Radio Curious continues a two-part conversation with Eli Erlick, a woman who was born a male, and her mother Dr. Carla Longchamp. In part two they discuss support for transgender people, resources, recent societal changes and some medical issues.
Barry Vogel, Attorney and Counselor is the Host and Producer of Radio Curious. Christina Aanestad is the Assistant Producer.
In the second of two conversations about issues facing trans gender people, we visit once again with Eli Erlick, a woman, who was born a male, and her mother Dr. Carla Longchamp.  Eli Erlick is the Founder and Executive Director of Trans Student Equality Resources, based in San Francisco, California and a student at Pitzer College in Claremont, California. Dr. Carla Longchamp is a family physician in a rural northern California community.  In our first conversation, our guests share their familyâs experience when Eli realized she is female.  In part two, we discuss support for transgender people, what is available and how to find it, recent societal changes and some medical issues.  We begin with Eli Erlick describing what Trans Student Equality Resources is. The website to Trans Student Equality is transstudent.org.  The book Eli Erlick recommends is âWhipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity,â by Julie Serrano. Eliâs mother, Dr. Carla Longchamp recommends âThe Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals,â by Stephanie Brill, and âSheâs Not There: A Life in Two Genders,â by Jennifer Boylan. The Radio Curious interview with Jennifer Boylan is on our website, www.radiocurious.org.
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Transgender Youth: One Family's Experience Part Two