Harry Enten

We need to record ethnicity.

Again, I don't read the science about somebody's broken femur, but when the orthopedic surgeons come to me and they say that what they are dealing with to get somebody's femur fixed is

is not adequate and they need X, Y, and Z to help take care of patients with a broken femur, I defer to their expertise on a broken femur.

When people that specialize in transgender care tell me that they're having a hard time taking care of their patients with this 50 to 70% suicide rate and they need X, Y, and Z as policy, then I defer to them because they're the ones that do patient care and I help them to get their patient care done.

I stay away from the science because I didn't do a residency in anything related to the science.

How long does it take to become infertile for an adult to be on estrogen to become infertile from your vantage point?

that look like why don't you want to get into the hhs report especially because that that focuses on you know especially surgeries and other things too but what why not get into the hhs report because i think that it's very politically motivated and i don't think it's sound science okay so when we talk about the the turban you know table and i guess have you have you read through the hhs report

Because it relates exactly to your field and what's going on.

the bone density aspects of puberty blocking drugs, how it's, you know, off label FDA, stuff like that.

Like kids are taking these things and it's like, there are reper ramifications for taking these drugs, right?

Hey, thank you for having me and putting a spotlight on this.

Well, I'm a teacher, and I've got to say that it's an exceptional experience to be able to watch a young person grow up.

You feel old, but when your young people in ninth grade and middle school become adults, it's quite the thing to see.

And so I've been really deliberating on this since about 10 years ago.

I had a student in ninth grade who wanted to change her name in class.

And so now in an elected office, I've become very convicted because the more you learn about gender theory in particular and how embedded it's become,

in our sex ed curriculums and in our culture, it becomes very unnerving that young people are being taught that they can be born wrong.

And that's contrary to me as a teacher.

What I believe is that young people are marvelously made and wonderfully made and that they need to be able to accept what they've been given and utilize their talents accordingly.

And so that's really what has driven me.