Resources for Psychologists Supporting Non-Binary Youth

# Resources for Psychologists Supporting Non-Binary Youth ## Standards of care for working with non-binary people within the health sector: - [Standards of Care relevant to non-binary and gender-diverse people](https://auspath.org/standards-of-care/) collected by AusPATH - The [Royal Children’s Hospital Australian Standards of Care and Treatment Guidelines for Trans and Gender Diverse Children and Adolescents ](https://www.rch.org.au/uploadedFiles/Main/Content/adolescent-medicine/australian-standards-of-care-and-treatment-guidelines-for-trans-and-gender-diverse-children-and-adolescents.pdf) ## Working with young non-binary people, their families, and their schools: - [Working with Transgender Young People and their Families: A Critical Developmental Approach](https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030142308) A book by [Damien Riggs](http://www.damienriggs.com/) (who also [blogs](https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/diversity-and-representation-in-psychology) on diversity and representation in Psychology). > Working with Transgender Young People and their Families advocates a critical developmental approach aimed at countering the cisgenderism that can be perceived in previous developmental literature on gender. It clears a path to understanding gender development for transgender young people by providing a detailed account that spans early childhood through to late adolescence. In doing so, it demonstrates how clinicians can work more effectively with parents and other family members in order to affirm transgender young people. By outlining a GENDER mnemonic created by the author, the book provides worked through examples of case materials that highlight the benefits of a critical developmental approach. Offering unique insights and practical guidance, it provides a cutting-edge resource for clinicians and researchers, as well as for families and other professionals seeking to understand and work affirmingly with transgender young people. Available in paperback or ebook. - [Gender is Not Uniform is a resource to support schools to develop inclusive uniform guidelines and policies](https://rainbownetwork.com.au/content/3-resources/0-gender-is-not-uniform/ginu-policy.pdf) by Headspace > A resource that aims to provide information and ideas about how you can better support gender diverse and transgender students at school. ## Professional development for working with non-binary people - An [E-Learning Module on Trans (Incl. Gender Diverse and Non-Binary) Mental Health Care](https://auspath.org/education/) by AusPATH > A 60 minute module designed to help mental health professionals become familiar with the diverse terminology, experiences, issues, standards, and referral pathways with respect to trans, gender diverse, and non-binary clients by: > - Becoming familiar with diversity and terminology used among trans, gender diverse, and nonbinary people. > - Learning how to create an affirming and inclusive environment for trans, gender diverse, and non-binary clients. > - Becoming aware of the criteria for gender affirmation care in the current standards of care for trans, gender diverse, and non-binary adults, children, and adolescents. > - Understanding how to take a gender history sensitively and build rapport. > - Becoming familiar with the various roles of mental health care providers for trans, gender diverse, and non-binary clients before, during and after gender affirmation. > - Applying the known psychosocial influences on trans, gender diverse, and non-binary clients’ mental health to counselling practices with this population. > - Understand the needs of families in supporting their child or young person through gender affirmation. - [Sistergirl and Brotherboy Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training](http://www.genderqueer.org.au/sistergirl-and-brotherboy-applied-suicide-intervention-skills-training-qld/) A free ASIST Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training sessions held specifically for QLD LGBTI Brotherboy and Sistergirl people or those who provide support to LGBTI Sistergirl and Brotherboy communities, who are wanting to learn more about how to apply a suicide intervention model. - [Health Across the Gender Spectrum](https://www.coursera.org/learn/health-gender-spectrum?) A Standford University three-weel course by Dr Maya Adam offered for free through Coursera as an "intimate, story-based introduction to the experiences of six transgender children and their families. Through illustrated stories and short teaching videos, learners will gain a better understanding of gender identity and the gender spectrum. Stanford physicians, K-12 educators, and transgender faculty members offer practical tips for parents, teachers, healthcare providers and anyone who wants to help create a more gender-expansive environment - one in which all people can live authentically. As a global community of unique individuals, we can begin to build a world that is ready to nurture and love each and every child." ### Organisations: Examples of organisations collecting resources on how to support the health, rights and well-being of all trans people, including those who are gender diverse and non-binary. - [AusPATH](https://auspath.org/about/) - the Australian Professional Association for Trans Health - [Genderqueer Australia](genderqueer.org.au) - a peer support group for Gender Questioning, Genderqueer and Trans people, and their family and friends - [Trans Student Educational Resources (TSER)](https://transstudent.org/) is a youth-led organization dedicated to transforming the educational environment for trans and gender nonconforming students through advocacy and empowerment - [Transcend](https://transcendaus.org/about/) - a parent led peer support network for the families of transgender children in Australia - [Black Rainbow](https://blackrainbow.org.au/) - investing in the futures of the Indigenous LGBTIQ+ community, including by distributing 'Future Funds' that aim to support the advancement of young (18-35 year old) Indigenous LGBTIQ+ community members - [Transgender Victoria (TGV), resources for clinicians](https://tgv.org.au/information/for-clinicians) ## Representation for non-binary people - [Queer Histories and the Queer Youth Education Project, by the Australian Queer Archives](https://queerarchives.org.au/queer-youth-education-project/) - [My non-binary life Podcast](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06y51dp/episodes/downloads) - [List of Video Games with non-binary or genderqueer characters](https://lgbtqgamearchive.com/category/characters/non-binary-or-genderqueer/non-binary-or-genderqueer-explicit/) - [List of Science Fiction & Fantasy Books that include non-binary (Enby) characters](https://www.aroacedatabase.com/results?gender=Enby) - [List of Notable non-binary people](https://nonbinary.wiki/wiki/Notable_nonbinary_people) - [Alok Vaid-Menon](https://www.instagram.com/alokvmenon/) (who wrote [Beyond the Binary](https://bookshop.org/books/beyond-the-gender-binary/9780593094655)) ## Gender-binary myth-busters: - The [Gender Unicorn](https://transstudent.org/gender/) and how it can help to [explain the differences between gender, sex, and sexuality](https://au.reachout.com/articles/the-difference-between-gender-sex-and-sexuality) - [Being transgender is not a choice](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkZ81SVUk3k) - a video by Phoenix Animations - [Don't assume Intersex people are non-binary just because some are (and vice versa)](https://ihra.org.au/research/) - [Sex redefined](https://www.nature.com/articles/518288a) Article in Nature by Claire Ainsworth 2015 - [*Wentworth Miller, Mental Health Stigma, and Masked Autism* by Devon Price, 2021. Medium](https://devonprice.medium.com/wentworth-miller-mental-health-stigma-and-masked-autism-fc6642513fbc) >"what people call 'female Autism' is not actually a phenomenon of gender. It’s a phenomenon of erasure. What people usually refer to as female Autism is in actuality something I like to call masked Autism — a manifestation of the disorder that arises from racism, homophobia, transphobia, and classism just as easily as it arises from sexism." ### Terminology reminders: - [Non-Binary - as listed in the Self Defined Dictionary](https://www.selfdefined.app/definitions/non-binary/) - [Transcendaus terminology advice](https://transcendaus.org/terminology-inclusive-language/) - Pronouns: - [What are pronouns and why they are important](https://www.minus18.org.au/articles/what-are-pronouns-and-why-are-they-important) - [The Pronoun Lowdown](https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/The-Pronoun-Lowdown/Nevo-Zisin/9781925811803) by [Nevo Zisin](https://www.nevozisin.com/) - [How to Use Pronouns](https://transstudent.org/graphics/pronouns101/) - [Pronoun rounds, houseplants, and other ways to avoid misgendering a colleague](https://www.yacvic.org.au/blog/pronoun-rounds-and-houseplants/) - [Glossary of English Gender and Sex Terminology by Non-Binary Wiki](https://nonbinary.wiki/wiki/Glossary_of_English_gender_and_sex_terminology#E), example listings include: - [Enby](https://nonbinary.wiki/wiki/Glossary_of_English_gender_and_sex_terminology#E): "...Based on an initialism of "non-binary," "NB". A proper noun for a person with a non-binary gender identity. This is the nonbinary gender equivalent of the proper nouns "boy" or "girl." Plural: enbies." - [Genderflux](https://nonbinary.wiki/wiki/Genderflux) "A gender identity that often changes in intensity, so that a person may feel one day as though they have almost no gender, or none at all, and another day they feel very gendered.... Genderflux can also be used as a noun ("When I woke up I experienced a pretty intense genderflux") or verb ("I genderflux, which means that my gender changes in intensity over time." - [Gender dysphoria](https://nonbinary.wiki/wiki/Gender_dysphoria)". A clinical term. In transgender people, emotionally painful discontent about some aspect of one's assigned gender. The aspect in question may be social gender dysphoria, body dysphoria, or other specific details, such as voice dysphoria. Some prefer the less clinical terms "gender incongruence" or "gender dissonance."" ## Unsorted - [New Trevor Project Research: LGBTQ Youth Mental Health Challenges Continue — But There’s Hope](https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/trevor-project-research-lgbtq-youth) - https://www.qlife.org.au/resources/qguides - http://www.genderqueer.org.au/the-pronoun-lowdown/ - http://mindoutconferencedotnet.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/going-upstream-online-o-lgbti-mental-health-promotion-framework.pdf - see resources for neurodivergent folk as there is suggestion of overlap for high proportion of enbys ## Further resources - [Asking about gender - some considerations for designing forms, surveys, and questionnaires](https://hackmd.io/@Teq/BkODGmIbt) - A [Living Outside the Gender Binary Resource List](https://hackmd.io/@Teq/H1wEzrys_) --- [![hackmd-github-sync-badge](https://hackmd.io/V8NwAyFaTiW6nEHOOlSU5g/badge)](https://hackmd.io/V8NwAyFaTiW6nEHOOlSU5g) ###### tags: `resource-sets` `requested` `beyond-the-gender-binary` Date created: 2021 Version: 1.0 Created for: Requested resource-set Attribution: created by [E. 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