The Gender Creative Child by Diane Ehrensaft

When I looked at the kids my age around me, even then, I didn't see kids who seemed especially creative, or brave. I've been to a conference Ehrensaft presents at as a (then) transgender teenager. A lot of it reads like some kind of starseed parenting manual, making it very clear that the innate glowing specialness of the transgender child will shine on parents too, if they just take their kids to Ehrensaft or an Ehrensaft-like proxy. The Gender Creative Child unlocks the door to a gender-expansive world, revealing pathways for positive change in our schools, our communities, and the world. As an advocate for the gender affirmative model and with the expertise she has gained over three decades of pioneering work with children and families, she encourages caregivers to listen to each child, learn their particular needs, and support their quest for a true gender self. Ehrensaft explains the interconnected effects of biology, nurture, and culture to explore why gender can be fluid, rather than binary. In this up-to-date, comprehensive resource, Dr. Now, with The Gender Creative Child, she returns to guide parents and professionals through the rapidly changing cultural, medical, and legal landscape of gender and identity. Diane Ehrensaft coined the term gender creative to describe children whose unique gender expression or sense of identity is not defined by a checkbox on their birth certificate.

In her groundbreaking first book, Gender Born, Gender Made, Dr. From a leading US authority on a subject more timely than ever-an up-to-date, all-in-one resource on gender-nonconforming children and adolescents

The Gender Creative Child by Diane Ehrensaft