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Trans 101: Trans Kids & the Reality of Youth Transition
(00:00:00) Trans 101: Trans Kids & the Reality of Youth Transition
(00:03:52) Meet Maya
(00:08:39) Understanding Puberty Blockers
(00:12:20) Are Kids Too Young to Know?
(00:16:07) Do Trans Kids Change Their Minds?
(00:20:24) Risks to Puberty Blockers
(00:21:54) Maya's Journey
(00:27:59) What Happens Without Care
(00:31:17) Advice for Parents
(00:33:41) Conclusion
The right says doctors are mutilating children. The left says nothing permanent is happening. They're both oversimplifying, but they're not equally wrong.
Meet Maya, who started transitioning at 13 with puberty blockers, then hormones, then surgery at 16. Now 25 and thriving, she walks us through what actually happened—and why she says it saved her life. We also talk to pediatrician Dr. Michelle Forcier, who breaks down the real medical process. We're busting the "most trans kids change their minds" myth with actual research, covering what puberty blockers really do, why some trans kids hate being on them, and the question nobody wants to ask: what happens to kids who don't get care? Turns out inaction is also a decision, and it comes with permanent consequences too. This episode won't give you easy answers, but it will show you what the science actually says and why everyone who knows trans youth best says the same thing: listen to them.
Content note: This episode includes discussion of self-harm and suicidality.
More from Michelle Forcier:
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Meet Maya, who started transitioning at 13 with puberty blockers, then hormones, then surgery at 16. Now 25 and thriving, she walks us through what actually happened—and why she says it saved her life. We also talk to pediatrician Dr. Michelle Forcier, who breaks down the real medical process. We're busting the "most trans kids change their minds" myth with actual research, covering what puberty blockers really do, why some trans kids hate being on them, and the question nobody wants to ask: what happens to kids who don't get care? Turns out inaction is also a decision, and it comes with permanent consequences too. This episode won't give you easy answers, but it will show you what the science actually says and why everyone who knows trans youth best says the same thing: listen to them.
Content note: This episode includes discussion of self-harm and suicidality.
More from Michelle Forcier:
- Brown University
Need music for a project? Use my Epidemic Sound referral link: https://share.epidemicsound.com/kbva2h
Connect with the show:
- Join the Patreon: https://patreon.com/tabooscience
- Leave me a voice memo: https://podline.fm/tabooscience
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tabooscience
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tabooscience
- Website: https://www.tabooscience.show/
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By Ashley Hamer Pritchard
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(00:00:00) Trans 101: Trans Kids & the Reality of Youth Transition
(00:03:52) Meet Maya
(00:08:39) Understanding Puberty Blockers
(00:12:20) Are Kids Too Young to Know?
(00:16:07) Do Trans Kids Change Their Minds?
(00:20:24) Risks to Puberty Blockers
(00:21:54) Maya's Journey
(00:27:59) What Happens Without Care
(00:31:17) Advice for Parents
(00:33:41) Conclusion
The right says doctors are mutilating children. The left says nothing permanent is happening. They're both oversimplifying, but they're not equally wrong.
Meet Maya, who started transitioning at 13 with puberty blockers, then hormones, then surgery at 16. Now 25 and thriving, she walks us through what actually happened—and why she says it saved her life. We also talk to pediatrician Dr. Michelle Forcier, who breaks down the real medical process. We're busting the "most trans kids change their minds" myth with actual research, covering what puberty blockers really do, why some trans kids hate being on them, and the question nobody wants to ask: what happens to kids who don't get care? Turns out inaction is also a decision, and it comes with permanent consequences too. This episode won't give you easy answers, but it will show you what the science actually says and why everyone who knows trans youth best says the same thing: listen to them.
Content note: This episode includes discussion of self-harm and suicidality.
More from Michelle Forcier:
Need music for a project? Use my Epidemic Sound referral link: https://share.epidemicsound.com/kbva2h
Connect with the show:
Meet Maya, who started transitioning at 13 with puberty blockers, then hormones, then surgery at 16. Now 25 and thriving, she walks us through what actually happened—and why she says it saved her life. We also talk to pediatrician Dr. Michelle Forcier, who breaks down the real medical process. We're busting the "most trans kids change their minds" myth with actual research, covering what puberty blockers really do, why some trans kids hate being on them, and the question nobody wants to ask: what happens to kids who don't get care? Turns out inaction is also a decision, and it comes with permanent consequences too. This episode won't give you easy answers, but it will show you what the science actually says and why everyone who knows trans youth best says the same thing: listen to them.
Content note: This episode includes discussion of self-harm and suicidality.
More from Michelle Forcier:
- Brown University
Need music for a project? Use my Epidemic Sound referral link: https://share.epidemicsound.com/kbva2h
Connect with the show:
- Join the Patreon: https://patreon.com/tabooscience
- Leave me a voice memo: https://podline.fm/tabooscience
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tabooscience
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tabooscience
- Website: https://www.tabooscience.show/
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