“This book questions society’s willingness to abandon a generation of children to the dictates of a global political movement. It challenges what it means to be ‘kind’ and blows apart the activist ideology you’re supposed to believe. Essential reading for every parent, lawmaker, and teacher, and for everyone who cares about the welfare of children and the importance of truth.”
—Stephanie Davies-Arai BEM, Founder and Director, Transgender Trend

About the Book

A medical scandal is currently unfolding across Western liberal societies. As Parents with Inconvenient Truths about Trans reveals, the primary victims are vulnerable, socially awkward kids with normally developing bodies who fall for the Internet-fueled promise that they can solve their emotional, psychological, or physical discomfort by adopting an opposite-sex identity. With deep reservations about the new gender orthodoxy that informs this promise and the irreversible one-size-fits-all medical prescription that comes with it, the parent contributors to this anthology share deeply personal stories about transition and desistance that won't be told at the gender clinic. They also offer practical advice based on hard-earned experience that won't be found in mainstream media. Whether progressive or conservative, gay or straight, secular or religious, they all share the aim of protecting children from the physical and emotional harms of the gender industry and seek to empower and encourage other parents and individuals to combat gender ideology at home, in schools, in clinics, and beyond.

About the Editors

Josie A. is a mother and co-founder of Parents with Inconvenient Truths about Trans. She lives on the West Coast. Dina S. is a mother and co-founder of Parents with Inconvenient Truths about Trans. She lives on the East Coast. Stella O’Malley is the founder of Genspect.

Details

ISBN: 9781634312462
Format: paperback
SRP: $19.95
Page count: 392 pages
Trim size: 6 x 9
Pub date: August 2023

“The stories of parents of gender dysphoric and/or trans-identified kids are vitally important for anyone who wants to understand the cultural and scientific controversies around 'gender-affirming care.' Parents have been pressured, silenced, ignored. Their kids have been hurt, their families disrupted—sometimes destroyed. They've also been a vital force in organizing and researching the phenomenon that did so much damage, and finding resilience and strength. Parents with Inconvenient Truths about Trans has given these parents the voice they need and deserve—and which we all need to listen to.”
—Lisa Selin Davis, author of Tomboy

About the Book

In this second volume of Parents with Inconvenient Truths about Trans, more parents share stories about how they, their families, and their children have been adversely affected by an ongoing medical scandal fueled by gender ideology. As these parents know all too well from what they’ve witnessed at home, the primary victims are vulnerable, socially awkward kids with normally developing bodies who fall for the internet-fueled promise that they can solve their emotional, psychological, or physical discomfort by adopting an opposite-sex identity. With well-founded reservations about the new gender orthodoxy that informs this promise and the irreversible one-size-fits-all medical prescription that comes with it, the parent contributors to this anthology share deeply personal stories about transition and desistance—and heartbreak and tragedy—that won’t be told at the gender clinic or by the organizations complicit in the scandal. They also offer practical advice based on hard-earned experience that won’t be found in mainstream media or in the colorful ideology-based educational pamphlets handed out by nonprofits. Whether progressive or conservative, gay or straight, secular or religious, they all share the aim of protecting children from the physical and emotional harms of the gender industry and seek to empower and encourage other parents and individuals to combat gender ideology at home, in schools, in clinics, and beyond.

About the Editors

Dina S. is a mother and co-founder of Parents with Inconvenient Truths about Trans. She lives on the East Coast of the United States. Florence M. is a mother and serves as editor for the PITT Substack. She lives on the East Coast of the United States. Josie A. is a mother and co-founder of Parents with Inconvenient Truths about Trans. She lives on the West Coast of the United States.

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ISBN: 9781634312622
Format: paperback
SRP: $24.95
Page count: 384 pages
Trim size: 6 x 9
Pub date: April 2025

"This is what journalism is for."
—Observer

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 

About the Book

Time to Think goes behind the headlines to reveal the truth about the collapse of the world's largest gender service for children.“ Are we hurting children?” That's the core question at the heart of Time to Think, which exposes the truth about the rise and fall of the United Kingdom's flagship gender identity clinic for children. Answering in the affirmative, it exposes how ideology triumphed over evidence within this part of the healthcare system. In the process, child safeguarding was overlooked and pediatric patients were medically harmed. As investigative journalist Hannah Barnes reveals, the Tavistock's Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) was set up initially to provide talking therapies to young people who were questioning their gender identity. But in a little over a decade, it referred around two thousand children, some as young as nine years old, for medication to block their puberty. In the same period, with ever-greater numbers of children in need of treatment, the profile of the patients changed from largely pre-pubescent boys to mostly adolescent girls, who were often contending with other medical and psychological difficulties. GIDS was shut down by English health authorities in March 2024 and new services will not be able to prescribe these profound medical interventions. Yet, GIDS's approach to treating children with gender identity distress was, in fact, more cautious than that observed in other countries— including, notably, in the United States.This urgent, scrupulous and dramatic book explains how GIDS was the site of a serious medical scandal. As this scandal continues to unfold and even accelerate within other institutions and across countries, it is a gripping parable and disturbing cautionary tale for our times.

About the Author

Hannah Barnes spent fifteen years at the BBC specialising in analytical and investigative journalism on both television and radio, most recently as Investigations Producer for BBC Newsnight. She led the programme’ s coverage of the care available to young people experiencing gender-related distress. Hannah is now an Associate Editor and Writer at the New Statesman.

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ISBN: 9781634312608
Format: paperback
SRP: $19.95
Page count: 500 pages
Trim size: 6 x 9
Pub date: July 2024

"Parents of children who announce a transgender identity often find themselves in a world of confusion and contradiction. These brilliant, clear-eyed authors — all with extensive clinical experience — have written the emergency survival guide for families."
—Abigail Shrier, author of Irreversible Damage: Teenage Girls and the Transgender Craze

About the Book

Being the parent of a gender-questioning child is confusing. You want to do what’s best for your child, but doctors and therapists might make recommendations that conflict with your instincts as a parent, the person who best knows your child’s unique history, challenges and struggles. Do you immediately affirm a newly professed gender identity, watch and wait, or pursue some other path? While many books have been written for parents who choose to facilitate their child’s gender transition, there are almost no books for parents who do not think that social or medical transition is the best option for their child. Written by Sasha Ayad, Lisa Marchiano and Stella O’Malley – three mental health professionals who collectively have decades of experience working with trans-identified adolescents and their families – When Kids Say They’re Trans is a resource designed explicitly for those parents who do not think that hasty affirmation or medicalization is the best way to ensure the long-term health and well-being of their child. It is also for those who simply aren’t so sure about the best course of action and want to learn the facts before committing to a particular approach. At a time when schools, institutions and governments increasingly promote ideas about gender that confuse children and even encourage kids to keep secrets from their parents, the authors celebrate parental love and engagement as the bedrock that children need to move out into the world. As the authors make clear, parents who have successfully helped their children navigate gender distress without resorting to surgery and hormones have done so by actively taking the reins – not by reflexively outsourcing this responsibility or waiting until they found the ideal therapist or doctor. When Kids Say They’re Trans tells you all you need to know as a parent to help your child struggling with gender issues – and will give you the confidence to trust your own instincts as you guide and support your child on the path toward growth, acceptance and maturity.

About the Author(s)

Sasha Ayad is a licensed professional counselor in private practice who works with teens and young adults struggling with issues of gender dysphoria and gender identity. She also runs a robust parent coaching membership group to help parents navigate their child's identity exploration with discernment, wisdom, and compassion. Sasha is cohost of the podcast Gender: A Wider Lens. 

Lisa Marchiano is a licensed clinical social worker and a certified Jungian analyst. She consults with parents of trans-identifying teens and detransitioners and is the author of Motherhood: Facing and Finding Yourself. 

Stella O’ Malley is a psychotherapist and best-selling author whose work focuses on teenagers, parenting, and family dynamics. In addition to facilitating a parent coaching site that provides practical help to parents who are navigating their child’s gender-related distress, she is the cohost of Gender: A Wider Lens podcast and director of Genspect, an international organization that offers a healthy approach to sex and gender.

Details

ISBN: 9781634312486
Format: paperback
SRP: $19.95
Page count: 304 pages
Trim size: 6 x 9
Pub date: October 2023