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February 2018, Issue No. 155, ISSN 0969-1936 Issue Editor: Amanda Middleton and Alex Iantaffi General Editor: Brian Cade, 11 Beresford House, Shepherds Way, Cirencester, Gloucestershire GL7 2EX Email: bcade@talktalk.net Tel: 01285 239402 Deputy Editor: Ged Smith, Email: ged59@hotmail.com


Contents


Editorial Amanda Middleton and Alex Iantaffi – a dialogue


Refl exions Kris Black


In his own words: A narrative analysis of the stories of trans men in gender


transition Claire Ely


Multi-family support for adolescents with gender variance Yang Yang Teh and Carolyn Bush


T e theatre of life: Collective narrative practice with young trans people Dane Duncan Mills, Maria Castro Romero and Jesse Ashman


Re-ordering gender: T e challenge of responding to trans and non-binary


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young people in CAMHS Damian McCann


An invitation to explore: A brief overview of the Tavistock and Portman


Gender Identity Development Service Jason Maldonado-Page and Sarah Favier


G’s lesson: A journey f om ignorance to advocacy Alison Yocom


‘What’s fabulous about being non-binary?’: Non-cisgenderist clinical


responses to systemic trauma Y. Gavriel Ansara


T e social construction of non-binary gender identity Catherine Butler


Being a non-binary therapist within a binary therapy system Meg-John Barker


What therapists need to know when working with intersex clients: A primer Jane Czyzselska


Beyond trans tolerance and trans inclusion: Contributing to transformative


spaces in an all-genders youth, live-in, substance-misuse programme Vikki Reynolds in dialogue with James Kelly


Narratives of sexuality and intimacy in the partners of trans people Jos Twist


Trans sexualities in the therapy room Amanda Middleton and H Howitt


Book review: Gorell Barnes, G. (2018) Staying At ached: Fathers and


Children in Troubled Times. London: Karnac. Reviewed by Alex Reed


Obituary: Lynn Hoff man, 1924 – 2017 Judy Davies


Cut ing the crap together: A report on a collaborative training event in


Scotland Kirsty Darwent, Alison Burgess and Naomi Nyamudoka


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