Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Short Commentary – A Transgender Narrative: “I Can Now Live My Truth”
Ri Patrick
Chapter 1. The Genders We Live: Transgender Youth and Young Adults in an Era of Expanding Gender Paradigms
Eion G. Cashman and Andrew S. Walters (Northern Arizona University, AZ, USA)
Chapter 2. The Challenges of Transgender Youth
Dennis A. Bunton and Julie M. Smirl (Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, IL, USA)
Chapter 3. Transgender Christians: Gender Identity, Family Relationships, and Religious Faith
Mark A. Yarhouse and Dara Houp (Regent University, VA, USA)
Chapter 4. Transgender Adolescents and Transactional Sex
Andrew P. Barnett, Monica S. Ruiz and Maria Cecilia Zea (The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA)
Chapter 5. ”And then. Well. And then I became me.”: Transgender Identities in Motion
Kaylynne E. Gray and Andrew S. Walters (Northern Arizona University, AZ, USA)
Chapter 6. Transgender Youth in Foster Care: Creating an Inclusive and Affirming Environment
Adam McCormick (St. Edward’s University, TX, USA)
Chapter 7. Leveling the Playing Field for All: Safe, Fair, and Equal Inclusion of Transgender Youth Athletes Part One
Adam F. Yerke and Ashley Fortier (The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Southern California, CA, USA)
Chapter 8. Leveling the Playing Field for All: Safe, Fair, and Equal Inclusion of Transgender Youth Athletes Part Two
Adam F. Yerke and Ashley Fortier (The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Southern California, CA, USA)
Chapter 9. Christian Parent’s Experiences of Transgender Youth During the Coming Out Process
Mark A. Yarhouse, Dara Houp, Julia Sadusky, and Olya Zaporozhets (Regent University, VA, USA)
Chapter 10. Transgender Youth: How To Educate Others & Yourself as an Ally and Advocate
Mariotta Gary-Smith and Judith E. Steinhart (Morehouse School of Medicine, GA, USA)
Index
This book is written for school counselors, therapists, psychologists, educators, parents, and transgender adolescents and adults. Others who may find this book useful: transgender advocacy groups, elementary, middle, and high schools, colleges and universities, gay rights organizations, and social service organizations.