There Are No Quick Fixes For Your Kid's Gender Issues
One detransitioner's perspective on the approach it really takes to help kids like the one I was, to make it through adolescence and into adulthood.
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I am a 26 year old writer, public speaker and bow tie connoisseur. I am also a detransitioner. This blog is about autism, gender dysphoria and parenting youth through the thick of it.
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On Transgender Identity and Family Estrangement w/ an ROGD mom.
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How I Cured My Gender Dysphoria By Understanding my Autism
I give neurodivergence-specific strategies for parenting Autistic, ADHD youth through a gender crisis. This is part one of what will be my longest and most comprehensive series yet.
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Plus, neurodivergence-specific ROGD parenting strategies coming soon. Read more about my new project and about how your input can help me build it.
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What Really Leads Kids to Identify as Trans? -- with Airiel Salvatore
Two detransitioners go live on autism, dysphoria in boys and girls, AGP, and parent–child dynamics.
When Parents Lose Custody for Refusing a Child’s Gender Transition
A Ukrainian immigrant mother says CPS removed her daughter after she refused testosterone, raising urgent questions about parental rights and youth gender medicine.
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A speech about puberty, medical harm, and the lie I was sold as a child — now being sold to kids all over again, 14 years later.