What's it like to grow up feeling your gender identity is different from your anatomical sex? This programme features the stories of several young people aged from nine to 18 in Britain, the United States and the Netherlands, and explores some of the complex problems facing those with gender dysphoria.
It is widely known that sex reassignment surgery is available to adults, but what is it like for someone under 18 when medical intervention isn't an option? Should they try to live with their birth gender or take body-changing hormones? And how do they feel about themselves before they have fully accepted what is happening to them?
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