Meet Elizabeth Johanna Olson-Kennedy who works at Childrenโs Hospital LA and specializes in โgender affirming careโ.
Keep in mind this was 2015, listen how she flippantly talks about surgery on minors like itโs no big deal. Show this to anyone who denies it is happening. https://t.co/03tNhqEPPQ
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In a study of 101 young people seeking cross-sex hormones, all participants were able to access hormones. The study also found that 30% of the participants experienced moderate to severe depression symptoms, while 49% had thoughts of suicide and over 30% had attempted suicide. Many of the young people engaged in drug use and some had resorted to sex work for basic needs. Homelessness and foster care were also prevalent among the participants. The speaker then discusses the topic of gender confirmation surgeries for minors, stating that it is understandable for teenagers to desire such procedures. Chest surgery for transgender boys is seen as critical and relatively easy compared to general reconstruction surgeries. The speaker believes that the barrier of surgical sterilization can be overcome and emphasizes the life-saving nature of chest surgery.
Speaker 0: This is actually from a cohort of young people in my practice. 101 young people, new to cross sex hormones, all in the generative way, all desiring to go on hormones. And all of them did by the way in a surprising turn of events. Oh. Alright.
This is other baseline Yeah. From the young people in my practice and and this is talking about, sort of the other mental health things that are happening for people. So 30% of my sample had moderate to severe depression symptoms. Thought about How about suicide? 49, 51%, and attempted suicide over 30%.
And a lot of drug use. I mean, in LA, I'll give you that. A lot of kids were sexually active and then not an insignificant number 9 of my kids had actually done sex economy. Sex work or place to live or something to eat. I didn't actually, show you in this in this slide a lot of young people in my practice experience homelessness, precarious housing, and we've been in foster care.
Let's talk about a hot topic. Gender confirmation circuits and minors. Okay? This is something that's Coming on the horizon, probably your kids are all gonna ask you about it after our talk to doctor Joe section. Sorry.
So this The idea that a 14 or 15 year old would want a vagina they identified as a girl is really not that out there. It's actually pretty understandable. Surgery, chest surgery for trans guys as minors is critical and it's available. It's not nearly as difficult as general reconstruction because it doesn't have anything to do with sterilization. The difficulty of general surgery is that It is surgical sterilization and people get super worked up about that.
And that is the barrier that we have to overcome. And I think we're going to. But chest is not that. It actually is, and it's a very easy, safe, relatively fast procedure that is absolutely life saving.
