Parenting Trans and Non-binary Children

Magdalena Mikulak (she/her) is a Senior Research Associate in the Department of Social Care and Social Work, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Previously, she worked as a researcher with the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, UK. She has a PhD in Gender Studies from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences (LSE), UK.

1.Introduction: Parenting trans and gender diverse children: Background and the current (hysterical) historical moment.- 2. Leaving the comforts of cis-certitude: Parents making sense of their child's gender.- 3. Advocating for a trans or gender diverse children: establishing foundations, finding information and support, and negotiating pressures.- 4. You should be so lucky not to be treated poorly: Parents' and carers' of trans and gender diverse children experiences of healthcare.- 5. More than bullying, less than support: Parental advocacy and re(inventing) the wheel of inclusion of trans and gender diverse young people in school.- 6. Negotiating relationships/managing harm: Advocating for trans and gender diverse children in families and communities.- 7. Conclusion: The function of love is to affirm.