Irwin Krieger, LCSW P.O. Box 519 [email protected] Ashford, CT 06278 www.IKriegerTraining.com 203-988-7018
RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS
New England Organizations: True Colors: Sexual Minority Youth and Family Services: 860-649-7386 or www.ourtruecolors.org Advocacy, Mentoring, Annual Conference. Diversity Training.
Translations and TransPACT: Support groups for transgender youth and their parents. Contact Tony Ferraiolo: 203-376-8089 or [email protected].
PFLAG in CT has meetings in Hartford, Manchester, Norwalk, and the New London area. Their meetings offer support to transgender teens and adults as well as family members and allies. Visit http://www.pflaghartford.org/calendar.html.
Trans Youth Equality Foundation: 207-478-4087 or http://www.transyouthequality.org/ Advocacy. Summer and fall retreats for youth.
Camp Aranu’tiq: (617) 467-5830 or http://www.camparanutiq.org/ Summer camp for youth ages 8 to 15.
GLAD: legal rights organization dedicated to ending discrimination based on sexual orientation, HIV status and gender identity and expression http://www.glad.org/
Websites: Resources for parents of Transgender Teens: www.HelpingYourTransgenderTeen.com
Family Acceptance Project: http://familyproject.sfsu.edu Documents the impact of family acceptance and rejection on the health, mental health and well-being of LGBT youth
A La Familia: Spanish/English Guide for Families about the Bible, Sexuality and Gender Identity: http://www.thetaskforce.org/downloads/release_materials/tf_a_la_familia.pdf
Standards of Care for Gender Identity Treatment and extensive articles on transgenderism: www.wpath.org (click on “Publications” tab)
Endocrine Society Guidelines: http://www.endo- society.org/guidelines/ final/upload/endocrine-treatment-of-transsexual-persons.pdf
National Center for Transgender Equality: http://www.transequality.org
Crisis support: The Trevor Project: http://www.thetrevorproject.org/ (888-4-U-TREVOR) is a confidential 24/7 crisis and suicide prevention helpline for LGBT youth. Online support: Trevor Space: http://www.trevorspace.org/ is a free, monitored social and peer networking site for LGBT youth ages 13-24.
National organizations and publications for advocacy in schools: Bending the Mold: an action kit for transgender students , available from www.lambdalegal.org
Beyond the Binary: a toolkit for gender identity activism in schools , available fromwww.gsanetwork.org
Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network: http://www.glsen.org/article/educators-support- trans-and-gnc-students . Webinar and publications.
On the Team: Equal Opportunities for Transgender Student Athletes, at http://www.wiaa.com/ConDocs/Con550/TransgenderStudentAthleteReport.pdf
Schools in Transition: A Guide for Supporting Transgender Students in K-12 Schools, available from Gender Spectrum at https://www.genderspectrum.org/studenttransitions/
Safe Schools Guidelines: http://www.ct.gov/chro/lib/chro/Guidelines_for_Schools_on_Gender_Identity_and_Expression_fi nal_4-24-12.pdf (Connecticut) http://www.doe.mass.edu/ssce/GenderIdentity.pdf (Massachusetts)
Books for kids : Teen novels : I am Jazz, by Jazz Jennings & Jessica Herthel George, by Alex Gino Jacob's New Dress by Sarah & Ian Hoffman I am J, by Cris Beam Michael and Me, by Margaret Baker-Street Luna, by Julie Anne Peters Stacey’s Not A Girl, by Colt Keo-Meieir & Jesse Yang Parrotfish, by Ellen Wittlinger Who Are You?, by Pessin-Whedbee & Bardoff
Books for parents and professionals:
Helping Your Transgender Teen, by Irwin Krieger, Genderwise Press, 2011
The Gender Creative Child, by Diane Ehrensaft, PhD, The Experiment, 2016
The Gender Quest Workbook by Testa, Coolheart and Peta, 2016
The Transgender Child , by Stephanie Brill and Rachel Pepper, Cleis Press, 2008
The Transgender Teen , by Stephanie Brill and Lisa Kenney, Cleis Press, 2016