Dr. Laura Anderson
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first heard May 2018
last heard May 2018
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But that's my expression.
For for gender identity, that felt internal sense of whether you're male or female or both or neither is not a choice.
And it's often driven just.
Buy kids what we what I come to is they're wiring, really.
And there's more evidence that perhaps one of the theories is that it may have something to do with the release of androgens and other hormones during pregnancy.
Because when I think about it, and this is very, I mean, I'm using sort of oversimplified in a way, but I think about that moment in our brains when we're in utero that gets coded for gender, our brains.
and our genes line up and they coat us around, you know, male or female or whatever.
is not the exact same moment that our parts sprout.
It's just not.
There's a process between there's a developmental process at the phases of how gender identity forms, even scientifically.
And so the way I sort of start to think about it is there are events and things that can shape things in utero that may that may just expand the notion of either a really solid box that is male or female.
And I think we do have some data, the social piece is that we do have some data that says in areas where there's more tolerance and acceptance of expression, or when kids are given permission to be who they are, their expression flourishes and you may see more examples of
How you show gender to the world in a diverse way, but that parents can't actually change their child's core identity.
So the good news is that we can sort of give permission and shape and allow for, make room for kids who who are feeling this drive and this need to identify this way.
Um we can help it, we can help them feel seen and help them feel.
feel secure, but there is no evidence whatsoever that that parents created gender identity diversity in their child or can change it.
In fact, we know attempts to try to change gender identity don't work and they actually hurt the kids on the receiving.
And I know, I understand, I come to this work with parents from a very understanding place.
It is, and I speak from firsthand experience, it's very scary.
Okay.
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