A bit of insight about transgender and gender dysphoria

Alex does a great job here on this topic. This would also, I suspect, take a lot of guts to do which is both inspiring and commendable.

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Topic: 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.

Links:
Transgender Health Program, VCH, TEDxTt09

Filmed by Craig Ross at TEDx Terry talks 2009 (October 3rd, 2009). Video edited by David Ng. See more TEDx Terry talks videos here.

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