Treatment for transgender kids is a topic as fluid as the gender identity of Gen Z. Adolescent psychiatrist Dr. Miriam Grossman describes the rarely-publicized risks of sex identity changes--medical and psychological--and ways that parents should respond to their trans kids.

Warning: some graphic, but professional, discussion of this sensitive topic.

News update: Since our interview, the U.S. v. Skrmetti case referenced in our show was decided. The U.S. Supreme Court upheld, by a vote of 6 to 3, a state ban on certain pharmaceutical and surgical treatments for transgender minors. The Tennessee law in question was Prohibition on Medical Procedures Performed on Minors Related to Sexual Identity, Senate Bill 1 (SB1).

Additional Resources:

MiriamGrossmanmd.com

Donoharm.org

Tradition or Transition? Episode 39, Conversation Balloons Podcast, https://open.spotify.com/episode/0WIX9f5i5wdAbanECrQ5D6

Books by Dr. Miriam Grossman:

Lost in Trans Nation: A Child Psychiatrists' Guide Out of the Madness

You're Teaching My Child What? A Physician Exposes the Lies of Sex Education and How They Harm Your Children