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The Protocol

The Protocol

By: The New York Times
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 A six-part podcast exploring the story of medical treatment for transgender young people — how the care began, the lives it changed, and the legal and political fights that could end it in the United States.2025 The New York Times Company Politics & Government Science Social Sciences
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  • Introducing ‘The Protocol’

    Introducing ‘The Protocol’
    May 30 2025

    Since 2021, nearly half the states in the U.S. have passed bans on medical treatments for transgender minors. The Trump administration is now targeting the care, and in the coming weeks, the Supreme Court is expected to weigh in.

    “The Protocol” is the story of youth gender medicine — where it came from, who it was meant to help, and what may come next in the legal and political fights over its future.
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    4 mins
  • The Beginning

    The Beginning
    Jun 5 2025

    The story of youth gender medicine starts in The Netherlands, with a clinical psychologist and a 16 year-old who was determined to go through life as the gender he long felt he was.

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    43 mins
  • The Gender Kids

    The Gender Kids
    Jun 5 2025

    The new treatment is codified into a protocol, and the Dutch publish a landmark study that launches the field of youth gender medicine. A former patient describes the benefit of early treatment in a society that is still hostile to trans people.
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    35 mins
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