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Title: Five Questions With… Christine Benvenuto
Post by: Shana A on January 29, 2013, 01:39:19 PM
Post by: Shana A on January 29, 2013, 01:39:19 PM
Five Questions With... Christine Benvenuto
Posted by helenboyd – January 29, 2013
http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2013/01/29/five-questions-with-christine-benvenuto/ (http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2013/01/29/five-questions-with-christine-benvenuto/)
Thank you so much for this opportunity to discuss my new book, Sex Changes: A Memoir of Marriage, Gender, and Moving On.
(1) Your ex husband has, as well, written a memoir about her experiences. Did you write yours in response to that? Or were you both writing simultaneously?
By the time I heard that my ex had written a book, mine had been completed and was scheduled to be published a few months later.
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Another important reason I wrote the book is that I believe my experiences illustrate the importance of supporting young people who express a need to explore their gender identities. Exploration, not suppression, is essential for a young person who feels uneasy growing into adulthood in a gender identity that doesn't feel right. Parents need to support their children in this exploration, but they must not be asked to go it alone: we as a culture need to support parents in supporting their children. I feel so strongly about this. The more parents and families are supported, not marginalized or isolated, the more they will be able to be there for their children.
Posted by helenboyd – January 29, 2013
http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2013/01/29/five-questions-with-christine-benvenuto/ (http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2013/01/29/five-questions-with-christine-benvenuto/)
Thank you so much for this opportunity to discuss my new book, Sex Changes: A Memoir of Marriage, Gender, and Moving On.
(1) Your ex husband has, as well, written a memoir about her experiences. Did you write yours in response to that? Or were you both writing simultaneously?
By the time I heard that my ex had written a book, mine had been completed and was scheduled to be published a few months later.
[...]
Another important reason I wrote the book is that I believe my experiences illustrate the importance of supporting young people who express a need to explore their gender identities. Exploration, not suppression, is essential for a young person who feels uneasy growing into adulthood in a gender identity that doesn't feel right. Parents need to support their children in this exploration, but they must not be asked to go it alone: we as a culture need to support parents in supporting their children. I feel so strongly about this. The more parents and families are supported, not marginalized or isolated, the more they will be able to be there for their children.