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When Loving Your Kid is a Crime: Parents of Transgender Children Speak Out Kindle Edition

by Riki Wilchins (Author), Clare Howell (Editor) Format: Kindle Edition
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In 2018, transgender teens in all 50 states could freely be prescribed hormones and blockers, legally change their names and pronouns , and play in gender-appropriate school sports. No one cared. But before the year was out, terror would come.

The evangelical Christian right —enraged and vengeful from a long series of legal defeats—was seeking an issue to reignite its endless war on homosexuality. In just a few years, over 1,000 anti-trans bills would be introduced into state legislatures nationwide, as the names, pronouns, genders, and bodies of a few thousand children were transformed virtually overnight into an issue of state concern, and animus towards them an integral fiber in the evangelical Christian right’s tribal identity.

Terrified parents of transgender children found themselves suddenly under investigation, threatened with charges of felony child abuse, in danger of imprisonment, and fearing the loss of their children to state foster care, began fleeing their home states. They were part of huge wave of internal political refugees unknown in the U.S. since the terrible days of chattel slavery, and in their wake they left behind their homes, careers, extended families, pensions, and life savings as they streamed across state lines in search of safety for their transgender children.
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"Riki's newest book hits the nail on the head. Each one of us lives a different story, but each one of us loves our children as much as any parent, and sometimes more. We live in alarming times when a government can remove parental rights and force families to flee just to provide the love and support their child deserves."--Susan Halla, Board President, TransParent
This is a powerhouse of a book. The power comes from the gut-wrenching honesty, and specificity, offered by the parent testimonials... Reading this book can be an important salve against the barrage of hate arrayed against our kids and families in these trying times. -Peter Isbister, founder, Metro Atlanta TransParent


About the Author

Riki Wilchins has 25 years of writing, advocacy, and research on gender and trans issues. She is a founder of the first national transgender advocacy group, GenderPAC, as well as the direct action group The Transexual Menace [sic]. Riki is the author of seven books on gender theory and politics, and her writing has appeared in popular media outlets The Village Voice and Social Text, peer review publications such as The Journal of Research on Adolescence and The Journal of Homosexuality, and also her own recurring blog at Medium.com/@rikiwilchins. She has conducted gender trainings for institutions including the White House, CDC, and the HHS Office on Women's Health. Riki's work has been profiled by The New York Times. TIME magazine selected Riki among "100 Civic Innovators for the 21st Century." She lives in sunny South Beach with her partner, one daughter, two dogs, and three tennis racquets.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CJ5XS4JQ
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Riverdale Avenue Books
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  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 28, 2023
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.4 MB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 147 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1626016637
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Riki Anne Wilchins

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Since 1995, my writing has been passionately devoted to bringing the politics, the theory, and experience of being genderqueer and trans to print, to expressing what so many of us need to be said.

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  • Stephanie Givre
    5.0 out of 5 stars My teen says they're trans, now what?
    Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2024
    "What are you supposed to say when your kid tells you he's trans, so you don't screw him up for life?"

    This book is a collection of parents of trans teens sharing their experiences concerning their teens 'coming out' and how life changed afterward.

    I picked this book off NetGalley because I am a parent of a trans teen and I wanted to see how other parents handled things. Obviously as parents, we're just trying to do what's best for our kids and I think this book is nice for showcasing acceptance.
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  • Firereading.dragon
    5.0 out of 5 stars Educational and uplifting
    Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2023
    I started this book this afternoon and couldn’t put it down. The parents relate heart-wrenching and often hopeful stories about supporting their children through a gender identity discovery and the transitions that come in their children’s body, lives, relationships, and their experiences coping with all of the discrimination they face just for loving their child and keeping them safe. There are a range of perspectives, all the parents react differently and have different backgrounds and experience prior to the story. The interviews are from scattered places around the US, and the children range in age from young toddlers to college-aged adults. I found it to be very educational and uplifting, with a necessary call to action for readers. Whether you are a parent of a transgender child yourself, or even if you’ve never met a transgender person, this text is important.
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