well, all i can say is that there are a number of studies i mean, scientists would never take one study and also the empirical evidence is highly disputed in many cases, so i know that in the uk, there has been studies that suggest that there might be a slight deterioration in mental health, so a lot more research needs to be done, but even if we also need long term studies because you ask a child a year after they ve started their journey whether they re happier, they may well be happier, but, you know, will they be happy at 25? will they be happy at 35? their prefrontal cortex hasn t fully grown in, you know, so there s a lot of things still to happen that they may not be aware of. they may not fully understand their own situation, so. so, sorry to interrupt, but i m just thinking as i listen to you, is this very personal to you, because you ve been quite frank about your own journey? i mean, you came out as gay, as lesbian, quite late in life,
we also need long term studies, because you ask a child, a year after they ve started their journey, whether they re happier, they may well be happier, but you know, will they be happy at 25, will they be happy at 35? their prefrontal cortex hasn t fully grown in, you know, so there s a lot of things still to happen that they may not be aware of, they may not fully understand their own situation. so, sorry to interrupt, but i m just thinking, as i listened to you, is this very personal to you, because you ve been quite frank about your own journey? i mean, you came out as gay, as lesbian, quite late in life, having been in a marriage and having actually, i think, had two children, and you ve since reflected on the fact that actually, as a young person, you did feel quite uncomfortable with the norms of femininity. i think a lot of women do feel uncomfortable with the norms of femininity, because they re so rigid and binary. probably men feel uncomfortable with the norms of masculinity.
well, all i can say is that there are a number of studies i mean, scientists would never take one study and also the empirical evidence is highly disputed in many cases, so i know that in the uk, there has been studies that suggest that there might be a slight deterioration in mental health, so a lot more research needs to be done, but even if we also need long term studies because you ask a child a year after they ve started their journey whether they re happier, they may well be happier, but, you know, will they be happy at 25? will they be happy at 35? their prefrontal cortex hasn t fully grown in, you know, so there s a lot of things still to happen that they may not be aware of. they may not fully understand their own situation, so. so, sorry to interrupt, but i m just thinking as i listen to you, is this very personal to you, because you ve been quite frank about your own journey? i mean, you came out as gay, as lesbian, quite late in life, having been in a marriage
will they be happy at 35? their prefrontal cortex hasn t fully grown in, you know, so there s a lot of things still to happen that they may not be aware of. they may not fully understand their own situation, so. so, sorry to interrupt, but i m just thinking as i listen to you, is this very personal to you, because you ve been quite frank about your own journey? i mean, you came out as gay, as lesbian, quite late in life, having been in a marriage and having, actually, i think, had two children. and you ve since reflected on the fact that actually, as a young person, you did feel quite uncomfortable with the norms of femininity and. i think a lot of women do feel uncomfortable with the norms of femininity because they re so rigid and binary. probably men feel uncomfortable with the norms of masculinity. i suppose what i m wondering is do are you somebody who feels that if, as a young person, you d been offered the opportunity, access to hormonal treatment and other therapies, you migh