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Episode 265 - The Trans Panic

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Trans Kids Aren't Trans, Right?

Sally Kohn: There's a very good chance that large percentages of the population now believes that, you know, if your kid says that they're trans, you definitely shouldn't get them an appointment at the gender clinic because they're just gonna get pushed into transition too fast. And what drives me nuts about this kind of journalism that is almost entirely anecdote based is none of the people practicing it seem to understand that they're playing with a loaded gun and that there's a real responsibility in reporting on these issues.Kohn: I wish that journalists would have an actual reckoning with the fact that like, no one gets into journalism to not affect anybody's opinion. They know that they are

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