and gender-expansive patients and publishes and lectures internationally on this topic. She is also the author of The Gender Creative Child and Gender Born, Gender Made. She lives in San Francisco, California.
Michelle Jurkiewicz (Author)
Michelle Jurkiewicz is a licensed clinical psychologist and gender specialist in private practice in Berkeley, California. Dr. Jurkiewicz was an early pioneer in the work with transgender, nonbinary, and gender-expansive youth. She has been providing therapeutic services to children, youth, and families since 2003 and trains newer clinicians in using the Gender Affirmative Model.
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