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What is Gender Non-Conforming

Chapter 7
Strengthening School Counselor Advocacy and Practice for Important Populations and Difficult Topics
A term used to describe a person whose gender expression or identity does not conform to the binary or the gender assigned at birth (or by society).
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The School Counselor's Role in Supporting and Advocating for Transgender and Gender-Expansive Children and Adolescents
Rebekah Byrd (Sacred Heart University, USA) and Emily Donald (East Tennessee State University, USA)
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 19
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7319-8.ch007
Abstract
Transgender and Gender-Expansive children and adolescents are resilient, capable, and amazing and deserve to work with school counselors who build upon their strengths. School counselors who espouse fluid, multilayered, and complex conceptualizations of gender and affectional identities are best equipped to meet the needs of TGE children and adolescents. Therefore, it is essential that school counselors be well-versed and knowledgeable about the identities of those with whom they are working, as well as welcome ongoing growth in areas such as self-awareness.
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