Description:
A Finalist for the 2025 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ+ Nonfiction
A world-leading expert and clinical psychologist team up to "accurately capture the pulse of the conversation about gender in the United States, expand awareness and knowledge about gender, and educate readers about common myths and misinformation"--Library Journal, starred review
Brief description: Diane Ehrensaft, PhD, is a developmental and clinical psychologist, the author of The Gender Creative Child and Gender Born, Gender Made, and coauthor, with Michelle Jurkiewicz, of Gender Explained. At the University of California, San Francisco, she is the cofounder and director of mental health at the Child and Adolescent Gender Center and a professor of pediatrics. She has been featured on the Los Angeles Times online and WIRED online and has appeared on Anderson Live, The Oprah Winfrey Show, and the Today show.
Review Quotes: A Finalist for the 2025 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ+ Nonfiction
"Gender Explained serves as a guide for parents of children across many ages and stages. It can provide the insight and language parents desperately need to talk to their children and other family members about their child's gender journey.--Ellen Kahn, Human Rights Campaign Foundation