Beyond Pronouns by Tammy Plunkett

Tammy Plunkett has written an immensely important book about gender identification, the struggles families encounter and the joy of eventually getting it right and having a happy, confident and mature teenager as part of the family.

This is so much more than an "essential guide for parents of trans children"; it's a book for ALL adults, for all of us who find the whole vocabulary around cis gender, trans gender, gender fluid, gender queer, non-binary, etc confusing. Knowing the difference between the descriptions should be considered general knowledge, more so than who's who on Love Island!

It's shocking that she even has to point out that "Gender diversity is not a mental illness"!

She shares the journey they went on as a family when one of the children came out as transgender, how they all experienced a steep learning curve (the adults probably more so than the children!), how they lost a few friends along the way but made MANY more, and how there is support and solutions available emotionally and medically (although sometimes at a cost depending on where you live and your insurance circumstances).

Finally, this book is focused on the adult perspective, with a lovely foreword by Mitchell, but I'd be very interested in reading about Mitchell's journey, to be able to share with a younger audience so they also can find answers to their questions, and support knowing that they are not alone, or strange,

Thank you for a superbly enlightening book! I sincerely hope it gets read by a wider group of people than parents of transgender children; it's a very important topic.

The book is available to pre-order from all good book stores, including Amazon (click for affiliate link*), Waterstones and those specialising in LGBTI+ related topics. The book is currently set to be published on 21 June 2022.

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