Gender Expansive Children and the Families Who Love Them
December 17, 2012 by HRC staff
This post comes from Kim Westheimer, Director of HRC's Welcoming Schools program:
http://www.hrc.org/blog/entry/gender-expansive-children-and-the-families-who-love-themThis is becoming a familiar scenario: A parent lets her son put on pink nail polish or wear a princess costume, or a parent lets her daughter shave her head. The parent blogs about it, or in the case of the nail polish, publishes the photo in a popular clothing catalogue. Soon legions of people feel they have the right to weigh in on whether this parent is the best or worst parent ever.
Just last week a mom blogged about allowing her son to wear pink zebra striped shoes to preschool. When she explained that the shoes were really made for girls, her son said he didn't care and that "ninjas can wear pink shoes too."
These viral blogs are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to families supporting their gender expansive children.
