In this episode, we cover gender terms, what it means to be transgender, the physical transition options, common questions, things to say to a loved one who is transgender, and how important acceptance is.

Docuseries:

Growing Up Trans - https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/growing-up-trans/

Transgeneration - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL88BD29E2D7FABBCE

Reading:

https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2015/08/22/what-makes-people-gay-update/8Mos2MXHvX5JsxP7AzW9RJ/story.html

My Thinning Years: Starving the Gay Within by Jon Derek Croteau

It Feels Good to be Yourself by Theresa Thorn

Supporting Transgender & Gender-Creative Youth by Elizabeth J. Meyer and Annie Pullen

About Gender Identity Justice in Schools and Communities by SJ Miller

https://pflag.org/resource/transgender-reading-list-adults

Resources:

National Suicide Prevention - 1-800-273-8255 - https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org

The Trevor Project – www.thetrevorproject.org

Point Foundation (Point) – www.pointfoundation.org

Eating Disorder Hope – www.eatingdisorderhope.com

Outward Bound U.S.A. – www.outwardbound.org

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation – www.hrc.org