Letters to School—Alternatives to PE

August 30, 2011

This post is the next in my series of letters parents have written to schools on behalf of their gender-nonconforming and transgender children (the first, second, and third appear here). The following letter was written by Jenna Murase* to her son’s middle school principal. Jenna sought permission for her son to fulfill his PE requirement [...]

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Letters to School—A Transgender Teen

August 29, 2011

This post is the next in my series of letters parents have written to schools on behalf of their gender-nonconforming and transgender children (the first and second letters appear here). The following letter was written by Natanya*, the mother of Jamie, a transgender teenager entering high school. Natanya sent the letter to every teacher at [...]

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Letters to School—Preschool Changes

August 27, 2011

In my last post, I shared the letter that my husband and I wrote to the parents in Sam’s kindergarten class. Since my readers have a variety of school situations, and their children span a wide age range, I plan to share several letters from readers in the hopes that those of you writing your [...]

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It’s a New School Year

August 24, 2011

  I’m looking forward to updating you on what happens next in my series on school bullying prevention, just as soon as the story unfolds a bit more. In the mean time, I wanted to share that I’ve been nominated (by one of my awesome, so-far-anonymous readers, who I LOVE LOVE LOVE) as one of Babble’s [...]

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Psychology Today

July 8, 2011

I’m honored that clinical psychologist Samantha Smithstein recently interviewed me for her blogs on Psychology Today and the San Francisco Examiner. We discussed my advocacy work for gender-nonconforming kids, what it means to be a pink boy, and school bullying prevention. Responding to Dr. Smithstein’s questions was a good opportunity for me to articulate something I’ve long [...]

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And the Winner Is….

July 5, 2011

Janice! Janice will now receive her very own autographed copy of Leslea Newman’s new book, Donovan’s Big Day, courtesy of the author. (And here’s the glitch in my system: I have three facebook friends named Janice. Would the Janice who posted the winning comment #6 please send me a note on facebook or via email [...]

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Ladies Home Journal

July 4, 2011

I was happy to see Louise Sloan’s essay Green Nail Polish and Gay Marriage this week in Ladies Home Journal, one of the more conservative women’s lifestyle mags. Sloan’s son wanted to wear green nail polish, and, with a bit of trepidation and some justification (“It wasn’t a pink tutu.”) she allowed it. She and [...]

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Book Giveaway: Donovan’s Big Day by Leslea Newman

June 29, 2011

Please note: while comments on this post continue to be welcome, the giveaway is now over.     Leslea Newman, of Heather Has Two Mommies fame, has recently published a new picture book, Donovan’s Big Day, a delightful story about the day a little boy’s two moms get married. Told from Donovan’s perspective, the book is beautifully [...]

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The Mother Company

June 27, 2011

The Mother Company—dedicated to social and emotional learning for parents and kids—recently posted a two-part series on childhood gender expression. I was honored to be asked to contribute an essay for the first part of the series, about the first time Sam went to school in a dress. The second part in the series, an [...]

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The Pink Wand

June 24, 2011

I got the most awesome email (with an even awesomer attachment) the other day. It said: From my darling child to yours, I send you a message of hope and love. My daughter wrote this to Sam with no prompting from me (I did part of the tree illustration, that’s it!) This story is what she “wants [...]

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