Gender Your guide : the gender-friendly primer on what to know, what to say, and what to do in the new gender culture
Book - 2024
"Gender is now a global conversation, and one that is constantly evolving. More people than ever before are openly living their lives as transgender men or women, and many transgender people are coming out as neither men nor women, instead living outside the binary. Gender is changing, and this change is gaining momentum. From the differences among gender identity, gender expression, and sex, to the use of gender-neutral pronouns like singular they/them to thinking about your own participation in gender, Gender: Your Guide, 2nd Edition serves as a complete primer to all things gender. Guided by professor and gender diversity advocate Lee Airton, PhD, learn how gender works in everyday life; how to use accurate terminology to refer to t...ransgender, nonbinary, and/or gender nonconforming individuals; and how to ask when you aren't sure what to do or say. It provides you with the information you need to talk confidently and compassionately about gender diversity, whether simply having a conversation or going to bat as an advocate. In this updated edition, Dr. Airton explores updated definitions of intersex people, conversion therapy bans, transgender students in sports, online and social community discussions, updated pop culture references, and much more. Just like gender itself, being gender-friendly is a process for all of us. Gender: Your Guide, 2nd Edition invites everyone on board to make gender more flexible and less constricting: a source of more joy, and less harm, for everyone"--
- Subjects
- Published
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New York :
Adams Media
2024.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- Second edition. Adams Media trade paperback edition
- Physical Description
- 254 pages ; 22 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-247) and index.
- ISBN
- 9781507220313
- Acknowledgments
- Preface: Why This Book Matters
- Introduction
- Part 1. What to Know
- 1. Understanding Gender in Today's World
- Fact or Process? Two Broad Schools of Thought about Gender
- Biology and Socialization Affect Each Other
- How Gender Works in Everyday Life
- 2. Everyone Is a Gender Expert, Whether You Know It or Not
- A Story: I Really Need Those Shoes
- Drawing Your Gender-Friendly Road Map
- Gender-Friendliness Is a Process
- Gender-Friendliness: How Everyone Benefits
- 3. Learning About the Transgencler Spectrum
- Why Are Some People Transgender? Because We Are.
- Transgender People Are Diverse
- Trans Kids in the Spotlight
- Transgender People Have Many Ways of Transitioning
- Media Representations of Transgender People Are Changing over Time
- Part 2. What to Say
- 4. A Gender-Neutral Pronoun Primer
- WHAT Are Gender-Neutral Pronouns?
- WHO Has Gender-Neutral Pronouns and WHY?
- The HOW of Gender-Neutral Pronouns
- 5. Strategies for Using People's Pronouns Correctly
- Tips for Getting Pronouns Right, As Best As You Can
- Comparing Two Common Pronoun Work-Arounds
- How Do I Know? Ways of Finding Out Someone's Pronouns
- What If I Do All These Things and Someone Still Gets Mad at Me?
- 6. Noticing and Changing Gendered Language
- Pushing Out of Gendered Language
- General Uses of Singular They in Work and Life
- Alternatives to Common Gendered Language
- Part 3. What to Do
- 7. How to Stop Telling People Who They Are, Gender-Wise, by Accident
- You're the Authority on Your [XYZ], Not Me!
- Gender-Friendly Ways to Talk About Partners
- Gender-Friendly Ways to Talk About Babies and Kids
- It's Not My Business Which Bathroom You Use!
- Boring but Important: Gender-Friendly Forms
- 8. An Action Plan for Standing Up Beside Your Person
- 1. Pay Attention
- 2. Opt Out of Question-Calling
- 3. Identify Hot Spots
- 4. Take Action
- 5. Make a Power Move
- Now You Have Your Gender-Friendly Tool Kit
- 9. Caring for Yourself and Growing Your Gender-Friendly Community
- It's Hard Sometimes: How to Face the Challenges of Being Gender Friendly
- How to Debunk False Arguments Against Gender-Friendly Change
- Tips for Taking a Leadership Role with Others
- Last Word
- CODA: To the Trans Person Whose Person Is Reading This Book
- Who Am I and Why Did I Write This Book?
- Self-Advocacy Tips and Resources
- Bibliography
- Index