It wasn't sudden onset - I always knew I was different
Ethan explains that his gender dysphoria wasn't sudden, describing how he always felt different and acted like a boy throughout his childhood, but didn't understand what it meant until seeing a documentary
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Dr Helen Webberley, Gender Specialist and Medical Educator
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