Never mind, have a Pride t-shirt! (Reviewing ‘My Trans Parent’ by Heather Bryant)

Never mind, have a Pride t-shirt! (Reviewing ‘My Trans Parent’ by Heather Bryant)

It’s been a revelation to read Heather Bryant’s ‘My Trans Parent’, finally hearing people discuss having similar experiences to mine. Several key areas are discussed in the book. Feelings of resentment, love, anger and grief are explored. Nuances and complications are addressed. There are helpful check lists at the ends of chapters with ‘prompts’ suggesting…

Baby… doll?

Baby… doll?

Hello! Sorry for the delay in updating the blog, particularly with a few developments happening in the world of interest to children of transitioners. One piece of positive news has been the launch of a new site for trans widows: https://www.transwidowsvoices.org/ It’s a great resource, with lots of different voices of women whose partners have…

Your childhood, now freshly whitewashed! (Reviewing ‘Nothing Ever Happens Here)

Your childhood, now freshly whitewashed! (Reviewing ‘Nothing Ever Happens Here)

‘Nothing Ever Happens Here’ is a new children’s fiction novel in which a girl of 12 in a small town in the UK copes with the transition of her father. It has already been quite controversial and has an interesting background which suggests that it’s been written with an agenda. In fact, I would go…

Reading Christine Benvenuto’s ‘Sex Changes’

Reading Christine Benvenuto’s ‘Sex Changes’

One of the first emails I received when I launched this site included a recommendation for Christine Benvenuto’s ‘Sex Changes’. It’s wonderful, and definitely recommended for children of transitioners. It’s a biographical account of Benvenuto’s experience of being a happy married woman with children whose husband one day, out of the blue, announces that he…