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Families in Conflict: Navigating Child-Custody Disputes with a Trans Child
Workshop Description
One of the most painful experiences for a transgender or gender nonconforming child is getting caught in the crossfire between two (or more) parents who cannot come to an agreement about what will be best for their child. Affirming parent(s) must navigate this conflict with care, merging the needs of their child and a legal strategy that will help ensure the court understands the child’s unique medical and mental health needs. Drawing from experience, the presenters will offer guidelines for handling parental disagreements over transition-related care while protecting their child.
Conference Track
Family
Topic
Legal
Workshop Outline/Powerpoint
Primary Contact
Asaf Orr, JD, National Center for Lesbian Rights
Workshop Presenters
Asaf Orr, National Center for Lesbian Rights
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Presenter Bio
Asaf is the Transgender Youth Project Staff Attorney at the National Center for Lesbian Rights. He has been advocating for the rights of transgender youth for nearly a decade. Asaf has represented transgender youth and their families in cases from discrimination in school and health care to child-custody disputes and abuse-and-neglect proceedings. In addition, Asaf has also authored publications and presented on topics related to transgender youth.
Diane Ehrensaft
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Presenter Bio
Diane Ehrensaft, Ph.D. is a developmental and clinical psychologist in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Director of Mental Health and founding member of the Child and Adolescent Gender Center, a partnership between the University of California San Francisco and community agencies to provide comprehensive interdisciplinary services and advocacy to gender nonconforming/ transgender children and youth and their families. She is an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of California San Francisco and the chief psychological at the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Child and Adolescent Gender Center Clinic