We have to start listening when transgender children say please stop this puberty
Helen describes the profound impact of gender dysphoria as bodies develop in the wrong way for transgender children, emphasizing the urgent need to listen when they ask for help to stop puberty that is destroying their lives
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Dr Helen Webberley, Gender Specialist and Medical Educator
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