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"Revised, updated and expanded for 2017 - the new Trans Allyship Workbook is everything you've been wanting to read about trans allyship! A workbook to help you build your understanding of trans communities and develop concrete skills for supporting trans people in your life, with over 100 pages of explanation, activities, illustrations and reflections including - New sections on intersectionality, singular they, and philosophies of allyship Tips and ""best practices"" for the special allyship situations of parents, teachers, healthcare providers and therapists Tons of new color illustrations New activities - it really is a ""workbook"" - to help you deepen and practice your allyship skills Extensive glossary to get updated on recent evolutions in trans terminology Resource lists to help you take the next steps in your learning, whether for personal or professional development"

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... packed with concrete tools and practices that hold the complexity of trans issues and invite curiosity and critical thinking with an open heart. -Rev. Cathy Rion Starr, Unitarian Universalist Minister ... the only one of its kind, with a heightened attention to the intersectionality of identities within the trans lived experience. ... There is no other single resource of radical trans allyship that I would recommend to both therapists and clients. - Shannon Sennott, LICSW, Family Therapist and founder of Translate Gender, Inc. ... the most practical and accessible guide for trans inclusion I have ever read. ...If you are interested in learning more about supporting trans people in your family, your workplace, your school, your community and the world, but you only have time to read one book, read this one. - Tobias K. Davis, Playwright, Novelist, Activist We can't know anyone's gender identity simply by observing them. This fact alone challenges and revolutionizes all of the ways our binary-gender physical, social, mental and emotional spaces are constructed. - Mushim Patricia Ikeda, Teacher, Author and Diversity Consultant

.. . packed with concrete tools and practices that hold the complexity of trans issues and invite curiosity and critical thinking with an open heart. -Rev. Cathy Rion Starr, Unitarian Universalist Minister .. . the only one of its kind, with a heightened attention to the intersectionality of identities within the trans lived experience. ... There is no other single resource of radical trans allyship that I would recommend to both therapists and clients. - Shannon Sennott, LICSW, Family Therapist and founder of Translate Gender, Inc. .. . the most practical and accessible guide for trans inclusion I have ever read. ...If you are interested in learning more about supporting trans people in your family, your workplace, your school, your community and the world, but you only have time to read one book, read this one. - Tobias K. Davis, Playwright, Novelist, Activist We can't know anyone's gender identity simply by observing them. This fact alone challenges and revolutionizes all of the ways our binary-gender physical, social, mental and emotional spaces are constructed. - Mushim Patricia Ikeda, Teacher, Author and Diversity Consultant

"""... packed with concrete tools and practices that hold the complexity of trans issues and invite curiosity and critical thinking with an open heart."" -Rev. Cathy Rion Starr, Unitarian Universalist Minister ""... the only one of its kind, with a heightened attention to the intersectionality of identities within the trans lived experience. ... There is no other single resource of radical trans allyship that I would recommend to both therapists and clients."" - Shannon Sennott, LICSW, Family Therapist and founder of Translate Gender, Inc. ""... the most practical and accessible guide for trans inclusion I have ever read. ...If you are interested in learning more about supporting trans people in your family, your workplace, your school, your community and the world, but you only have time to read one book, read this one."" - Tobias K. Davis, Playwright, Novelist, Activist ""We can't know anyone's gender identity simply by observing them. This fact alone challenges and revolutionizes all of the ways our binary-gender physical, social, mental and emotional spaces are constructed."" - Mushim Patricia Ikeda, Teacher, Author and Diversity Consultant"

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Davey Shlasko, M.Ed., is an educator, author and consultant, and founder of Think Again Training & Consulting. Davey's passion is facilitating adult learning about - and in the context of - social justice movements. Davey's recent and ongoing work includes consulting with numerous K-12 schools, colleges, and human service providers to improve trans inclusion; co-designing and leading a community-based study group focused on racial justice organizing in predominantly white, rural areas with Lost River Racial Justice; co-designing and leading a community-based cross-class dialogue circle with ACT for Social Justice; and co-authoring the Classism and Ableism chapters of Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice, 3rd edition. Davey has an M.Ed. in Social Justice Education from UMass, Amherst, and has been writing and teaching about social justice issues since 2000. Davey also serves as a Marta Sotomayor Fellow and adjunct faculty member at Smith College School for Social Work.

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