Lurie Hospital is one of the first children’s hospitals in the country to have a Gender Development Clinic. The program started 5 years ago under the leadership of Dr Rob Garofalo (featured in this Frontline episode, Growing Up Trans) (it's only an hour long-- you should most definitely check it out. For some reason, this YouTube file plays it through twice, which is why it looks so long). The clinic is funded by Jennifer Pritzker who is herself trans. Lurie has fought fo
There are two kinds of people for whom their voice is their career. There are professional voice users, like teachers, telephone operators, and public speakers. And then there are elite voice users, like singers; people for whom a reduction in voice quality can alter the course of their career. Voice loss gets in the way of auditions and forces the singer to call out of their performances. So how many shows are they missing? Drew Gehling (yes THAT Drew Gehling… like from O
