Medical school professor says children can be 'gender hybrids' like a 'gender minotaur'

A professor at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine reportedly said children can identify as"gender hybrid" and compared them to the minotaur, a mythological creature.

The idea comes from Diane Ehrensaft, a psychologist and the director of mental health for the child and adolescent gender center at UCSF's Benioff Children's Hospital.Ehrensaft has advocated a"gender revolution," which she said is being led by children, and outlined several ways that"gender creative children" can express their gender, according to Fox News.

In a slide titled"21st Century Gender Creative Children," Ehrensaft said some children could be"gender hybrids" such as"gender minotaurs" or"gender Prius," where a child is a half boy and half girl. Other hybrids mentioned were"gender by season" or"gender by location," where a child claimed a different gender based on the time of year or current location.

"I totally agree we are in the midst of a gender revolution and the children are leading it," Ehrensaft reportedly said at a 2018 talk."And it's a wonderful thing to see. And it's also humbling to know [children] know more than we do about this topic of being gender expansive." According to the Benioff Children's Hospital website, Ehrensaft specializes in"gender-affirmative care for transgender and gender-expansive patients; assessment and psychotherapy for children; and support for parents and children in families created through assisted reproductive technology.

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