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The Protocol

The New York Times 7 Episodes Jun 5, 2025

A six-part podcast series examining the history and current state of medical treatment for transgender young people in the United States. It explores how this type of care began, the lives it has affected, and the legal and political battles that may determine its future. Through interviews and reporting, the show traces the rise of gender-affirming care and the controversies surrounding it. It looks at personal stories of patients and families, as well as the broader cultural and legislative clashes. The series aims to provide context for one of the most polarized debates in American medicine.

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The Now Jun 5, 2025 00:51:18 State bans are enacted. The Supreme Court is poised to weigh in. President Trump declares that there are only two genders and threatens to withhold federal funds from hospitals that provide pediatric gender treatments. We hear from kids, parents and providers caught in the middle about the complicated decisions they are making. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for info

The Review Jun 5, 2025 00:46:07 The heated debate is not limited to the U.S. In England, a pediatrician tasked with figuring out how the country’s health care system should provide the care finds that the evidence is “remarkably weak.” One major medical group argues that’s missing the point — and repeating history. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of perso

The Whistleblower Jun 5, 2025 00:42:45 A small Midwestern gender clinic gets consumed by a growing political fight when a whistleblower goes public. She had begun to see the treatments as harmful, and decided the political route was the only way to fix it. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The American Approach Jun 5, 2025 00:41:08 In Boston, a psychologist helps set up the first youth gender clinic in the U.S., adapting the Dutch approach. Across the country, a rising star in the field questions their methods. Meanwhile, demand increases worldwide as the types of patients seeking care change. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for adver

The Gender Kids Jun 5, 2025 00:35:14 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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The Beginning Jun 5, 2025 00:43:07 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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Introducing ‘The Protocol’ May 30, 2025 00:04:13 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 futu

The Protocol

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