How to Be a Girl

Episode VII: THE FACTS (about transgender kids)

How to Be a Girl

Show Notes

When my "son" first started saying that "he" was actually a "she," I went looking for information. I wanted hard numbers. I wanted data. I wanted science to tell me to do. This is what I discovered.

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