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Straight expectations : the story of a family in transition / Peggy Cryden, LMFT with Janet E. Goldstein-Ball, LMFT.

Title
Straight expectations : the story of a family in transition / Peggy Cryden, LMFT with Janet E. Goldstein-Ball, LMFT.
Author
Cryden, Peggy,
Publication
London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2017.

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183 pages :; 19 cm.
Summary
Ever since they were young, Peggy Cryden noticed her children's gender expression did not correspond with society's expectations of their biological gender. In this moving and honest memoir, Peggy details the experiences and challenges of raising both a gay son and a gay, transgender son and shares her family's journey of adversity and growth, which has helped inform her work as a psychotherapist. Beginning with her own unconventional upbringing and personal relationships, the second half of the book follows her children from birth to adulthood and through their numerous experiences including coming out, depression, hate crime, relationships, school and various aspects to do with transitioning (legal, physical, medical, social) as well as their appearances in the media as a family. This book is insightful, charming and thought-provoking, and through levity and humour, offers a positive approach to parenting outside of convention.
Subject
  • Cryden, Peggy
  • Families > United States
  • Gays > Family relationships > United States
  • Parents of gays > United States > Biography
  • Parents of transgender children > United States > Biography
  • Transgender people > Family relationships > United States
Genre/Form
Autobiographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The Green Room -- Raised by Wolves -- Saved by the Belles -- The Good Daughter -- Trick or Treat -- It's a Girl! -- The First Two Years -- And Then There Were Two -- Dancing to a Different Beat -- We Can Get through This -- Life Derails -- I Hope You'll Still Love Me after I Tell You This -- The Transition -- A Darker Turn -- In the Spotlight -- The Red Carpet -- What about Him? -- Loss of the Mani-Pedi Dream -- On the Mend -- Let's Talk Shop -- You Just Have to Laugh -- The Zen of Ducks.
ISBN
  • 9781785927485 (alk. paper)
  • 1785927485 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2016058920
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library