ERIC Number: EJ994931
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Publication Date: 2013
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Look, Mom, I'm a Boy--Don't Tell Anyone I Was a Girl"
Ehrensaft, Diane
Journal of LGBT Youth, v10 n1-2 p9-28 2013
Interventions with a school-aged youth are presented to demonstrate a child's gender transition from female to male with the support of a single mother, grandmother, therapist, pediatric endocrinologist, gender education and advocacy group, and gender-affirming school. This single case study illustrates both the positive psychological effects of resilience-building therapy and family/community supports in facilitating a transition to an affirmed gender and the dilemmas confronted when introducing hormone blockers to a child, removing a child from a familiar environment to allow a fresh gender start, and respecting a child's wishes to stay private about the child's gender past. (Contains 1 note.)
Descriptors: Community Support, Sexual Identity, Gender Issues, Transitional Programs, Family Involvement, Case Studies, Resilience (Psychology), Mental Health, Drug Therapy, Counseling Techniques, Identification (Psychology), Teamwork, Interdisciplinary Approach, Mothers, Parent Role
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Language: English
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