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Support Through Media

 

Online Support

Genderspectrum.org, http://www.genderspectrum.org/

Children’s National Medical (my personal favorite), http://www.childrensnational.org/

 

Books I’ve Read and found Helpful

Not Like Other Boys: A Mother and Son Look Back

by Chris Shyer

The Transgendered Child by Stephanie Brill and Rachel Pepper

Mom Knows by Catherine Tuerk

Johnny Weir– memoir
Articles

“What’s so Bad about a Boy Who Wants to Wear a Dress?” – New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/12/magazine/whats-so-bad-about-a-boy-who-wants-to-wear-a-dress.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 

 

Books for Children

Oliver Button is a Sissy by Tommie De Paola

William’s Doll by Charlotte Zolotow

My Princess Boy

It’s Okay to be Different by Todd Parr

 

Movies/Television

“Ma vie En Rose”

“The Prodigal Son”

“20/20- Jazz”

“Whale Rider”

“Billy Elliott”

Blogs

Accepting Dad, http://www.acceptingdad.com/

Sarah Hoffman, http://www.sarahhoffmanwriter.com/

GirlyBoy’s Mama, http://open.salon.com/blog/girlyboymama

Raising my Rainbow, http://raisingmyrainbow.com/