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Index
Cover
Dedication
Preface: Why This Book Matters
Introduction
Part One: What to Know
1. Understanding Gender in Today’s World
Fact or Process? Two Broad Schools of Thought about Gender
Biology and Socialization Affect Each Other
How Gender Works in Everyday Life
2. Everyone Is a Gender Expert, Whether You Know It or Not
A Story: I Really Need Those Shoes
Drawing Your Gender-Friendly Road Map
Gender-Friendliness Is a Process
Gender-Friendliness: How Everyone Benefits
3. Learning about the Transgender Spectrum
Why Are Some People Transgender? Because We Are.
Transgender People Are Diverse
Transgender People Have Many Ways of Transitioning
Common “Knowledge” about Transgender People Is Changing Over Time
Part Two: What to Say
4. A Gender-Neutral Pronoun Primer
WHAT Are Gender-Neutral Pronouns?
WHO Uses Gender-Neutral Pronouns and WHY?
The HOW of Gender-Neutral Pronouns
5. Strategies for Using People’s Pronouns Correctly
Tips for Getting Pronouns Right, As Best As You Can
Comparing Two Common Pronoun Workarounds
How Do I Know? Ways of Finding Out Someone’s Pronouns
What If I Do All These Things and Someone Still Gets Mad at Me?
6. Noticing and Changing Gendered Language
Pushing Out of Gendered Language
General Uses of Singular They in Work and Life
Alternatives to Common Gendered Language
Part Three: What to Do
7. How to Stop Telling People Who They Are, Gender-Wise, by Accident
You’re the Authority on Your [XYZ], Not Me!
Gender-Friendly Ways to Talk about Partners
Gender-Friendly Ways to Talk about and Engage Babies and Kids
It’s Not My Business Which Washroom You Use!
8. An Action Plan for Standing Up Beside Your Person
1. Pay Attention
2. Opt Out of Question-Calling
3. Identify Hot Spots
4. Take Action
Now You Have Your Gender-Friendly Toolkit
9. Growing Your Gender-Friendly Community
It’s Hard Sometimes: How to Face the Challenges of Being Gender-Friendly
How to Debunk False Arguments Against Gender-Friendly Change
Tips for Taking a Leadership Role with Others
Last Word
Coda: To the Trans Person Whose Person Is Reading This Book
Who Am I and Why Did I Write This Book?
Self-Advocacy Tips and Resources
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Glossary
Resources
Bibliography
Index
Copyright
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