TY - BOOK AU - Whittington,Hillary AU - Gasbarre,Kristine TI - Raising Ryland: our story of parenting a transgender child with no strings attached SN - 9780062388889 : PY - 2015///] CY - New York, NY PB - William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers KW - Whittington, Ryland. KW - Whittington, Hillary KW - Transgender children KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Family relationships KW - Case studies KW - Parents of transsexuals KW - Mother and child KW - Parenting KW - Gender identity KW - Biographies KW - lcgft N1 - Part one: Learning to listen -- Part two: Embracing our son N2 - After they discovered their daughter Ryland was deaf at age one and needed cochlear implants, the Whittingtons spent nearly four years successfully teaching Ryland to speak. But once Ryland gained the power of speech, it was time to listen as Ryland insisted, "I am a boy!" Hillary and her husband Jeff made it their mission to support their child - no matter what ER -