Resources
Our resources are designed with you in mind – whether it’s content we’ve created ourselves, or the most useful materials we’ve found elsewhere.
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Brief guidance
Genspect’s Brief Guidance contains links to peer-reviewed articles and other useful resources, to ensure that parents, families and friends, support groups, and adults working in healthcare and education are acting in the best interests of children and young people. These...
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Written resources
We’ve collated a few written resources you may find helpful – including a couple we wrote ourselves. Browse at your leisure, or navigate using the links below.
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Local laws
Legal and regulatory provisions on gender vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Find out more about what’s in force in your area, with our directory of local laws.
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Glossary
The language of gender can seem daunting. New terms seem to arise all the time – and there’s no shortage of acronyms. So we’ve created this quick glossary to help you keep on top of the terminology.
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Documentaries
Trans Kids: It’s Time to Talk In this one-of-a-kind, groundbreaking documentary, Genspect Director Stella O’Malley considers the huge rise in numbers of young people embarking on gender transition, through the prism of the gender identity issues that she experienced...
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Stats for Gender
Stats for Gender collates gender-related data in intuitively categorized, jargon-free terms.
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Infographics
To keep up with our fast-paced world, Genspect creates colourful and accessible infographics, helping share the facts that matter.
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Genspect Unheard
Parents share their stories, their experiences and their advice, in an effort to open the wider conversation about how young people distressed about their gender are treated.
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Parent stories
Genspect gives a voice to parents who are concerned that their kids are receiving inadequate healthcare. Many of these parents need to remain anonymous, so they can protect the identity of their children. The parent testimonies below bear witness to...
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Helpful groups
To help you through this journey, we’ve gathered links to a number of organisations you may find useful.
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Gender: A Wider Lens
We’re proud to sponsor the world’s leading podcast on gender. Co-hosted by Genspect Director Stella O’Malley and Genspect Advisor Sasha Ayad, “Gender: A Wider Lens” combines expert analysis with personal experiences, providing new and intriguing ways to understand trans...
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Books
Curated by Genspect, this small collection of brilliant books will prove helpful to families, clinicians, and all those interested in gender issues.
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Sample policies
View our sample policies
