Families of gender nonconforming children need to negotiate the interactions between two
gender systems: a rigid gender binary imported from familial, social, and cultural …

It is only recently that transgenderism has been accepted as a disorder for which treatment is
available. In the 1990s, a political movement of transgender activism coalesced to campaign …

Transgender theory is an emerging theoretical orientation on the nature of gender and
gender identity in understanding the lived experiences of transgender and transsexual …

Transgender people are increasingly depicted in both offline and online media. These
representations inform the general public about transgender communities and have a …

Family rejection and violence are often cited as reasons for lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth entering out-of-home care. Though no …

Abstract Service access and acquisition are often complex and sometimes dangerous for
transgender and gender expansive young people, who frequently experience stigma and …

LGBTQ foster youth are twice as likely to report poor treatment and more likely to live in
group homes and to have more foster care placements. Approximately 1 in 5, or 1,400 foster …

This chapter provides a comprehensive review of current research on children's and
adolescents' sexual motivations, desires, and behaviors, and the multiple factors that …

This article contributes to the debate on gender and social work by examining dominant
approaches within the field. Anti-discriminatory, woman-centered and intersectional …

Kate Bornstein (1994) states,“I'm constructing myself to be fluidly gendered now…. I don't
consider myself a man, and quite frequently I doubt that I'ma woman. And you—you still think …