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I tried to find some TED talks related to trans stuff and it turns out there are quite a few of them. Just thought I'd link to the ones I've found…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXRuwh5WqMI >Alex discusses the influence of gender in his own life in this TEDx talk, describing both medical and social perspectives of gender in our daily lives and the impact and consequences these perspectives bring to every individual.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtkJlqTCPNU >Dr. Norman Spack is a Pediatric Endocrinologist and founder of Boston Children's Hospital's GeMS Program, the first medical clinic for transgender adolescents in the USA.>Until recently, transgender adolescents were regarded as suffering from a primary psychiatric illness. They experienced extremely high incidence of self-harm and suicide, substance abuse, unemployment, family strife, and social discrimination. Early evaluation and prevention of the unwanted natal puberty in its earliest stages, with provision of sex hormones of the affirmed gender in mid-teenage has changed the outlook for the young adults who are the oldest cohort so treated.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbJVtyN_UE4 >Valentijn De Hingh became famous through a documentary that followed her life as a transgender child. Valentijn works as a model, writer, dj, and performer and is a full time literature student. In this talk she shares her thoughts on the gender dichotomy and how that led to her gender reassignment surgery.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ2qHO93EY0 >Niklaus Fluetsch was born female but always knew he was male. Having built a successful medical career as a woman, he took a leap of faith in 2007 after years of struggle, and now lives openly as a man. In a heartfelt and inspiring talk at TEDxZug, he urges more transsexual and transgender people to come out, and for all people to have the courage to be true to themselves. No.21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZkcGZrupEo >Since time immemorial, humans have been labeled as either male or female, but in this engrossing Talk, urologic surgeon Dr. Judi Herring argues that the reality of gender is far more complex. Each year, one in 2,000 babies are born with ambiguous genitalia. The common prescription for such “intersex” children is a lengthy and painful process of surgical correction that Herring believes is both cruel and arbitrary.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMWxuF9YW38 >From something as small and complex as a chromosome to something as seemingly simple as the weather, sex determination systems vary significantly across the animal kingdom. Biologist and teacher Aaron Reedy shows us the amazing differences between species when it comes to determination of gender.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYpDU040yzc >Professor Daphna Joel explores the mistaken concept that brains can be either male or female, thus providing an explanation for why men and women are different. She disputes the theory, displays the neurological data and proves that our brains are really a unique mosaic of male and female characteristics, forming an 'intersex brain.'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWubtUnSfA0 >Diversity speaker Scott Turner Schofield speaks to TEDx Houston about transgender identity and ending gender.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Lm4vxZrAig >Yee Won Chong shares a story about the challenges of navigating the world while transgender, and provides suggestions on being a good ally. No.22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCZCok_u37w >When fashion model Geena Rocero first saw a professionally shot photo of herself clad in a bikini, she was beside herself. "I thought…you have arrived!" she says proudly. This might not be the typical experience, but, as Rocero reveals, that's because she was born with the gender assignment "boy." In a moving and personal talk, Rocero finds that transgender activism is giving her a whole new sense of pride and purpose.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rqt6s4MzIo >Carys Massarella is an attending emergency physician at St.Joseph's Healthcare in Hamilton. She is also the lead physician for the Transgender Care Program at Quest Community Health Centre in St. Catharines. Dr Massarella lectures widely on transgender health care and was named one of the World's 50 Transgender icons by the Huffington Post. Her talk focuses on the false narrative of deception in relation to transgender identity, rights, and equality.