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Mirroring other Western countries, the nation of Sweden has documented an astronomical rise in gender dysphoria diagnoses among teenagers in the past decade. Read the article here.
Many young adults are turning to vlogging their detransition experiences and stories on YouTube. Read the article here.
The French bishops’ permanent council has approved a recommendation to remove gender references for parents on baptismal certificates. Read the article here.
52% of millennials now believe that gender exists on a spectrum, according to a new report from Forrester. Read the article here.
Teens are ‘nuanced and dynamic’ in how they identify and experience sexuality. Read the article here.
The doll can be a boy, a girl, neither or both. Read the article here.
Cassandra Daily reports on the trend of fashion lines allowing shoppers to choose clothing without needing to conform to a specific gender. Read the trend report here.
American teens have heard the mantra “be yourself” since birth, and they have their predecessors to thank for paving the way. Read the article here.
When a child says he is transgender, we are expected nowadays to accept and celebrate this announcement.
But there are many parents who are not celebrating. They are suffering in silence. They know their children were not born in the wrong bodies and that hormones and surgeries are not the answers to their discomfort and confusion.
Their stories are heartbreaking. Here they are, in their own words.
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New findings published in the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report reveal nearly 2 percent of high schoolers in America identify as transgender, and approximately 35 percent have attempted to end their life sometime in the last 12 months. Read the article here.
The K-Pop phenomenon are blurring the pop world’s boundaries of gender, language, and style. Read the article here.
Parents in the U.S. are increasingly raising children outside traditional gender norms — allowing boys and girls to play with the same toys and wear the same clothes — though experts say this is happening mostly in progressive, well-to-do enclaves. Read the article here.
Though in past years the top two student court members were acknowledged as “King and Queen,” Homecoming plans to instead recognize these two members with the “Guide State Forward Award.” Read the article here.
More teenagers are identifying themselves with nontraditional gender labels such as transgender or gender-fluid, according to a new study. Read the article here.
Far more U.S. teens than previously thought are transgender or identify themselves using other nontraditional gender terms, with many rejecting the idea that girl and boy are the only options, new research suggests. Read the article here.
Barna findings on Generation Z pose new challenges for the church. Read the article here.
Children who struggle to match their gender identity with their biological sex should not be pushed into transgender therapies, but given treatments that help treat the underlying cause of the dysphoria, said doctors in the field.
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Tammy Perlmutter shares her experience in this blog post from Harvest USA. Read it here.
A 25-year-old Argentinian man from Buenos Aires has reportedly spent over $32,000 in an attempt to transform himself into an elf. Read the article here.
Films will now compete in the same categories as TV series too, as MTV shakes up its ceremony, saying its audience ‘doesn’t see male-female dividing lines.’
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