Did you tell them about the abuse? I did not. Well, how much investigation into your history took place?

Very little because the second we got into my history, it just came crumbling down. In my referral,

it says that I had held a male identity since childhood, besides just physical discomfort with my body

and just feeling disconnected from girls. It was really no sign of prior gender dysphoria.

Discomfort with your body and feeling disconnected with girls. That's called puberty. Right. I was already

cleared for surgery, so I traveled to San Francisco recommendation of Olson, the specific doctor.

By the time I was there... Why the specific doctor? Because he doesn't have age limits. No age limits.

Yeah. What's interesting about my case, too,

is even in my referral notes, which the surgeon saw, there's conflicting information. So immediately,

you can tell it's sort of rubber-stamped and they didn't really look through it. So now you wake up

after surgery. Yeah. What's that like?

Hello, everybody.

My guest today is a young woman who has quite a terrible story to tell,

but before you can understand why I have her as a guest and why she's doing what she's doing, there's some individuals that I need to familiarize you with

in some detail to set the context properly. And I'm going to read that. First and foremost among

those is Dr. Joanna Olson Kennedy. Dr. Olson Kennedy serves as the medical director of the Center for Trans Youth Health and Development at Children's Hospital, Los Angeles.

That's currently the largest transgender youth clinic in the U.S.

Dr. Olson Kennedy has authored or co-authored numerous studies on transgender youth concerning such

topics as chest reconstruction and its effects, the development of so-called gender identity,

the physiology of response to gender affirming hormones, and the consequence of pharmacologically induced puberty blockade.

In 2015, she led a $10 million N.I.H. funded research project to study the effects of so-called

gender-affirming medical practice aimed at youth. This study was a major enterprise and very financially

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