Perhaps the most contentious political, medical and social issue of the day is how to treat and care for young people who are questioning or experiencing distress around their sex and gender. In this episode we speak with Christian community paediatrician Julie Maxwell about the rise in children reporting gender dysphoria, the evidence base behind controversial treatments such as puberty-blockers, and how we as followers of Jesus can speak compassionately and faithfully into the maelstrom of invective and opinion on this important topic.

Some helpful resources from Julie:

- An article she wrote for the website Living Out on how to parent a child who is questioning their gender identity https://www.livingout.org/resources/articles/111/parenting-a-child-questioning-their-gender-identity

- A quick guide to the issue written for the Christian Medical Fellowship https://www.cmf.org.uk/resources/publications/content/?context=article&id=27357

- The Bayswater Support group helps parents whose children have some form of transgender of nonbinary identity https://www.bayswatersupport.org.uk

- The Society for Evidence-based Gender Medicine https://segm.org

- Transgender Trend campaign against medical interventions for gender-questioning children https://www.transgendertrend.com

- Genspect is an international coalition of professionals and others critical of transgender treatment for gender dysphoria https://genspect.org

- The Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender https://can-sg.org/ 

- Gender: A wider lens is a podcast which explores issues around gender, sex, identity and medicine https://gender-a-wider-lens.captivate.fm/ 

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