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   A professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine who is   
   involved in a LGBTQ+ "special interest group" claimed that   
   parents must start including gender ideology in their families   
   before a baby is born.   
      
   "This is my favorite topic," =Lauren T. Roth, a professor of   
   pediatrics at Einstein and a physician in the division of   
   academic general pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital at   
   Montefiore, said. The doctor has specialized knowledge of   
   transgender medical interventions on children diagnosed with   
   dysphoria.   
      
   "Like, this is a normal thing. And we have to understand that   
   gender is on a spectrum. There's not just men and women," she   
   said. "Sometimes [a child's gender identity] matches the   
   chromosomes or the genitals that they were born with, but   
   sometimes it doesn't."   
      
   Roth also said children can have a nonbinary identity, or be   
   genderless.   
      
   "There's also a term non-binary, which means you're someone who   
   doesn't necessarily identify with the categories of woman or   
   man. You may identify as both as neither or somewhere in between   
   on a gender spectrum," she said. "And when we talk about younger   
   children, we often use the term gender expansive. These children   
   may not necessarily follow the social norms of gender."   
      
   In June 2021, Dr. Roth said gender ideology must be adopted by   
   parents "at birth or even before," and proceeded to criticize   
   the colors pink and blue for putting "expectations" on a baby.   
      
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   "So it honestly starts at birth or even before," she said. "I   
   really think we need to try to stop making everything pink and   
   blue [and also] avoid this huge gender reveal party."   
      
   "You know, it's okay to be excited when you find out that your   
   baby's a specific sex. You know, people have dreams about what   
   they want their families to be, but it's really important not to   
   push all those expectations on your child."   
      
   Dr. Roth went on to claim that babies can develop their gender   
   identity as young as 18 months old.   
      
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   Gender identity unicorn illustrates gender and sex is on a   
   spectrum.  (Jeffco Public Schools)   
      
   "Toddlers starts to notice physical differences and develop   
   gender identity as early as 18 months to two years. They might   
   begin talking about gender, playing dress up, having these   
   established gender roles as early as age three or four."   
      
   She also suggested parents can initiate gender-related   
   conversations early in childhood in order to "give them space to   
   explore" what gender they are.   
      
   "If your child was assigned male at birth and one day they tell   
   you, ‘I want to wear pink sparkly dress. Instead of saying what   
   a lot of people say, ’Boys don't wear dresses, girls do.' How   
   about you know, say something like, ‘Tell me more about why you   
   want to wear a dress today.’"   
      
   "You know be open and curious and just start the conversation. I   
   really think having open conversations like that and just asking   
   questions allows your child to share a little bit about   
   themselves. And it shows that you support them, and it gives   
   them that space to explore who they are."   
      
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   On the national level, Dr. Roth serves as co-chair of the LGBTQ   
   Health and Well-Being Special Interest Group of the Academic   
   Pediatric Association, where she is working to bring   
   standardized training to future pediatricians.   
      
   Dr. Roth, whose research includes a pediatrician's role in   
   transgender medical interventions on children, has lectured at   
   and hosted workshops for Einstein medical students and helped   
   develop a "culturally humble" care curriculum for Montefiore   
   residents relating to LGBTQ+ health.   
      
   Montefiore provides transgender medical interventions on   
   children such as cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers, also   
   called gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues (GnRHa), a class   
   of drugs which suppresses sex hormones by continually   
   stimulating the pituitary gland.   
      
   Proponents of puberty blockers argue that stopping the natural   
   biological process of children can lead to better outcomes for   
   transgender kids since it provides families with time to   
      
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