Books on Transitioning

Here we make some suggestions of books that may help you to understand more about transitioning: social, medical and/or surgical. From books on the current provision of transgender health, to essays on transition in children and biographical accounts, we aim to help you to read around this subject as we believe being well informed is an important way to help our children.

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Desist, Detrans and Detox

Blindsided when a child suddenly announces a transgender identity, many parents today find their families under assault by an insidious...

 Maria Keffler
Gender Dysphoria: A Therapeutic Model for Working with Children, Adolescents and Young Adults

In recent years, there has been an explosion in the number of children and young people who diagnose themselves as...

 Sue Evans and Marcus Evans
Inventing Transgender Children and Young People

The essays in this volume are written by clinicians, psychologists, sociologists, educators, parents and de-transitioners. Contributors demonstrate how ‘transgender children...

 Michele Moore & Heather Brunskell-Evans
The End of Gender

International sex researcher, neuroscientist, and columnist Debra Soh debunks popular gender myths in this fascinating, research-based, scientific...

 Dr Debra Soh
Trans: Exploring Gender Identity and Gender Dysphoria

What is gender dysphoria? How does it affect people? What do terms like intersex, cisgender and transsexualism mean?

This book,...

 Dr Az Hakeem
Transgender Children and Young People: Born in Your Own Body

This book is a collection of essays about the current theory and practice of transgendering children. Essays are written against...

 Michele Moore & Heather Brunskell-Evans