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:
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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
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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
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