1st Edition
Today's Transgender Youth Health, Well-being, and Opportunities for Resilience
Introduction – Transgender youth are strong: Resilience among gender expansive youth worldwide 1. Discussing transgender topics within gay-straight alliances: Factors that could promote more frequent conversations 2. Supporting families of transgender children/youth: Parents speak on their experiences, identity, and views 3. I’m more driven now: Resilience and resistance among transgender and gender expansive youth and young adults experiencing homelessness 4. Non-binary youth: Access to gender-affirming primary health care 5. Disrupting the trans-versus-Catholic dichotomy: An example from a Canadian elementary school policy 6. Digging beneath the surface: Results from stage one of a qualitative analysis of factors influencing the well-being of trans youth in Quebec 7. Bullies, blades, and barricades: Practical considerations for working with adolescents expressing concerns regarding gender and identity 8. A critical commentary on follow-up studies and "desistance" theories about transgender and gender-nonconforming children 9. A critical commentary on "A critical commentary on follow-up studies and "desistence" theories about transgender and gender non-conforming children" 10. The myth of persistence: Response to "A critical commentary on follow-up studies and ‘desistance’ theories about transgender and gender non-conforming children" by Temple Newhook et al. (2018) 11. Learning to listen to trans and gender diverse children: A Response to Zucker (2018) and Steensma and Cohen-Kettenis (2018) 12. Prepubertal social gender transitions: What we know; what we can learn—A view from a gender affirmative lens
Biography
Ryan J. Watson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Connecticut, USA. He studies the health and well-being of sexual and gender minority youth.
Jaimie F. Veale is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. She specializes in the health, human rights, and sexuality of gender diverse individuals.
