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Azeen Ghorayshi

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292 total appearances

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The Daily
‘The Protocol’: The Story Behind Medical Care for Transgender Kids

Kids who were in extreme distress, kids who hadn't yet gone through puberty or were just starting to, and their distress was actually being exacerbated by that or even by the prospect of it. of going through puberty. So there's a scientific paper from around this time that talks about how in the years before puberty, these kids would engage with a kind of magical thinking.

The Daily
‘The Protocol’: The Story Behind Medical Care for Transgender Kids

Kids who were in extreme distress, kids who hadn't yet gone through puberty or were just starting to, and their distress was actually being exacerbated by that or even by the prospect of it. of going through puberty. So there's a scientific paper from around this time that talks about how in the years before puberty, these kids would engage with a kind of magical thinking.

The Daily
‘The Protocol’: The Story Behind Medical Care for Transgender Kids

And it was this belief that one day they would just wake up and their bodies would finally match the way they felt inside. And what Peggy was seeing was that puberty just shattered this magical thinking. And it made these kids feel like their bodies were basically betraying them. That they were actually becoming less and less the way they felt inside. And there was nothing they could do about it.

The Daily
‘The Protocol’: The Story Behind Medical Care for Transgender Kids

And it was this belief that one day they would just wake up and their bodies would finally match the way they felt inside. And what Peggy was seeing was that puberty just shattered this magical thinking. And it made these kids feel like their bodies were basically betraying them. That they were actually becoming less and less the way they felt inside. And there was nothing they could do about it.

The Daily
‘The Protocol’: The Story Behind Medical Care for Transgender Kids

And just as Peggy was starting to recognize the significance of this moment for her patients... And then I came across FGE. That's when a kid walked into her office and offered an unexpected solution.

The Daily
‘The Protocol’: The Story Behind Medical Care for Transgender Kids

And just as Peggy was starting to recognize the significance of this moment for her patients... And then I came across FGE. That's when a kid walked into her office and offered an unexpected solution.

The Daily
‘The Protocol’: The Story Behind Medical Care for Transgender Kids

We had talked about what his comfort level was with his voice even appearing in this.

The Daily
‘The Protocol’: The Story Behind Medical Care for Transgender Kids

We had talked about what his comfort level was with his voice even appearing in this.

The Daily
‘The Protocol’: The Story Behind Medical Care for Transgender Kids

He knows you're recording.

The Daily
‘The Protocol’: The Story Behind Medical Care for Transgender Kids

He knows you're recording.

The Daily
‘The Protocol’: The Story Behind Medical Care for Transgender Kids

So we're coming up on...

The Daily
‘The Protocol’: The Story Behind Medical Care for Transgender Kids

So we're coming up on...

The Daily
‘The Protocol’: The Story Behind Medical Care for Transgender Kids

I love these big windows. I know, it's beautiful. The light is so nice.

The Daily
‘The Protocol’: The Story Behind Medical Care for Transgender Kids

I love these big windows. I know, it's beautiful. The light is so nice.

The Daily
‘The Protocol’: The Story Behind Medical Care for Transgender Kids

And what is your comfort level with your name? FG is what we're sticking with? Yeah, okay.

The Daily
‘The Protocol’: The Story Behind Medical Care for Transgender Kids

And what is your comfort level with your name? FG is what we're sticking with? Yeah, okay.

The Daily
‘The Protocol’: The Story Behind Medical Care for Transgender Kids

Yeah. What is your... Do you share with people in your professional space?

The Daily
‘The Protocol’: The Story Behind Medical Care for Transgender Kids

Yeah. What is your... Do you share with people in your professional space?

The Daily
‘The Protocol’: The Story Behind Medical Care for Transgender Kids

So they don't know that you played this... Do you feel like you played a seminal role? I did.

The Daily
‘The Protocol’: The Story Behind Medical Care for Transgender Kids

So they don't know that you played this... Do you feel like you played a seminal role? I did.