Resources
We hope you find this information helpful. We are aware that the number of resources can feel overwhelming and so this is just a small number of carefully selected resources
Books
Abigail Shrier - Irreversible Damage: The transgender craze seducing our daughters
Susan & Marcus Evans - Gender Dysphoria: A Therapeutic Model for Working with Children, Adolescents and Young Adults
Heather Brunskell-Evans & Michele Moore (eds) - Transgender Children and Young People: Born in Your Own Body
Heather Brunskell Evans & Michele Moore (eds) - Inventing the Transgender Child
Az Hakeem - Trans: Exploring Gender Identity and Gender Dysphoria
Debra Soh - The End of Gender: Debunking the myths about sex and identity in our society
Dr. Gordon Neufeld & Dr. Gabor Maté - Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers
Carl Pickhardt - Surviving Your Child's Adolescence: How to Understand, and Even Enjoy, the Rocky Road to Independence
Podcasts
Films
Dysphoric (a four-part documentary series)
The Trans Train (a three-part Swedish documentary series with English subtitles)
Trans Mission - What’s the rush to reassign gender?
YouTube
Benjamin A. Boyce - Gender, Sexuality, Transition and Detransition
Triggernometry - Transgender Clinic Whistle Blower Speaks Out: Marcus Evans
Sasha Ayad - Parenting a young adult with ROGD
In the media
The Federalist - Is transgender the new anorexia?
The Economist - An English Ruling on Transgender Teens Could Have Global Repercussions
Newsweek - We need balance when it comes to gender dysphoric kids
Quillette - No one is born in the wrong body
The Sunday Times - The Detransitioners
Public Discourse - The Impossibility of Informed Consent for Transgender Interventions
Sexology Today - Do trans-kids stay trans- when they grow up?
Key studies
Lisa Littman - Parent reports of adolescents and young adults perceived to show signs of a rapid onset of gender dysphoria
SEGM - Correction of a Key Study: No Evidence of “Gender-Affirming” Surgeries Improving Mental Health
Lisa Marchiano - Outbreak: On Transgender Teens and Epidemics
Roberto D’Angelo, Ema Syrulnik, Sasha Ayad, Lisa Marchiano, Dianna Theadora Kenny & Patrick Clarke - One Size Does Not Fit All: In Support of Psychotherapy for Gender Dysphoria
Anastassis Spiliadis - ‘Taking the lid off the box’: The value of extended clinical assessment for adolescents presenting with gender identity difficulties
Elie Vandenbussche - Detransition-Related Needs and Support: A Cross-Sectional Online Survey
Recommended Online Reading
Lisa Marchiano - Guidance for Parents of Teens with Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria
Lisa Marchiano - New Guidance for Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria
Lisa Marchiano - Should I take testosterone?
Sasha Ayad - Various articles
Stephen Levine - Sex, gender and dysphoria: Stephen Levine’s expert affadavit for Hecox v. Little
Stella O’Malley - ‘Gaslighting the Concerned Parents of Trans Children - A Psychotherapist’s View
Sex Matters - Guidance for UK schools, keep your pupils safe and comply with the law
Exploring Specific Issues
Puberty Blockers - I couldn't sit by while so many others made the same mistake: Keira Bell
Autism - Autism, Puberty, and Gender Dysphoria: Elizabeth Hawker
Gender-questioning Boys (Angus Fox) - When Sons Become Daughters: Parents of transitioning boys speak out on their own suffering
Gender-questioning Boys - Masculinity, anime and gender dysphoria
Teenagers - The evidence base and practical ideas for parents
Suicidality - Suicide facts and myths, Gender dysphoria and suicide
Parental Alienation - Trans kids may reject family, not the other way around
Detransition
Detrans Awareness Day Webinars