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"The drug is administered via a needle that looks big enough to sedate a horse, and it was watching my usually needle-phobic son calmly accepting his first injection a few weeks ago with barely a wince that gave me a new appreciation for how deeply he is ready for his transition to progress.

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"I see a lot of debate in the public domain about whether kids should have all of these choices about their gender, and what it's doing to them, but I can only comment on my own child and his experience. Where he was once depressed, disengaged and - as doctors put it - it 'ambivalent about living', he is now happy, comfortable in his own skin, and optimistic about his future.

"Why would anyone want to deny him that?"

-- Carolyn Tate, "My 15-year-old transgender son is going through menopause - and I'm so proud of him"