Trans Author Slams ‘Poor’ Sex Education in the UK for Not Teaching Kids How You Can Be Transgender

RUSH TRANSCRIPT Velshi I ░░░░░░░░ joined now by juneau ░░░░░░░░ author of numerous books ░░░░░░░░ today s Velshi banned ░░░░░░░░ club feature this book ░░░░░░░░ gay Welcome thank you ░░░░░░░░ being with us Dawson ░░░░░░░░ you for having me ░░░░░░░░ You re not here ░░░░░░░░ you are here where ░░░░░░░░ book came out which ░░░░░░░░ 2015 Dawson That s ░░░░░░░░ yes Velshi And it ░░░░░░░░ t particularly controversial when ░░░░░░░░ came out Dawson Not ░░░░░░░░ all the book came ░░░░░░░░ with no fuss I ░░░░░░░░ Erica with David Levinson ░░░░░░░░ I know you ve ░░░░░░░░ on around New York ░░░░░░░░ New Jersey and it ░░░░░░░░ fine Throw no issues ░░░░░░░░ It is well reviewed ░░░░░░░░ was going swimmingly Velshi ░░░░░░░░ happened Dawson It was ░░░░░░░░ of all 2016 Sarah ░░░░░░░░ stomping ground in Alaska ░░░░░░░░ was the first challenge ░░░░░░░░ was asked to be ░░░░░░░░ from the library the ░░░░░░░░ agreed it should be ░░░░░░░░ a restricted section for ░░░░░░░░ which I fully understand ░░░░░░░░ problem went away and ░░░░░░░░ didn t really hear ░░░░░░░░ for maybe two or ░░░░░░░░ years later And then ░░░░░░░░ 2019 it was like ░░░░░░░░ starting to fall In ░░░░░░░░ states in some schools ░░░░░░░░ libraries librarians just are ░░░░░░░░ pushback And then in ░░░░░░░░ things really stepped up ░░░░░░░░ gear It was being ░░░░░░░░ everywhere and it made ░░░░░░░░ top 10 band books ░░░░░░░░ the first time Velshi ░░░░░░░░ the argument with books ░░░░░░░░ this or books about ░░░░░░░░ history or whatever the ░░░░░░░░ is is that you ░░░░░░░░ meeting to indoctrinate young ░░░░░░░░ I guess in this ░░░░░░░░ you re meeting to ░░░░░░░░ young people into being ░░░░░░░░ Dawson That s argument ░░░░░░░░ if that were true ░░░░░░░░ would be a very ░░░░░░░░ caterpillar and I m ░░░░░░░░ I just felt you ░░░░░░░░ I wrote this book ░░░░░░░░ myself when I was ░░░░░░░░ or 14 years old ░░░░░░░░ know I grew up ░░░░░░░░ very poor sexy relationship ░░░░░░░░ in the U K ░░░░░░░░ was taught how babies ░░░░░░░░ made and how they ░░░░░░░░ born and that would ░░░░░░░░ great if I weren ░░░░░░░░ transgender But I didn ░░░░░░░░ know anything about myself ░░░░░░░░ wasn t aware I ░░░░░░░░ be trans Were they ░░░░░░░░ books readily available for ░░░░░░░░ trans person of your ░░░░░░░░ Dawson There was nothing ░░░░░░░░ on television at all ░░░░░░░░ nothing I went into ░░░░░░░░ young adult life when ░░░░░░░░ went to college so ░░░░░░░░ And I see now ░░░░░░░░ an adult I was ░░░░░░░░ very vulnerable I didn ░░░░░░░░ fully understand consent I ░░░░░░░░ t fully understand boundaries ░░░░░░░░ didn t understand that ░░░░░░░░ could say notice things ░░░░░░░░ meant a lot of ░░░░░░░░ were able to take ░░░░░░░░ of me You know ░░░░░░░░ early twenties were traumatic ░░░░░░░░ lots of ways I ░░░░░░░░ sort of thought what ░░░░░░░░ modern teenagers didn t ░░░░░░░░ to enter adulthood as ░░░░░░░░ as I was I ░░░░░░░░ to just give them ░░░░░░░░ backup you know I ░░░░░░░░ them to go into ░░░░░░░░ prepared in a way ░░░░░░░░ I just wasn’t.