The author says she was shocked to find out that trans children are not a new phenomenon. The book is about the history of gender, and how we can use it to help those who have gone through similar experiences. "I became very concerned with what happens when a whole population is framed as a new arrival," he says.
Featuring Jules Gill-Peterson on Histories of the Transgender Child. Amid this right-wing reaction, a discussion of the history of trans medicine and trans children—and also trans politics more generally.
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