You are the number one most important factor in your kid’s overall well-being.
You are the number one most important factor in your kid’s overall well-being.
Leading Education & Resource Hub for parents raising transgender, non-binary, and gender expansive youth. All the information you need, in one place.
April 10, 2025 @4-5 pm PT (7-8 pm ET)
It’s About You Too: How Your Self -Care Supports your LGBTQ+ Child
with Tracy Whitmore
Parenting an LGBTQ+ child can bring up a range of emotions—love, uncertainty, fear, and hope. In this talk, Tracy Whitmore, author of It’s About You To: Reducing the overwhelm for parents of LGBTQ+ kids, shares the story behind the book and key insights from its pages. Through real-life stories and simple self-care exercises, Tracy will explore why it’s essential for parents to process their own emotions, find support, and care for themselves while supporting their child. This session offers a compassionate, practical approach to navigating your journey with confidence and love.
About the Presenter
Tracy is a Social Worker, Therapeutic Coach, Founder of Indigo Journey and Author of ‘It’s About You Too: Reducing the Overwhelm for Parents of LGBTQ+ Kids’. With over 17 years of experience, Tracy offers therapeutic counselling, coaching, and support to 2SLGBTQ+ individuals and families across Canada, Australia, and the US. […]
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The Gender Journey
A Path For Parents From Confusion, Fear, And Doubt To Clarity And Confidence.
The gender journey for a parent follows a path that usually starts with a lot of fear and confusion. As you work your way through this first phase, which may involve some denial and bargaining, you find yourself squarely faced with the reality that your child is dealing with significant gender stuff and needs your help to navigate it. If in this process you realize your child is trans, non-binary, or gender expansive, you quickly set out on a quest to find accurate information about what to do to help your child and to figure out if this is even something you need to deal with…
Explore Resources: Your Guides to Understanding
EXPLORE ARTICLES
Transgender Day of Visibility 2025: We’re Still Here, and We’re Not Going Anywhere
Three years ago, I wrote a piece for LGBTQ+ History Month in the UK. It marked the abolition of Section [...]
Supporting Transgender and Nonbinary Youth: A Guide for Families on the Gender Journey
For transgender and nonbinary individuals, family support is the cornerstone of their overall well-being. A family’s understanding and acceptance [...]
The Healing Effect of Joining a Support Community
When gender is an issue for your kid, your reaction could be one of fear, denial, sadness, or other negative [...]
Coming Out as a Parent of a Transgender Child
The family is essentially the foundation from which Transgender people and members of the LGBTQ+ community as a whole [...]
My Kid Came Out As Non-Binary And I Feel Completely Lost
Understanding Non-Binary Identities: Where to Start Even if you’re comfortable with the idea of gender diversity and aware that there’s [...]
Are You The Parent Of a Trans Kid And Unsure How To Navigate Society?
In a perfect world, having a gender-diverse child wouldn’t be a big deal. It wouldn’t require explanations or careful planning. [...]
United States v. Skrmetti: Coping Strategies for Trans Folks & Families
Yesterday, on Wednesday, December 4, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in United States v. Skrmetti, an ACLU lawsuit [...]
Records That Trans People & Families Need to Prepare Before the New Administration Takes Office
As the New Administration prepares to take office, it’s more important than ever for trans individuals to take proactive steps [...]
EXPLORE STORIES
Ongoing Story of a Kid’s Gender Journey – Part 11
This is part of an ongoing series. See the rest of this series here, along with links to other resources [...]
Ongoing Story of a Kid’s Gender Journey – Part 10
This is part of an ongoing series. See the rest of the series here, along with links to other resources [...]
Ongoing Story of a Kid’s Gender Journey – Part 9
This is part of an ongoing series. See the rest of the series here, along with links to other resources [...]
Ongoing Story of a Kid’s Gender Journey – Part 8
This is part of an ongoing series. See the rest of the series here, along with links to other resources [...]
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