Practice with Female-to-Male Transgendered Youth

Abstract

This paper examines the multiple experiences of female-to-male transgendered identified adolescents also known as FTMs. The information utilized in this paper is based on the available literature on FTMs and the result of over two years of listening to the narratives of FTM trans-gendered adolescents with whom I have worked and from professional counseling experiences with several FTMs ranging in age from their mid to late teens to their early forties. The paper also focuses on current theories, offers a strengths-based approach to practice, and concludes with implications for practice with FTM clients.

Key Words:

• FTM
• transgendered female-to-male youth
• social work practice with adolescents