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Dr. OzGroundbreaking Dr. Oz Show About Transgender Children

Dr. Mehmet Oz, who rose to fame as a regular medical correspondent on Oprah, talked with two transgender youngsters and their families about their experiences growing up and their parents’ decision to support them. 

Watch the video: Part 1  Part 2
Con subtítulos en españolParte 1  Parte 2
The Tyra Banks Show, broadcast on the CW Network on January 27, 2010, featured several families from TYFA, along with TYFA CEO Kim Pearson.  View the show, in segments, HERE.

The National Geographic Channel presents
"Sex, Lies and Gender"
Part 1

(Click on the title above the video to view
parts 2 through 5)

The Transgender Channel (Luxembourg):

TV interview of German transgirl Kim Petras on the Morning Show. The interview draws a more realistic picture of Kim than in the CBS show "The Insider" on April 30, 2009. Kim speaks about her past as a boy and the latest single she has released: "Die for you".

TYFA Executive Director Kim Pearson is interviewed by CNN Prime News regarding gender identity and the social transition of an 8 year old Colorado child who is biologically a male and wishes to return to public school in her identified female gender.