Cowgirl Boots, Anxious Nights: Transgender Youth and Families Fight Hostile Legislation and Sky-High Suicide Rates

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Families of transgender youth share how they’re building safe and affirming homes for their children across the U.S. amidst proliferating anti-trans legislation, a burgeoning mental health crisis and more.

In the past decade, growing acceptance of transgender identities has allowed more transgender children to emerge and transition socially. In 2015, Kristina Olson, a professor at Princeton University, launched the first set of, following about 300 kids to study their development. Among her findings is that kids who socially transition before puberty and whose identities are supported in their families are as healthy mentally as their peers who are not transgender.

“I essentially had my childhood taken from me,” said Olivia, who asked to be identified by her first name only. Now she wants to tell her story, she added, because “I don’t want kids to have to go through the amount of surgeries I’ve had to go through.” earlier this year. The night before he testified in the legislature in support of transgender youth, he had panic attacks and vomited.

Matthew Goldenberg, a transgender man and psychologist at the Gender Clinic of Seattle Children’s Hospital.

 

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Respect isn't the demand. Women should read the serious concerns of the othr side. Know the serious, perm health impacts of this politically & financially motivated health crisis esp for kids. This site has taken off today as one source of that info:

And I don't get why little unconventional girls, tomboys must now actually be physically turned into boys..because what - girls must now fit a mold to get to stay as girls? Isn't that s wee bit sexist ?

Why did you sell out Women & Girls? Their SAFETY & opportunities-to men? Why do you demand women & little girls be cornered by men in closed in spaces while undressed? Why would you force all this with these angry, intimidating men (i.e. ⬇️) on sexual assault & DV survivors?

affirming exactly what? the research shows -- those who are allowed to proceed with natural puberty grow up lesbian, gay, or just plain heterosexual. please stop with your migogynistic homophobic conversion therapy promotion.

MoGov has left many of its residents oppressed and hopeless.

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