I don't believe even a 14-year-old can truly understand what the loss of their fertility is. At 14, if you'd said to me, do you want children? I don't want to. But it has been the most joyful, wonderful thing in my life. That doesn't mean I think everyone should have kids. It doesn’t mean I think to be a woman, you need to have kids. And I couldn't have comprehended that at 14. I would have had no idea what I was giving up. Gender dysphoria exists. It causes massive distress. I know it's real. And I'm telling very personally, for me, my children have
The movement for trans rights hits its stride in the early 2010s, but encounters fierce resistance from an unexpected source. J.K. Rowling watches the battle unfold with mounting unease.
Produced by Andy Mills, Matthew Boll, and Megan Phelps-Roper, with special thanks to Candace Mittel Kahn and Emily Yoffe.
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