Give Them a Hand! How to Best Support Trans and Gender-Diverse Children
Workshop Description
One of the biggest challenges to offering
competent care and support to transgender/
gender-diverse children—and their families—is
society’s tendency to assume that a singular
gender narrative exists. Academic research,
professional association guidelines, media stories,
and standards of care have too often been crafted
from the individual experiences of too few. In
this session, Gender Diversity’s ED will draw from
over a decade’s worth of experience supporting
children and parents through his organization’s
family support program. The goal of this session
is to encourage the provider to consider any
individual child’s gender pathway within an everwidening
context of individuality, family, culture,
and systems.
Conference Track
Professional
Primary Contact
Workshop Presenters
Aidan Key, Gender Odyssey and Gender Diversity
Presenter Bio
Aidan Key is the director of Gender Diversity,
an organization that provides education to
teachers, staff , counselors, and administrators
regarding gender-inclusive schools grades
K-12. Additionally, he provides support
for families of transgender and gendernonconforming
children and teens through
his parent support groups in Washington
State. Key speaks regularly to universities
and organizations seeking to expand their
knowledge of issues related to gender identity
in children and adults. He is also the founder of
the Gender Odyssey conferences.