There is this spectral child, but then there actually is the intergenerational political conflict that does seem to be emergent for real. I think people can really truly identify with why young people, people are pissed off today. And so it's not just generational conflict. It's also like, oh no, I remember what it was like to find myself in a situation where I was at a disadvantage and realized all the adults in the room were withholding a concept to make sense of that power imbalance.
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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