When Children Say They’re Trans by Jesse Singal

When Children Say They’re Trans by Jesse Singal

Where is the line between not “feeling like” a girl because society makes it difficult to be a girl and needing hormones to alleviate dysphoria that otherwise won’t go away? How can parents tell? How can they help their children gain access to the support and medical help they might need, while also keeping in mind that adolescence is, by definition, a time of fevered identity exploration?

Excellent, must-read article on transgender teens. So much of what we are seeing is misguided and we are playing with the live of children.