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Gender : your guide : a gender-friendly primer on what to know, what to say, and what to do in the new gender culture / Lee Airton.
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- ISBN: 9781507209004
- ISBN: 1507209002
- Physical Description: 239 pages ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Avon, Massachusetts : Adams Media, 2018.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Subject: | Gender Identity. Parenting. Parent and child. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Pease Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pease Public Library | 305.3 AIRTON
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Gender: Your Guide : A Gender-Friendly Primer on What to Know, What to Say, and What to Do in the New Gender Culture
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Table of Contents
Gender: Your Guide : A Gender-Friendly Primer on What to Know, What to Say, and What to Do in the New Gender Culture
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Acknowledgments | p. 11 | |
| Preface: Why This Book Matters | p. 13 | |
| Introduction | p. 19 | |
| Part 1 | What to Know | p. 23 |
| 1 | Understanding Gender in Today's World | p. 25 |
| Fact or Process? Two Broad Schools of Thought about Gender | p. 26 | |
| Biology and Socialization Affect Each Other | p. 31 | |
| How Gender Works in Everyday Life | p. 34 | |
| 2 | Everyone Is a Gender Expert, Whether You Know It or Not | p. 45 |
| A Story: I Really Need Those Shoes | p. 46 | |
| Drawing Your Gender-Friendly Road Map | p. 48 | |
| Gender-Friendliness Is a Process | p. 52 | |
| Gender-Friendliness: How Everyone Benefits | p. 55 | |
| 3 | Learning about the Transgender Spectrum | p. 57 |
| Why Are Some People Transgender? Because We Are | p. 58 | |
| Transgender People Are Diverse | p. 59 | |
| Transgender People Have Many Ways of Transitioning | p. 78 | |
| Common "Knowledge" about Transgender People Is Changing Over Time | p. 87 | |
| Part 2 | What to Say | p. 91 |
| 4 | A Gender-Neutral Pronoun Primer | p. 93 |
| WHAT Are Gender-Neutral Pronouns? | p. 94 | |
| WHO Uses Gender-Neutral Pronouns and WHY? | p. 98 | |
| The HOW of Gender-Neutral Pronouns | p. 102 | |
| 5 | Strategies for Using People's Pronouns Correctly | p. 113 |
| Tips for Getting Pronouns Right, As Best As You Can | p. 114 | |
| Comparing Two Common Pronoun Workarounds | p. 120 | |
| How Do I Know? Ways of Finding Out Someone's Pronouns | p. 123 | |
| What If I Do All These Things and Someone Still Gets Mad at Me? | p. 134 | |
| 6 | Noticing and Changing Gendered Language | p. 135 |
| Pushing Out of Gendered Language | p. 135 | |
| General Uses of Singular They in Work and Life | p. 136 | |
| Alternatives to Common Gendered Language | p. 142 | |
| Part 3 | What To Do | p. 151 |
| 7 | How to Stop Telling People Who They Are, Gender-Wise, by Accident | p. 153 |
| You're the Authority on Your [XYZ], Not Me! | p. 154 | |
| Gender-Friendly Ways to Talk about Partners | p. 157 | |
| Gender-Friendly Ways to Talk about and Engage Babies and Kids | p. 159 | |
| It's Not My Business Which Washroom You Use! | p. 160 | |
| 8 | An Action Plan for Standing Up Beside Your Person | p. 165 |
| 1 | Pay Attention | p. 166 |
| 2 | Opt Out of Question-Calling | p. 166 |
| 3 | Identify Hot Spots | p. 167 |
| 4 | Take Action | p. 168 |
| Now You Have Your Gender-Friendly Toolkit | p. 182 | |
| 9 | Growing Your Gender-Friendly Community | p. 183 |
| It's Hard Sometimes: How to Face the Challenges of Being Gender-Friendly | p. 184 | |
| How to Debunk False Arguments Against Gender-Friendly Change | p. 192 | |
| Tips for Taking a Leadership Role with Others | p. 202 | |
| Last Word | p. 207 | |
| CODA: To the Trans Person Whose Person Is Reading This Book | p. 209 | |
| Who Am I and Why Did I Write This Book? | p. 210 | |
| Self-Advocacy Tips and Resources | p. 211 | |
| Glossary | p. 215 | |
| Resources | p. 219 | |
| Bibliography | p. 225 | |
| Index | p. 233 |
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