Trans Youth Stories: An Intergenerational Dialogue after the "Trans Tipping Point

ISBN-13: 9780889616257

Lindsay Herriot;Kate Fry

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The first of its kind, Trans Youth Stories: An Intergenerational Dialogue after the "Trans Tipping Point" is a thematically organized collection of narratives, fiction, nonfiction, letters, poetry, graphics/comics, and visual pieces created by twenty-six Canadian transgender youth between the ages of ten to eighteen. Arranged in sections on childhood, families, bodies, everyday life, schooling, mental health, and acceptance, each section concludes with a response written by a Canadian scholar in transgender studies in conversation with the youth. These responses contextualize the youth pieces with recent scholarship from the field and equip readers with concrete actions for research, activism, and professional practice.Offering a unique and truthful depiction of young trans life and a holistic view of what it might be like to be a young trans person today, this groundbreaking volume will serve as an essential sourcebook for both students and teachers of gender and sexuality studies, trans studies, child and youth studies, counselling, and education. FEATURES: A unique collection centering the voices of trans youth through firsthand perspectives followed by an extended scholarly response Includes additional resources and follow-up responses by scholars to help readers contextualize writings of trans youth

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• Acknowledgements
• Trans Tipping Point Logo by Dylan Ariawan and Elliot Khan
• Introduction by Dr. Lindsay Herriot and Kate Fry
• CHAPTER ONE: CHILDHOOD CULTURES
  Key Themes
  Critical Questions
  Books We Love
  The Blue Fairy by Ajam and Owen Miller
  Mixed-Up by Asa O'Connor-Jaeckel
  Pink Herrings by Christopher
  Avatars by Lupus
  Be It Not Black and White by Ajam
  Response: Childhood and Cultural Representations by Christopher Wolff
• CHAPTER TWO: FAMILIES
  Key Themes
  Critical Questions
  Books We Love
  Family by Ajam
  As Long As I'm Healthy by Max
  Daddy's Little Girl by Danny Charles
  Be Strong Like Windows by Samuel Busch
  Mommy by Ask Spirest
  You Always Wanted A Girl by Asa O'Connor-Jaeckel
  T by Samuel Busch
  Prejudice Candle by Yakusinn DeBoer
  Response: The Complexities of Family Rejection by Kyle Shaughnessy
• CHAPTER THREE: BODIES
  Key Themes
  Critical Questions
  Books We Love
  Reflection by Ajam
  My Body by Jaxon Steele
  Hair Expression by Tor Broughton
  Strength by Lupus
  Life Journey by Maisie Bodrug
  Dysphoria by A.J. Gabriel
  Disproportionate by Samuel Busch
  Butterflies by Maisie Bodrug
  My Home by Tor Broughton
  Response: Life Itself: Trans Youth, Their Bodies, and the Freedom They Are Owed by Dr. Jake Pyne
• CHAPTER FOUR: EVERYDAY LIFE
  Key Themes
  Critical Questions
  Books We Love
  Government Buildings by Ajam
  Airport by Jasper Ledgerwood
  The Plan by Christopher
  Untitled-2 by Riley
  Dysphoria by Isaiah Hagerman
  The Dream by Maisie Bodrug
  Hidden Transphobia by Tor Broughton
  Raise Your Voice by Jasper Ledgerwood
  Queer, But Still a Christian by Alexander M-G
  Tools of the Transgender Teen by Tor Broughton
  Response: Everyone Has an Everyday Life by Dr. Lee Airton
• CHAPTER FIVE: SCHOOLS
  Key Themes
  Critical Questions
  Books We Love
  Where Do We Draw the Dividing Line? by Ajam
  A Day in the Life of One Trans Person by Maisie Bodrug
  Student Letter Responding to the Backlash on the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Curriculum by Anonymous, a transgender student
  Discovery by Max
  When You Call Me '"She" by Owen Miller
  Boy or Girl? by Luna
  Strength by Finn Lewis
  Response: Are We There Yet? Making a Roadmap Toward Thriving for Trans, Gender-Creative, Two-Spirit, Intersex, and Queer Youth in Schools by Lindsay Cavanaugh
• CHAPTER SIX: MENTAL HEALTH
  Key Themes
  Critical Questions
  Books We Love
  Transcend by Ajam
  Self-Care by A.J. Gabriel
  I Am Strong by Tor Broughton
  Why? by Danny Charles
  Whose Whore? by Ask Spirest (Spirit of the Forest)
  Life Letter by Jaxon Steele
  A Perspective on Growth by Alexander McIntyre
  Untitled-1 by Riley
  Starry Stabby + Live + Love by Ask Spirest
  Poem For Your Troubles by Maisie Bodrug
  Isolation by Asa O'Connor-Jaeckel
  Response: Resistance, Community Care, and Speaking Up—Thinking Through Trans and Nonbinary Youth Writings on Mental Health, Childhood, and Cultural Representations by Astri Jack and J. Matsui De Roo
• CHAPTER SEVEN: ACCEPTANCE
  Key Themes
  Critical Questions
  Books We Love
  Self-portrait by Ajam
  Dear Grace by David Llewelyn
  The Personal Dictionary of a Trans Semanticist by Christopher
  I AM ART by Alexander McIntyre
  Victoria by Tor Broughton
  A Letter to the Girl I was Supposed to Be by Jaxon Steele
  Sarah: A Trans Girl's Story by Alexander M-G
  Genderfluid by Hope
  Embroidery by Tor Broughton
  Response: Enough. Acceptance by Alyx MacAdams
• Afterword by Glynne Evans (2 poems: Ditch The Straights' Jacket and A Binary Binder)
• Process and Methodology by Dr. Lindsay Herriot and Kate Fry
• Author Bios
• Glossary by Tash McAdam
• Resources We Love
  Resources and Services for Trans Youth and The Adults Who Love Them
  Research Institutes About Trans Youth
  Pronoun-Specific Resources