Welcome to Litsy!

Linda Gromko MD is a Board Certified Family Physician who has worked with the transgender community for years. She explains the basics of gender identity, sexual orientation, puberty, puberty blockers, hormone treatments, and gender affirming surgeries. She shares years of patient wisdom about "presentation,"i.e., appearing in your true gender. Her section on Thriving and Surviving is packed with practical information on getting through every day in the best way possible - from coming out to parents, to school issues and bathroom safety, to love and sex. Why is this book important? We know that transgender kids and their families need specialized information. Alarmingly, the suicide attempt rate among trans youth is close to half! This book is intended to give gender non-conforming kids the information they need to grow to be happy, productive, loving and loved. It's intended to provide the information we need as parents, educators, and health care providers to do better with and for our kids.