Books for Professionals

The Gender Deck

100 Cards for Conversations about Gender Identity

Andrew Triska, LCSW

Illustrated by Filipa Namorado

A colorful, first-of-its-kind card deck on gender identity, facilitating supportive and reflective conversations in professional settings.

This unique pack of 100 cards provides a useful tool to help guide conversations about gender identity in individual, group, family, professional and school settings.

With vibrant and inclusive designs, the four color-coded categories – reflective questions, interactive activities, interview-style questions and supportive questions – are designed to prompt and encourage deep discussions. Developed by a renowned trans-identified psychotherapist, and with an accompanying guidebook instructing users on different formats and activities in which the cards can be used, this card deck is an ideal resource for professionals working with trans, nonbinary and/or queer clients to have in their therapeutic toolkit.

Supporting Trans People of Colour

How to Make Your Practice Inclusive

Sabah Choudrey

Guide for professionals and community organisers to ensure that their practice is inclusive of trans people of colour.

Trans people of colour are often excluded because gender and race are treated as separate issues. They are therefore left out from movements and services and in trans and non-binary spaces, their POC identities are overlooked. This guide introduces the theory of intersectionality from the start, giving practical tips and steps to ensure that the community as a whole may be represented and creates a safer space for trans people of colour to thrive.

“Choudrey skilfully brings gender fluidity within Asia, Africa and the Americas, with its relationship to colonialism and the British Empire, out of the shadows.”

– Eugene Ellis, author

Strategies for Child Welfare Professionals Working with Transgender and Gender Expansive Youth

Gerald P. Mallon, DSW

Strategies for child welfare and youth care professionals to deepen and improve working relationships with transgender and gender expansive youth and their families.

Many professionals working in child welfare and youth service (including line workers, supervisors, managers, and administrators), lack adequate knowledge about trans or gender expansive identities, which means they are not sufficiently prepared to address or respond to the needs of trans or gender expansive youth. This guide will provide readers with the information they need to do their jobs effectively with youth of all genders, including guidance on relationships, discrimination, mental health, foster care and homelessness. It provides examples of successful practice in a variety of case narratives from youth and their families.