Children’s Hospital Los Angeles:
Johanna Olson, MD, medical director of the Center for Transyouth Health and Development at Children's Hospital Los Angeles (Photo: Business Wire)
WHAT: | Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) will hold a press conference Monday featuring Dr. Olson who will discuss the impact of the Jenner interview on transgender youth. Olson, who was interviewed for the ABC 20/20 special by Diane Sawyer, believes the interview helped break down barriers facing the transgender community and that Jenner’s journey will help people understand the challenges transgender people experience. |
| “I am hoping that young people with a gender identity that is different from their assigned sex at birth will talk to their parents, and seek out information and intervention if necessary,” Olson says. | |
Parents and caregivers of transgender or gender non-conforming children and teenagers can reach out to CHLA at www.CHLA.org/TransyouthQA | |
| Olson will also discuss trends in scientific research and the need for more studies to improve the outcomes for transgender youth and to treat gender dysphoria at younger ages. “Right now, we lack adequate safety and outcome data,” Olson says. “As a healthcare provider, I’m not comfortable with that.” | |
WHO: | Johanna Olson, MD, medical director of the Center for Transyouth Health and Development at CHLA is an Adolescent Medicine pediatrician specializing in the care of transgender youth. |
Luis Moreno is a social worker associate in CHLA’s Adolescent Medicine Risk Reduction Program. He speaks Spanish. | |
WHEN: | Monday, April 27. Media check in at 9:45 a.m. at information desk. |
WHERE: | Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, 4650 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles |
Media Please RSVP | |
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Contacts:
Lorenzo Benet, 323-361-4823
lbenet@chla.usc.edu
