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

Gender: A Wider Lens

Abigail Shrier on Joe Rogan

Savage Minds

StoicMom: Conversations with Stoic Mamas Along the Way

Films

Trans Kids: It’s time to talk

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

Genspect video - What is Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria (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

Transgender terminology

Top ten tips for parents

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

Detransition - Stats For Gender

Beyond Trans - Resources

Detrans Stories - Benjamin Boyce