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Trans Youth: When Our Doctors Hurt Us



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Doctors mistreat, dismiss and abuse their young trans patients at an alarming rate. Why do they keep getting away with it?


Episode 1, "TRANS YOUTH: What Do We Want?": https://youtu.be/co6D7Pw2n38
Episode 2, "Trans Youth Get Healthcare Challenge (Impossible)": https://youtu.be/7YfgFnnICfs

Learn more at https://transpulsecanada.ca/

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Script feedback from Greta Bauer, Ayden Scheim & Caleb Valorozo-Jones
Data analysis by Jose Navarro, Gioi Tran Minh & Lux Li
Videography by Surah Field-Green
Translation & captioning by Magenta Baribeau
Art direction by Vic Mongiovi
Music by Sussvarman https://sussvarman.bandcamp.com/, Loto https://blue-tinted-glass.bandcamp.com/ & Ben Babbitt https://benbabbitt.bandcamp.com/album/kentucky-route-zero-memory-overflow

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Further reading:

The Care We Dream Of https://arsenalpulp.com/Books/T/The-Care-We-Dream-Of
Zena Sharman interview https://xtramagazine.com/health/health-care-lgbtq-
sharman-212922&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1654642642644717&usg=AOvVaw0ofR xORNL9PRevEWgVEH4Q

Sources:

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/1104294
WPATH Standards of Care 6 https://web.archive.org/web/20070610012909/http://www.wpath.org/Documents2/
socv6.pdf
WPATH Standards of Care 7 https://www.wpath.org/media/cms/Documents/SOC%20v7/
SOC%20V7_English2012.pdf?_t=1613669341
Trans PULSE Canada's trans youth & health report https://transpulsecanada.ca/results/report-health-and-well-being-among-trans-and-non-binary-youth/

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transgender, trans, trans healthcare, medical transition, trans kids, trans youth, trans pulse canada, lgbt, hrt, hormone replacement therapy, lily alexandre, puberty blockers
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