S2 Ep6: Diversity of Trans* Part 6: An Endocrinologist’s Perspective on Puberty Blockers and Cross Sex Hormones:

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🗓️ 8 February 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Dr. Hruz (pronounced “rooz”) is an associate Professor of Pediatrics, Cell Biology & Physiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He has a Ph.D. and an M.D. and specializes in pediatric endocrinology. Dr. Hruz has clinical interest in a wide range of endocrine disorders, with a special interest in diabetes mellitus. Dr. Hruz's research interests include intermediary carbohydrate metabolism, glucose transporter structure and function and mechanism of insulin action. Dr. Hruz has also become an expert in the discussion currounding puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and trans* teenagers seeking transition. This is what we focused on in our discussion. We looked at the health risks and benefits of blockers and cross sex hormones and some of the ideology surrounding the discussion.

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0:00.0	Hello, friends. Welcome back to another episode of Theology in the Raw. This is the sixth and final
0:06.2	part of our series, The Diversity of Trans. I hope you have enjoyed this series. If you've listened
0:12.9	to all the episodes, I highly encourage that you do listen to them all. If you have only listened
0:17.8	to one or two, I encourage you to listen to them all. That's the whole point is that we would get
0:22.3	our arms around a glimpse of the diversity of voices in the trans conversation. And there's no way
0:29.6	we can capture every single kind of experience. There's just way too many, way too many lived
0:36.2	experiences and perspectives and backgrounds and foregrounds and all of the above. But I hope
0:42.5	that these six conversations were helpful in exploring the diversity of the trans conversation.
0:50.8	My guess for today is Dr. Paul Ruiz. Paul is Associate Professor of Pediatrics
0:57.7	Indrochronology and Diabetes. If you're watching the video, you see me kind of looking around
1:04.0	here because I'm trying to read his profile as accurately as I can. He is a Associate Professor
1:12.0	at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Dr. Ruiz has an MD and a PhD. He is an
1:20.8	endocrinologist and he is an expert in the medical side of the conversation about puberty blockers
1:29.8	and cross-ex hormones, which we explained what those are in this conversation. Dr. Ruiz did want to
1:36.1	make it really clear that his views do not represent the university as a whole. He's not like a
1:42.0	he's not representing the perspective of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. These
1:47.0	are his own personal thoughts as an endocrinologist. Also, my book and body has been published as a
1:56.8	February 1st. You can get it through Amazon. The full title is embodied. Transgender identities
2:02.0	to church and what the Bible has to say. So yeah, if you're listening to this episode because you
2:09.4	were drawn to maybe the medical discussion, the scientific discussion about cross-ex hormones
2:15.3	and puberty blockers, I do discuss this aspect of the conversation throughout the book. I'm not
2:22.2	a medical expert but I've had to do a lot of research in this area and that's how I came across
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