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What Really Leads Kids to Identify as Trans? -- with Airiel Salvatore
Two detransitioners go live on autism, dysphoria in boys and girls, AGP, and parent–child dynamics.
 • Maia Poet and Airiel D. Salvatore
3:13:09
When Parents Lose Custody for Refusing a Child’s Gender Transition
A Ukrainian immigrant mother says CPS removed her daughter after she refused testosterone, raising urgent questions about parental rights and youth…
 • Maia Poet, Jonni, and Ukrainian Mom
1:42:42
Why I Brought My Old Breast Binder to a Gubernatorial Campaign Rally
A speech about puberty, medical harm, and the lie I was sold as a child — now being sold to kids all over again, 14 years later.
 • Maia Poet
14:54
Lessons we’ve learned from trying to change sex — with Airiel Salvatore
A recording from Maia Poet's live video
 • Maia Poet and Airiel D. Salvatore
2:31:01
How to Have Hard Conversations about Gender with Your (Trans-Identifying) Kid
9 pro-tips to start having better conversations about important topics with youth, with a focus on Autism & ADHD
 • Maia Poet
1:13:58
Breast Binding is a Medical Transition Intervention.
Here's why honest people should stop calling chest/breast binding 'social transition'
 • Maia Poet
What can I say to make my kid 'snap out of' this trans thing?
Here's why the common "planting 'seeds of doubt'" strategy is likely to backfire, and what parents should focus on instead.
 • Maia Poet
1:19:23
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I am a 26 year old writer, public speaker and bow tie connoisseur. I am also a detransitioner. This blog is about autism, gender dysphoria and parenting youth through the thick of it.
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