Are You A Boy Or Are You A Girl?

Writer and transgender community advocate, Sarah Savage got tired with children being put into pink and blue boxes when it came to gender issues.

377 backers agreed with her and pledged over £5,5oo to help Sarah publish and print her book Are You A Boy Or Are You A Girl?

Sarah said: “One of the most common stories I hear from my trans friends is how they first realised that something about their gender was different to other children at an early age, typically between four to seven years old. We start learning what being a boy or a girl is all about, not just the physical but also the roles, expectations and stereotypes that exist in society.

“There is often little to no education to help kids who are gender variant, the grown ups who have never had cause to even in passing question their own gender are presented with someone who breaks the mould and it can be difficult to know what to do to support the child in the best possible way.

“After a successful Kickstarter crowd funding campaign and beautifully illustrated by Fox Fisher, ‘Are You A Boy Or Are You A Girl?’ has been crafted as a tool to help talk about gender creatively with children and to assist parents, family and teachers in giving them the space to express themselves fully and grow into healthy adults.

“This book is not just for children who may be trans or gender variant, I have written it with everybody in mind in the hope of breaking down these out-dated ideas of putting our children in pink and blue boxes. Parents who want to teach their kids that gender is a wide spectrum and open to be explored with fun will be able to use this book as a springboard for discussion.

“We are all unique and every child deserves to be taught how to cherish and celebrate what makes them different and to be proud of who they are. Hopefully my book will help some children realise that they can be whoever they want to be.”

Are You A Boy Or Are You A Girl? is available from Amazon, Good Reads and all good book stores.