A professor at the University of Rhode Island is calling for preschool libraries to carry more books with “transgender or gender-fluid protagonists” to allow young transgender children to feel validated.
A Wednesday report on Campus Reform highlights a paper by professor Susan Trostle Brand, who teaches early childhood education at the University of Rhode Island. In the paper, published on September 6 in the Journal of Childhood Education, Brand argues that school libraries should carry books with LGBTQ main characters to “provide active and enthusiastic support” for transgender children. The paper was co-written by Susan L. Maasch, director of the Trans Youth Equality Foundation.
“By using carefully selected children’s literature…teachers can make a positive difference in the lives of individuals who are transgender and/or those who live in diverse families,” she wrote. – READ MORE
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