Gender Creative Parenting Resources

Gender creative parenting is going to be a fundamental part of our parenting journey. To ensure you understand the whys and hows, check out these resources.

Raising Them

A liberating portrait of a family’s choice to dismantle the long-accepted and often-harmful social construct of what it means to be assigned a gender from birth.

Available From: Amazon

Want gender equality? Let's get creative

In this TEDx talk, Kyl shares her idea that if we want adulthood gender equality, we have to change the way we treat kids.

Available From: Youtube

I Let My Child Create Their Own Gender Identity

The goal of gender-creative parenting is not to eliminate gender—the goal is to eliminate gender-based oppression, disparities and violence.

Available From: Time

Raising Zoomer

Articles around raising a kid through gender creative parenting.

Available From: Raising Zoomer

It's a Theyby!

Is it possible to raise your child entirely without gender from birth? Some parents are trying.

Available From: The Cut

Dr Kyl Myers

Sociologist | Author of Raising Them: Our Adventure in Gender Creative Parenting

Available From: Instagram

Maya & Spencer

We’re talking about individuality and what we can do to foster “This is who I am and no one decided that for me but me.”

Available From: Instagram

Gender Creative Parenting

This page is for ALL parents working against gender oppression, even in small ways.

Available From: GCR

Queer Kid Stuff

An edutainment company on a mission to spread queer joy to LGBTQ+ kids, parents, caregivers, educators, their loved ones, and allies!

Available From: Queer Kid Stuff

The Conscious Kid

The Conscious Kid supports families and educators in fostering healthy racial identity development and disrupting racism and bias.

Available From: Instagram

Why kids need to learn about gender and sexuality

In this Ted Talk, Lindsay Amer is spreading a message of radical acceptance in a world where it's sometimes dangerous to just be yourself.

Available From: YouTube

Theyby Parenting

Supporting families not assigning sex or gender at birth and using they/them pronouns from the start.

Available From: Instagram

Raising Baby Grey

In a new Documentary, two parents raise their baby in a gender-neutral manner, with the intention of allowing their child to choose a gender whenever the child feels inclined to do so.

Available From: YouTube

Raising 'theybies'

Julie and Nate Sharpe are raising their 3-year-old twins using the pronoun they, them and their to shield them from gender stereotypes

Available From: Youtube

Galaxy Community Circle

A community of support for young gender diverse and trans kids.

Available From: Instagram

Should I try to raise my child without a gender?

An answer to the above question on Quora from Nate and Julia Sharp.

Available From: Quora

'Boy or girl?' Parents raising 'theybies' let kids decide

One way of shielding children from gender stereotypes: Keep their biological sex secret.

Available From: NBC News

'Theybies': Letting Children Decide Their Gender

Is your baby a boy or a girl? Maybe, it’s a “theyby.” This Radio show looks at raising children without a gender designation.

Available From: WBUR On Point

Parenting Beyond Pink & Blue

A guide that helps parents focus on their children's unique strengths and inclinations rather than on gendered stereotypes to more effectively bring out the best in their individual children, for parents of infants to middle schoolers.

Available From: Amazon

You got it wrong

Sparrow and Hazel are being raised by multi-adult parents as 'theybies'.

Available From: MamaMia Australia

Raising A Theybie

Parents raising ‘theybies’ say it liberates children from gender roles and gives them the freedom to choose their own label.

Available From: The Guardian

The Gender Creative Child

Diane Ehrensaft, PhD, has devoted her career to the care of children and teens who do not abide by the gender binary, either in their gender identities or expressions.

Available From: Amazon

‘Theybie’ dad explains why he won’t give his kids a gender

A father has opened up about his decision to let his kids decide their own gender.

Available From: New York Post

My Son Is Gender Creative

C.J. is gender nonconforming, meaning he very much considers himself a boy but doesn’t exist within the typical confines placed on youthful masculinity.

Available From: Medium