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Charmain Bynoe, a council housing officer for the London borough of
Southwark, inspired the nation when she appeared on the TV series
Council House Britain. Now, in The Estate, she shines a light on
the challenges faced by so many of our citizens and provides
heartwarming and inspirational stories of how they have been helped
to help themselves. The role of our council housing officers is
often overlooked and forgotten about. But their work is vital and,
for some, the officers are their best hope for a better quality of
life. Sometimes, Charmain works with those who are struggling to
cope, finding it hard to keep a roof over their heads or to deal
with day-to-day challenges. All they may need is some hope, and she
is there to suggest a way forward. In Charmain's powerful new book,
she looks back at some of the people she's worked with, from the
old man who lives in squalor because he can no longer keep his flat
tidy and needs support, to the young Ghanaian woman in a coercive
relationship who fears that if she speaks out she will be deported.
Britain's housing crisis remains an enormous issue for the country,
which was only further highlighted by the Grenfell Tower disaster.
But, as Charmain shows, with humanity and consideration for others,
we can make things better in ways that don't have to cost a fortune
but can deliver results that are truly priceless.
Extremely gender variant children and adolescents (minors),
increasingly referred to as 'trans' or 'transgender children,' are
small in number. In recent years, their situation has become highly
sensationalized, whilst the matter of how to best treat them
remains an area of controversy. A growing body of research supports
emerging treatment approaches, but more research is still needed to
answer a host of questions: Do trans minors have a psychiatric
disorder or a normal variation of gender presentation? Should
treatment be aimed at helping them accept the bodies into which
they were born or should parents, clinicians and schools
accommodate their wishes of transition? At what age should
transition begin? What are the implications - physical,
psychological, social and ethical - of various treatment
approaches? The first part of this volume explores different
clinical approaches to transgender minors in the USA and abroad.
The second part contains responses to these approaches by
commentators from various fields including biology, child
psychiatry, civil rights activism, ethics, law, gender studies,
queer theory and psychoanalysis. The work will be an invaluable
source for parents and families looking at how to proceed with a
trans child, as well as clinicians seeking to make appropriate
referrals. This book was originally published as a special issue of
the Journal of Homosexuality.
Teen Angst: A Celebration of Really Bad Poetry is the first, the
best, and the biggest collection of teen angst poetry ever to be
published. Inspired by the popularity of her interactive website,
editor Sara Bynoe has compiled the definitive teen angst reader.
Divided into 12 categories, including I am Alone and No One
Understands My Pain and Obvious Metaphors, this book is for anyone
who has ever written truly terrible, meditative, or self-indulgent
poetry. Actually, this book is for anyone who survived being a
teenager.
All of the poets featured in this collection are now adults, living
happy, angst-free lives. However, for this special book, they are
willing to reveal excerpts from their old tattered notebooks or
leather bound journals. Along with the poems, each poet has
included a short introduction, giving background information for
each work. As Sara Bynoe says, looking back on teen angst poetry
brings people together in a "poetry reading meets stand-up comedy
meets AA" sort of way.
Extremely gender variant children and adolescents (minors),
increasingly referred to as 'trans' or 'transgender children,' are
small in number. In recent years, their situation has become highly
sensationalized, whilst the matter of how to best treat them
remains an area of controversy. A growing body of research supports
emerging treatment approaches, but more research is still needed to
answer a host of questions: Do trans minors have a psychiatric
disorder or a normal variation of gender presentation? Should
treatment be aimed at helping them accept the bodies into which
they were born or should parents, clinicians and schools
accommodate their wishes of transition? At what age should
transition begin? What are the implications - physical,
psychological, social and ethical - of various treatment
approaches? The first part of this volume explores different
clinical approaches to transgender minors in the USA and abroad.
The second part contains responses to these approaches by
commentators from various fields including biology, child
psychiatry, civil rights activism, ethics, law, gender studies,
queer theory and psychoanalysis. The work will be an invaluable
source for parents and families looking at how to proceed with a
trans child, as well as clinicians seeking to make appropriate
referrals. This book was originally published as a special issue of
the Journal of Homosexuality.
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