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A suicide every two weeks. That's the grim report on the mental health crisis

gripping the trans community. Often when you hear stories about trans or non-binary people

in the news, it's about the negative aspects of their experience.

Transitioning has been a mental struggle for Max Pick.

So you'll hear stories about how trans and non-binary people suffer elevated levels of mental

distress or are more likely to attempt suicide, and you'll hear about their gender dysphoria.

Gender dysphoria sucks.

It's unpleasant.

It's a bad time.

All of those issues are real and distressing,

but there are other stories about the trans experience that you don't get to hear as often.

Like the story of gender joy, gender euphoria.

Well, be genderedphoria means you can look at yourself and just enjoy yourself, not just physically, but internally and emotionally that you are living, the truth that you are meant to be living. This is all in the mind. I'm Sana Khadar, and this weekend kicks off Pride Month. So to mark that,

we are flipping the script on trans stories today and finding out why researchers are interested

in gender euphoria. Because for a lot of people, this can be a transformative experience.

Even though other people might challenge their existence or their gender, that experiencing

euphoria is a reminder that, yes, this is right, this is who I am and I know what I'm doing.

Producer Rose Kerr has this week's episode.

Earlier this year, Dax Kani Hanrahan experienced something completely new and life-changing.

Just very recently, it's like finally enjoying what you see, finally smiling, looking at photos or looking at self at the mirror, like posting photos of you in your

underwear, not because you're doing a thirst trap. I only enjoying what I see. I finally like

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