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Laurie Frankel. Laurie Frankel is an American novelist, essayist, and public speaker. She has written several novels including This is How it Always Is, which received generally positive reviews, despite stirring controversy of its subject matter of a child's gender transition.
Writer Kate Brookes describes her and her daughter's experience navigating the world of puberty blockers, gender-affirming hormones and more.
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Younger’s case has progressed in the throes of a national culture war over gender-affirming care for minors. As of this year, 25 states have banned medical treatments on children who identify as ...
Georgulas allowed her to socially transition, paint her nails and wear dresses. [5] Younger claimed that she presented as a boy when spending time with him, and accused Georgulas of manipulating her gender identity, or pressuring her into transitioning. [6] By 2018, their daughter presented as a girl at school and in public. [6]
A national survey conducted by GLSEN found that 75% of transgender youth feel unsafe at school, and those who are able to persevere have significantly lower GPAs and are more likely to miss school out of concern for their safety. [73] These students also reported being less likely to plan on continuing their education. [74]
But then came high school. “And,” Farr says, “anything I did to her, school was 10 times worse.” The 2021-22 school year had just started when the assistant principal pulled his daughter ...
Children with persistent gender dysphoria are characterized by more extreme gender dysphoria in childhood than children with desisting gender dysphoria. [1] Some (but not all) gender variant youth will want or need to transition, which may involve social transition (changing dress, name, pronoun), and, for older youth and adolescents, medical transition (hormone therapy or surgery).