Feature Follow-Up: More Info for Gender Variant Children and Their Parents

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Re: this week’s cover feature by Lauren Smiley (“Girl/Boy Interrupted — A New Treatment For Transgender Kids Puts Puberty On Hold So That They Won’t Develop Into Their Biological Sex”), parents with gender variant children can access a growing number of resources:

A support group for Bay Area parents of gender variant and transgender children, co-sponsored by Children?s Hospital Oakland.

The first Gender Odyssey Family Conference is scheduled for Labor Day weekend in Seattle, Washington. The conference will provide family programming for gender variant or transgender children and adolescents.

TransYouth Family Advocates is an organization dedicated to raising awareness of the cultural and medical issues facing transgender youth and families.