{"id":69,"date":"2015-04-24T03:33:49","date_gmt":"2015-04-24T03:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/openbooks.org\/?page_id=69"},"modified":"2015-05-14T01:17:40","modified_gmt":"2015-05-14T01:17:40","slug":"articles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/openbooks.org\/articles\/","title":{"rendered":"ARTICLES"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][imageeffect width=”470″ height=”245″ align=”alignleft” alt=”Jacob’s Journey” titleoverlay=”yes” lightbox=”” target=”_blank” image=”151″ link=”http:\/\/www.today.com\/video\/jacobs-journey-inside-the-life-of-a-transgender-child-432082499654″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Jacob’s journey: Inside the life of a transgender child
\nWhat would you do if the daughter you were raising insisted she wanted to live as a boy? It’s raising questions about how we view gender identity and how that intersects with parenting. NBC national correspondent Kate Snow reports.” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:14|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ google_fonts=”font_family:Raleway%3A100%2C200%2C300%2Cregular%2C500%2C600%2C700%2C800%2C900|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][imageeffect width=”470″ height=”245″ align=”alignleft” alt=”Two-Spirited People” titleoverlay=”yes” lightbox=”” target=”_blank” image=”157″ link=”http:\/\/traditionalnativehealing.com\/two-spirited-people”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Two-spirited people: read about the term’s use in Native American culture.” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:14|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ google_fonts=”font_family:Raleway%3A100%2C200%2C300%2Cregular%2C500%2C600%2C700%2C800%2C900|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][imageeffect width=”470″ height=”245″ align=”alignleft” alt=”Gender Double-Standard” titleoverlay=”yes” lightbox=”” target=”_blank” image=”160″ link=”http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/jackie-morgan-macdougall\/double-standard_b_2068369.html”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][vc_custom_heading text=”The Gender Double Standard: What Message Are We Sending Our Boys?” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:14|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ google_fonts=”font_family:Raleway%3A100%2C200%2C300%2Cregular%2C500%2C600%2C700%2C800%2C900|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][imageeffect width=”470″ height=”245″ align=”alignleft” alt=”Mario & His Skirt” titleoverlay=”yes” lightbox=”” target=”_blank” image=”162″ link=”http:\/\/www.hrc.org\/welcoming-schools\/”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Mario and His Skirt: Supporting Gender Expansive Children.” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:14|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ google_fonts=”font_family:Raleway%3A100%2C200%2C300%2Cregular%2C500%2C600%2C700%2C800%2C900|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][imageeffect width=”470″ height=”245″ align=”alignleft” alt=”Janet Mock with Oprah” titleoverlay=”yes” lightbox=”” target=”_blank” image=”196″ link=”http:\/\/www.oprah.com\/own-super-soul-sunday\/Full-Episode-Oprah-and-Janet-Mock-Video”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Oprah is joined by New York Times best-selling author, MSNBC host and transgender advocate Janet Mock for a conversation about Janet’s powerful journey, the importance of speaking your truth and becoming the person you know you were always meant to be.” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:14|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ 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titleoverlay=”yes” lightbox=”” target=”_blank” image=”205″ link=”http:\/\/transequality.org\/blog\/victory-trans-youth-must-be-respected-in-federal-job-training-program”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][vc_custom_heading text=”VICTORY: The U.S. Department of Labor just issued a policy that will give trans students equal access to 125 Job Corps programs across the country.” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:14|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ google_fonts=”font_family:Raleway%3A100%2C200%2C300%2Cregular%2C500%2C600%2C700%2C800%2C900|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][imageeffect width=”470″ height=”245″ align=”alignleft” alt=”Victory: U.S. Department of Labor Policy” titleoverlay=”yes” lightbox=”” target=”_blank” image=”207″ link=”http:\/\/www.nonconformingmom.com\/gender-in-the-new-millennium-a-conceptual-proposal-for-lgbt-identity-and-understanding\/”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Gender in the New Millennium: A conceptual proposal for LGBT identity and understanding.” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:14|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ google_fonts=”font_family:Raleway%3A100%2C200%2C300%2Cregular%2C500%2C600%2C700%2C800%2C900|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][imageeffect width=”470″ height=”245″ align=”alignleft” alt=”Victory: U.S. Department of Labor Policy” titleoverlay=”yes” lightbox=”” target=”_blank” image=”208″ link=”http:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/all-in\/watch\/raising-transgender-kids-432547907923″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Raising Transgender Kids – Watch the heartwarming story of how the granddaughter of a Congressman, born a boy, transitioned at a young age with the support of her family.” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:14|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ 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Artist iO Tillett Wright has photographed 2,000 people who consider themselves somewhere on the LGBTQ spectrum and asked many of them: Can you assign a percentage to how gay or straight you are?” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:14|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ google_fonts=”font_family:Raleway%3A100%2C200%2C300%2Cregular%2C500%2C600%2C700%2C800%2C900|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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