Simona Giordano: Children with Gender Identity Disorder: A Clinical Ethical Legal Analysis

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Children with Gender Identity Disorder: A Clinical, Ethical, and Legal Analysis written by Simona Giordano is a very comprehensive, easy to read description of what Gender Identity Disorder (GID) and transgenderism are, how it effects the individual and society, and many of the ethical implications associated with treatments for transgenderism. Giordano heavily advocates that GID is not a disorder, but rather that gender is a continuum and normal for there to be genders other than male and female. Each chapter tackles a different topic of GID, ranging from its origin and what it is and isn’t, to treatments and ethical and legal issues. It is written for the general population; although it has clinical, ethical, and legal information, it is written in such a way to give the reader a thorough understanding of the many angles of transgenderism and gets the information across in a manner to reach a broader audience. By incorporating well known fairy tales into the introduction, Giordano’s first goal is to provide a familiar feel to this seemingly taboo topic, and invite the reader to realize it is actually common and around us. In addition to the fairy tales, there are also case histories of real people, which adds yet another angle to build empathy for what many transgenders go through. Reading first hand accounts of people’s experience personalizes the so-called disorder. This book is very reader friendly for those looking to get a comprehensive understanding of GID; with introductions that clearly lay out what will be discussed in the chapter to chapter summaries with key points, the reader should feel confident in their new knowledge by the end of the book. …