Articles for and about gender variant youngsters
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'My body is wrong' : Should teenagers who believe they are transgender be helped to change sex? —Guardian August 14, 2008
Should I help my 12-year-old get a sex change? The Times July 21, 2008
UK Doctors 'failing' children trapped in gender limbo. Article by Dr Simona Giordano , University of Manchester
Transgender teens: Doctors refine hormone, other therapies. Article in Sunday edition of Foster's Daily Democrat, Dover, New Hampshire, USA
Girl/Boy Interrupted - A new treatment for transgender kids puts puberty on hold so that they won't develop into their biological sex. San Francisco Weekly
Agents of change - Transgender Canadians are coming out at younger ages, raising a host of new and sensitive issues Toronto Globe and Mail
LET THEM BE - What's the proper parental response when faced with a kid who's gender variant? San Francisco Chronicle
"I'm a Girl" - Understanding Transgender Children ABC NEWS
"Clinical Management of Gender Identity Disorder in Adolescents: a Protocol on Psychological and Paediatric Endocrinology Aspects" in the European Journal of Endocrinology
"Supporting Boys or Girls When the Line Isn't Clear" in the New York Times
"Caring for Transgender Adolescents in BC" on the Transgender Health Programme Website
The diagnosis and care of transsexual children and adolescents: a pediatric endocrinologists' perspective CP Houk and PA Lee - Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism - Abstract
"Transgenderism" in the Lahey Clinic Journal of Medical Ethics
The Histrelin Implant (for delivering GnRH analogue in the American Journal of Pediatrics
Interview with Dr Norman Spack - Children's Hospital Boston
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