When Ordinary Life Isn’t Enough: Gender, Euthanasia & Belonging

Dr. Theresa Farnan founder of the Person and Identity Project joins Trending with Timmerie

Episode Guide

  • Medical gender transition clinic closes & parents lose custody of their daughter after school makes her transgender (1:50)
  • What does the Catholic Church say about medical assistance in dying? Why would a 2-year-old child be euthanized in the Netherlands? (25:19)
  • Ordinary vs extraordinary care (38:09)
  • Does growing up online make ordinary places feel inadequate? (43:46)
  • Tomorrow on Trending (50:56)

Resources mentioned:

The Person and Identity Project

https://personandidentity.com/

Hospital Committing Fraud over “Gender Medicine”

https://relevantradio.com/2026/08/hospital-committing-fraud-over-gender-medicine/

Catholic parents fighting for custody of their trans teen

https://nypost.com/2026/09/15/us-news/catholic-family-fighting-for-custody-of-their-trans-teen-whose-school-helped-to-transition-without-their-knowledge/

Health and Human Services report on gender Wolves in White

Coats

https://opa.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/2026-08/wolves-in-white-coats-report.pdf

Hospital pulls plug on controversial child transgender treatments

https://www.kff.org/lgbtq/gender-affirming-care-policy-tracker

First-ever case of euthanasia on a very young child

https://nltimes.nl/2026/09/09/first-ever-case-euthanasia-young-child-2-handled-well-dutch-committee

Timmerie works as a radio host and Catholic speaker educating in areas of theology and is an expert at responding to current trends of sexuality, feminism, and gender ideology. She hosts Trending with Timmerie on Relevant Radio. She holds a Masters Degree in Biblical Theology and Bachelor’s Degree in Communications Media with an emphasis in the New Evangelization from John Paul the Great Catholic University.