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‘I Felt Bullied’: Mother of Child Treated at Transgender Center Speaks Out
‘I Felt Bullied’: Mother of Child Treated at Transgender Center Speaks Out
Caroline. (Theo R. Welling).
She was told medical intervention would help relieve her 14-year-old’s psychological distress. That’s not what happened.
By Emily Yoffe
04.03.23 — U.S. Politics
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‘I Felt Bullied’: Mother of Child Treated at Transgender Center Speaks Out

When he was 14 years old, Caroline’s son got a pharmaceutical implant in his arm that was supposed to help relieve his psychological distress. It was a puberty blocker called Supprelin, and it would continuously release a drug for about the next two years that would arrest further sexual development. Caroline, 43, had been queasy about approving this, b…

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Emily Yoffe

Senior editor Emily Yoffe is a veteran journalist who has published widely on numerous topics. She was a contributing writer to The Atlantic where she wrote about campus sexual assault and MeToo and the need for due process for the accused. She was a longtime contributor to Slate, where she was their "Dear Prudence" columnist for 10 years.

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