Supportive Resources

Looking for more? We have curated some of our favourite books, articles, handouts, posters, and journals into the following categories:

  1. Websites For and About Trans Children and Youth

  2. Parents and Caregivers

  3. Early Childhood Education

  4. Nonbinary and Intersex

  5. Indigenous and Two Spirit

  6. Indigenous Dads

  7. Faith, Religion, and Spirituality

Do you have a favourite resource that we have missed? Please email lindsayherriot@uvic.ca so we can keep updating this collection.

Websites For and About Trans Children and Youth

Family Acceptance Project

https://familyproject.sfsu.edu/

The Family Acceptance Project® is a research, intervention, education and policy initiative to prevent health and mental health risks and to promote well-being for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer-identified (LGBTQ) children and youth.

The Gender Clinic - BC Children’s Hospital

http://www.bcchildrens.ca/our-services/clinics/gender

The Gender Clinic provides treatment with puberty blockers and/or gender-affirming hormones for transgender and gender-questioning youth. We accept referrals up to the patient's 17th birthday.

Gender Creative Kids

https://gendercreativekids.com/

Gender Creative Kids is a reference community organization that has supported trans, non-binary, and gender-fluid youth's affirmation within their families, schools, and communities since 2013. Also Available in French!

Gender Justice In Early Childhood

https://www.genderjusticeinearlychildhood.com/about

Gender Justice in Early Childhood is a collective of educators, researchers, therapists, academics, artists and activists dedicated to supporting gender justice in early childhood through community engaged scholarship, training, resource creation, and more.

Gender Spectrum

https://www.genderspectrum.org/

Gender Spectrum is a national organization (USA) committed to the health and well-being of gender- diverse children and teens through education and support for families, and training and guidance for educators, medical and mental health providers, and other professionals

Gender and Identity Learning Hub - Sick Kids Toronto

https://teens.aboutkidshealth.ca/adolescenthealth?topic=gender

Resources to answer questions you may have on sex, gender and sexual orientation as well as how to find support and resources when you need them.

Trans Care BC

http://www.phsa.ca/transcarebc

Trans Care BC supports the delivery of equitable and accessible care, surgical planning, and peer and community support for trans people across the province.

SOGI 123

https://www.sogieducation.org/

SOGI 123 helps educators make schools inclusive and safe for students of all sexual orientations and gender identities (SOGI). At a SOGI-inclusive school, students' gender does not limit their interests and opportunities, and their sexual orientation and how they understand and express their gender are welcomed without discrimination.

Parents and Caregivers

My Kid Is Gay

https://www.mykidisgay.com/

My Kid Is Gay is a first-of-its-kind digital presence, inclusive of videos, advice, and resources, dedicated exclusively toward helping parents understand their Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual children. My Kid Is Gay sources voices from across the world to help answer the many questions that parents (and family members, and even teachers!) have about the LGBTQIA young people in their life, including advice from parents, youth, and experts on a variety of topics related to sexuality and gender identity.

Queer Kid Stuff

https://www.queerkidstuff.com/

Youtube series and website featuring bite sized videos that explain everything LGBT in accessible, kid friendly language. Includes picture book read-alouds, resources for parents and educators, a podcast, and a blog.

PFLAG Canada

https://pflagcanada.ca/

Pflag Canada is a national charitable organization, founded by parents who wished to help themselves and their family members understand and accept their LGBTQ2S children. There are chapters all across Canada, including virtual meetup options.

Transforming Families

https://transformingfamily.org/

A project of Community Partners, we are a Los Angeles-based family support group creating a positive environment for children, adolescents and their families to explore issues of gender identity.

Article. NYTimes: Pediatrician and Mom of Trans Child

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/08/well/family/transgender-child-parenting.html

Article. NYTimes: Where in the world are trans children? Everywhere

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/23/opinion/trans-children-parenting.html

Early Childhood Education

Article. National Association for the Education of Young Children: Tate and the Pink Coat: Exploring Gender and Enacting Anti-Bias Principles

https://www.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/yc/mar2019/exploring-gender-enacting-anti-bias

Article. Literacy Today. Royal Reading: Drag Pedagogy and the Art of Queer Literacy.

https://publuu.com/flip-book/24429/293173/page/58

Book. Supporting Gender Diversity in Early Childhood Classrooms: A Practical Guide

https://transreads.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2022-03-02_621fa5a6bb6d3_SupportingGenderDiversityinEarlyChildhoodClassroomsAPracticalGuidebyEncianPastelKatieSteeleJulieNicholsonCyndiMaurerJuliaHennockJonathanJulianTessUngerNathanaelFlynnz-lib.org_.pdf

Book Chapter. Creating Gender Expansive Early Childhood Education Settings

https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/gri1/chapter/__unknown__-7/

Handout. Working with Families to Support Children’s Gender Development from Gender Diversity in Early Childhood Classrooms

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Dy0PCXhNsBqLcPXIhZg4A8pK_NyANDUMzm5RBtvITeA/edit

Poster. Gender Justice in Early Childhood

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59689d4b3a0411170f5f65ce/t/61898f634be0d66d732733e8/1636405092063/Infosheet-v3.pdf

Nonbinary and Intersex

Article. Nonbinary throughout history

https://www.gendergp.com/non-binary-people-in-history/

Article. They/Them Pronouns 101

https://www.them.us/story/gender-neutral-pronouns-101-they-them-xe-xem

Website. InterACT

https://interactadvocates.org/

Website. Pronouns.org

https://pronouns.org/

Indigenous and Two Spirit

Archives. University of Manitoba: Two Spirit Archives

https://archives.uwinnipeg.ca/our-collections/two-spirit-archives.html

The mission of the Two-Spirit Archives is to develop an internationally-renowned centre for research that supports the needs of the Two-Spirit community; makes Two-Spirit people visible in our documentary heritage; and supports the research, teaching, learning, and community mandates of the University.

Journal. Two Spirit Journal

https://twospiritjournal.com/

2SJ provides original content of news and current events to educate, build connectivity and to put a face and voice to the diverse & vibrant Two-Spirit community in the United States and Canada.

Manual. Native Youth Sexual Health Network: You Are Made Of Medicine - Supporting Two Spirit Youth Mental Health

https://www.nativeyouthsexualhealth.com/peersupportmanual

A Mental Health Peer Support Manual for Indigiqueer, Two-Spirit, LGBTQ+, and Gender Non-Conforming Indigenous youth

Website. Trans Care BC. Two Spirit

http://www.phsa.ca/transcarebc/gender-basics-education/terms-concepts/two-spirit

Introduction to Two Spirit, including links to websites, books, films, community groups, and more

Indigenous Dads

Article. Dad Central. Indigenous Men as Fathers

https://dadcentral.ca/newdadmanual/indigenous-men-as-fathers/

Article. Positive Indigenous Fatherhood

https://enseignerlegalite.com/mic/positive-indigenous-fatherhood/

Article. Fatherhood is Forever

https://www.fnha.ca/WellnessSite/WellnessDocuments/fatherhood-is-forever.pdf

Faith, Religion, and Spirituality

Transforming Hearts Collective

https://www.transformingheartscollective.org/

Believe Out Loud
https://www.believeoutloud.com/

Many Voices

https://www.manyvoices.org/

Queer Theology

https://www.queertheology.com/

Muslim Alliance For Gender and Sexual Diversity

https://www.themasgd.org/

Salaam Canada

https://www.salaamcanada.info/

Jewifying Queer Space (JQS)

https://www.jqtvancouver.ca/about-us

Keshet

https://www.keshetonline.org/

Queer Grace

http://queergrace.com/

Reconciling Ministries Network

https://rmnetwork.org/

Hindu American Foundation

https://www.hinduamerican.org/press/haf-policy-brief-hindu-teachings-inclusive-lgbt-people

Ressources de soutien

Vous en voulez plus ? Nous avons rassemblé quelques-uns de nos sites web, livres, articles, vidéos et documents préférés dans les catégories suivantes :

  1. Langage inclusif en matière de genre

  2. Livres illustrés

  3. L'éducation de la petite enfance

  4. Parents et gardien.nes

  5. Sites web

  6. Articles

  7. Livres/Guides

  8. Vidéos

  9. Deux-Esprits/Bispirituel.le

  10. Nonbinaire

Avez-vous une ressource favorite que nous avons oubliée ? Envoyez un courriel à lindsayherriot@uvic.ca pour que nous puissions continuer à mettre à jour cette collection.

Langage inclusif en matière de genre

Dictionnaire inclusif francais

https://eninclusif.fr/

Mieux nommer et mieux comprendre (tiré du module 1)

https://conseil-lgbt.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Tajeddine-et-Cremier-CQLGBT-2021-Enjeux-trans-diversite-de-genre.pdf

Liste de termes épicènes ou neutres (Office québécois de la langue français)

https://vitrinelinguistique.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/index.php?id=25465&utm_source=BDL&utm_campaign=Redirection+des+anciens+outils&utm_content=id%3D5465#Nom

L'exclusivité des genres français (GEGI)

https://www.gegi.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/FINAL-Language-Inclusif-GEGI-January-2022.pdf

Communication inclusif (CDEC de Québec)

https://cdn.sanity.io/files/k3csmyxh/production/c127945a42ff3e6f435535aa46405ed6375a49d3.pdf

Grammaire Neutre: (EGALE Canada)

https://egale.ca/awareness/grammaire-de-genre-neutre-et-langage-inclusive/

Pronoms (EGALE Canada)
https://egale.ca/awareness/ressources-jeunes-trans-non-binaires/

Guide de Grammaire (Diver Genres)

https://divergenres.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/guide-grammaireinclusive-final.pdf

Faire des erreurs et les corriger (tiré du module 4)

http://www.phsa.ca/transcarebc/Documents/HealthProf/Faire_des_erreurs_et_les_corriger.pdf

Livres illustrés

Module 1

Jamais sans mon sac à main ! Belle DeMont (Auteure), Sonja Wimmer (Illustratrice), Edith Cordeau-Giard (Traducteur.rice)

L'enfant de fourrure, de plumes, d'écailles, de feuilles et de paillettes. Kai Cheng Thom (Auterice), Wai-Yant Li (Illustrateur.rice), Kai Yun Ching (Illustrateur.rice), Kama La Mackerel (Traducteur.rice)

Module 2

Tu peux. Elise Gravel (Auteure, Illustratrice)

Julian est une sirène. Jessica Love (Auteure, Illustratrice), Sylvie Goyon (Traducteur.rice)

Olivier cherche sa place. Cale Atkinson (Auteur, Illustrateur), Isabelle Allard (Traducteur.rice)

Les grands garçons pleurent aussi. Jonty Howley (Auteur, Illustrateur)

Module 3

Le rose, le bleu et toi ! : un livre sur les stéréotypes de genre. Elise Gravel (Auteure, Illustratrice)

Je m'appelle Julie. Caroline Fournier (Auteure), Laurier the Fox (Illustrateur.rice)

Le premier défilé de la fierté. Joanna McClintick (Auteure), Juana Medina (Illustratrice), Christian Martel (Traducteur.rice)

Module 4

Sasha l’ixosaure. Cassandre Arseneau (Auteure, Illustratrice)

Phoenix le merveilleux. Marty Wilson-Trudeau (Auteur), Phoenix Wilson (Auteur.e), Megan Kyak-Monteith (Illustratrice), Marlène Cavagna (Traducteur.rice)

Module 5

Victor au CPE Pommettes et Barburs. Alain St-Pierre et Dominique Germain (Auteurs), Agence DoubleXpresso (Illustrateur.rice)

De quoi sont faits les bébés? Cory Silverberg (Auteur.e), Fiona Smyth (Illustrateur.rice), Rachel Arsenault (Traducteur.rice)

It's a they!/Bienvenue à notre adelphe! Lindsay Herriot (Auteure), Rachel Martinez (Traducteur.rice)

Rachel et son bateau de Noël. Sophie LaBelle (Auteure, Illustratrice)

Module 6

Rouge: l'histoire d'un crayon: racontée par moi! Michael Hall (Auteur, Illustrateur), Edith Cordeau-Giard (Traducteur·rice)

Moi, Calvin. JR Ford (Auteur.e), Vanessa Ford (Auteure), Kayla Karren (Illustrateur.rice), Christian Martel (Traducteur·rice)

L'éducation de la petite enfance

L’importance des jouets non genrés (tiré du module 2)

https://www.cpeenfantssoleil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Limportance-des-jouets-non-genr%C3%A9s-V3.docx.pdf

Les jouets, ont-ils une sexe ?

https://cdn-contenu.quebec.ca/cdn-contenu/adm/org/SCF/publications/egalite/Doc-livres-et-les-jouets-ont-ils-un-sexe.pdf

Les hommes dans l'éducation de la petite enfance (CCCF - FCSGE)

https://cccf-fcsge.ca/ece-resources/topics/diversity/gender-diversity-early-childhood-education-cause-advancing-snails-pace/

Mixité hommes :

https://mixite-hommes.ca/

Travailler avec les familles

https://earlylearninghive.ca/pluginfile.php/592/mod_resource/content/2/Module%202.15.%20Travailler%20avec%20les%20familles%20%281%29.pdf

Parents et Gardien.nes

PFLAG (tiré du module 6)

https://pflagcanada.ca/?lang=fr

Guide pour les parents sur l’affirmation de genre: Prendre soin de son enfant (tiré du module 6)

http://www.phsa.ca/transcarebc/Documents/HealthProf/Guide_pour_les_parents_sur_l%27affirmation_de_genre.pdf

Lettre au futurs parents d’enfants trans (tiré du module 6)

https://mollo.urbania.ca/article/lettre-aux-futurs-parents-denfants-trans

Soutenir votre enfant de genre divers

https://egale.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Soutenir-votre-enfante-genre-divers-2021-1.pdf

Enfants transgenres: les défis restent nombreux

https://www.quebecscience.qc.ca/societe/enfants-transgenres-les-defis-restent-nombreux/

Maman, je suis trans!

https://himomimtrans.wixsite.com/siteweb/post/hi-dad-i-m-trans-hi-trans-i-m-dad

Sites web

Jeunes trans Canada:

https://jeunestranscan.ca/

Conseil LGBT de québec:

https://conseil-lgbt.ca/

Divers gens

https://diversgens.org/

Chaire de recherche sur les enfants transgenres et leurs familles

https://jeunestransyouth.ca/fr/chaire-de-recherche/

Coalition de familles LGBT

https://familleslgbt.org/

Jeunesse IDEM
https://www.jeunesseidem.org/

Fondation Jasmin Roy

https://fondationjasminroy.com/en/

Articles

L'identité de genre (Société canadienne de pédiatrie) (tiré du module 3)

https://soinsdenosenfants.cps.ca/handouts/behavior-and-development/gender-identity#:~:text=L%27identit%C3%A9%20de%20genre%20d%C3%A9signe,exprimer%20leur%20identit%C3%A9%20de%20genre

Définitions identité de genre (Trans Care BC)

https://soinsdenosenfants.cps.ca/handouts/behavior-and-development/gender-identity#:~:text=L'identit%C3%A9%20de%20genre%20d%C3%A9signe,exprimer%20leur%20identit%C3%A9%20de%20genre.

Livres/Guides

Filles, garçons: Pour une éducation non genrée et sans clichés

(surtout Cheveux et autres poils by Morgane Soularue (p.70-73; 78-79)

https://www.hachette.fr/livre/filles-garcons-9782401075641

Vidéos

Le cas des jouets (tiré du module 1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTE5ZBD5LYw

La garderie québécoise (tiré du module 2)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdXKvTRxoQw

Entrevue avec Stella (tiré du module 3)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnKqyCK9Epw

Julia est triste (tiré du module 3)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU9F9iHs5yQ&t=185s

Le coeur qui sait tout (tiré du module 3)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H49KFNzXI6I&t=237s

La non-binarité n’est pas un pizzaghetti (tiré du module 4)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq4BZDn1pSo

Une variation intersexe, qu’est-ce que c’est? (tiré du module 4)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqfXeivwPO0&t=1s

Les Êtres-aux-Deux-Esprits, c'est quoi? (tiré du module 4)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVSsNt53X_A

Soirée de gars - Comité québécois pour la mixité en éducation à l'enfance (tiré du module 5)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VydCrykbk8&t=298s

Sasha du filme Petite fille (tiré du module 6)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwIauGtXZUE

Les transitions de genre: un phénomène de mode? (MAJ Radio Canada)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDlTmGNKqAw

Bonjour Sam (Jeunes Enfants Créatives)

https://jeunesidentitescreatives.com/programmes/bonjour-sam

Deux-Esprits/Bispirituel.le

Francoqueer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_60ybhQzkuY

Fierté Montreal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNbFWvtKdjA

Nonbinaire

Faire des erreurs et les corriger (tiré du module 4)

http://www.phsa.ca/transcarebc/Documents/HealthProf/Faire_des_erreurs_et_les_corriger.pdf

SCT Canada: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYjVErP6zwI