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How The 'Trans Kids' Were Invented

Reading the 2019 book that explained it all

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Matt Osborne
Aug 13, 2025
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Jazz Jennings has lost weight with Ozempic but he's still not right
Jazz Jennings is visibly shorter and heavier than all of his siblings. He is also objectively less accomplished and will likely never form a romantic attachment. But he does clean up nice for photo shoots to keep the ‘trans kids’ looking happy

Brunskell-Evans, Heather and Moore, Michele. Inventing Transgender Children and Young People. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019.

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