Episode Details

In today’s episode: defining sex, gender, and gender identity, and why the concepts of gender and gender identity help with the understanding of and response to health challenges.

Sari Reisner is an epidemiologist at the University of Michigan.

Dr. Josh Sharfstein is vice dean for public health practice and community engagement at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, a faculty member in health policy, a pediatrician, and former secretary of Maryland’s Health Department.

• Trump says there are ‘two sexes.’ Experts and science say it’s not binary.—The Washington Post

• The U.S. Transgender Survey Reports

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