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	Podcast:		KQED’s Forum
	Episode:		When Kids Want to Transition to Another Gender
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:52:17
	Publish Date:		2018-05-25 11:00:00
	Description:		According to the American Psychiatric Association, children as young as two can present with gender dysphoria, defined as a conflict between a person’s assigned gender and that with which they identify. To many clinicians, and to parents of kids who persistently identify with the nonconforming gender, social transition — which can include changing a child’s name, preferred pronoun, or dress — is the best way to ensure happiness and emotional well-being. But other experts worry that kids who socially transition too young may suffer adverse effects should they later change their minds about their gender identity. We’ll explore the issues. Guests: Jon Brooks, editor, KQED Science’s “Future of You” Diane Ehrensaft, developmental and clinical psychologist; author, “The Gender Creative Child: Pathways for Nurturing and Supporting Children who Live Outside Gender Boxes” Jack Drescher, clinical professor of psychiatry, Columbia University; former member, American Psychiatric Association’s DSM-5 Workgroup on Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders Related Links: Are 3-Year-Olds Too Young to Change Genders? Transgender Researchers Disagree The Controversial Research on ‘Desistance’ in Transgender Youth UCSF’s Diane Ehrensaft on ‘The Gender Creative Child’
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