TYFA - News Archives

This is a collection of items of interest to TYFA friends and allies. These items originally appeared on the website's home page under the "What's New?" heading, and are listed by date, the most recent first.

February 7, 2012 - TYFA Executive Director Kim Pearson has written the foreword for a soon-to-be-released book entitled, Transitions of the Heart. Transitions of the Heart is the first collection to ever invite mothers of transgender and gender variant children of all ages to tell their own stories about their child’s gender transition. The book, scheduled for release in May, may be pre-ordered from Amazon.com.

January 23, 2012 - Flamingo Rampant! Gender Independent Kids Books: "THE ADVENTURES OF TULIP, BIRTHDAY WISH FAIRY follows title-character Tulip as he deals with the birthday wishes of all the nine-year-olds in North America." This is one of the books, introducing the concept of trans-identified children in a friendly, sympathetic way, that the founders plan to distribute to schools and libraries. Kids' ability to see themselves in books available to them is an incredibly valuable thing. Any parent, teacher, librarian, or caregiver will tell you that kids love books that reflect their daily experience. Please help support the project.

January 4, 2012 - TYFA Executive Director Kim Pearson is scheduled to be a Featured Speaker at Mendocino College, Ukiah, CA at the Coming Together to Make It Better conference on February 4. Come and hear for yourself what TYFA is all about from the woman who makes good things happen for the kids.