Breaking Boundaries: One Family’s Adventure in Raising a Transgender Child with Love and Courage

Host pamm speaks with Jill, a mother of a 14-year-old transgender daughter. Jill shares her family's journey from early signs at ages two to three, through social transition in second grade, to medical interventions including puberty blockers and hormone therapy. She highlights the vital role of the Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico and director Adrian Lawyer in guiding her family. Jill emphasizes the importance of listening to children, advocating for them, and finding community support, noting that parental support reduces trans youth suicide rates from 40% to approximately 4%.