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Supporting transgender children in school means far more than deciding which bathroom they use or on which sports team they play The purpose of this book is to move beyond the unproductive and polarizing debates that occur over which bathroom/locker room transgender children should use or on which sports team they should participate. Aidan Key masterfully cuts through the misinformation and distractions to get at the only issues that truly matter--ensuring our children, all of our children--can count on a safe and welcoming learning environment. Trans Children in Today's Schools provides an understanding of the internal and external variables that a trans child navigates as they explore their gender identity and the challenges experienced by these children and their families. Key explores the barriers encountered by schools as they attempt to create gender-inclusive environments, including the resistance of a misinformed society whose only framework of gender is one rigidly set in an only-male/only-female context. Listeners will come away with manageable, step-by-step pathways to support and include trans youth in our schools and communities. The book places these ideas--and the youth who embody them--in context within a society whose understanding and expectations of gender norms are at the brink of a paradigm shift.

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Aidan Key is a speaker, author, and educator working nationally with hundreds of K-12 schools, youth-based agencies, and organizations. As founder and director of Gender Diversity, he provides professional development, strategic planning, policy development, athletics guidance, and education for administrators, faculty, and students. He is also founder and senior consultant of TransFamilies, a national organization dedicated to providing family support, increasing societal awareness, and improving the well-being for children of all gender identities. In 2001, Key launched the annual Gender Odyssey conference, the first conference in the nation for gender-diverse children and their families, attracting thousands from around the world. Adi Cabral is a classically trained actor, dialect coach, and intimacy director holding their MFA in theater performance from Arizona State University. Their work has been shared on stage at the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities (Colorado), the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (Missouri), New Repertory Theatre (Massachusetts), the Stella Adler Studio of Acting (New York), Mildred's Umbrella Theatre Company (Texas), The New Hazlett Theater (Pennsylvania), The Hangar Theatre Company (New York), Central Square Theatre (Massachusetts), Latino Theater Company (California), and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Scotland, UK). Adi is a certified teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework and Knight-Thompson Speechwork. As a professor of theater, voice, and movement, their research focuses on inclusive practices for training LGBTQ+ identified actors.

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