Pronouns aren’t a preference - they can save a life.

Whenever I discuss working with trans youth, the question I’m always asked is, “But aren’t they too young to know?” When did you first know your gender identity? Do you remember feeling sure of it? If you can’t recall, don’t beat yourself up…

If you have searched online for anything about transgender adolescents it’s likely you have come across the term “Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria (ROGD).” As a gender specialist, I have received many frantic voicemails and sat with a surprising number of parents who have been exposed to false literature presenting ROGD as a real phenomenon and are now afraid to believe their adolescent telling them that they are trans or nonbinary.