The medical care of transgender adolescents has become a flashpoint for ideological battles in recent years.
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gender dysphoria
- Gender & Sexuality
No Significant Impact Found on Mental Health in Gender Dysphoric Youth Following Social Transition, Study Reveals
The study assessed the mental health status of 288 children and adolescents, aged 4 to 17, who were referred to GIDS between January 2012 and December 2016.
More children and adolescents are identifying as transgender and offered medical treatment, especially in the US.
- Gender & Sexuality
Discontinuation of Gender-Affirming Hormones in Those Who Start Treatment as Adolescents Is Rare, New Study Suggests
by News Releaseby News ReleasePuberty suppression and gender-affirming hormone treatment for people under 18 years old have recently become a subject of public debate.
Gender incongruence is the state where a person feels their assigned gender at birth is not the same as their internal and lived experience.
No one is keeping track of how many kids and young people regret medical transition – or how many are helped by it.
Young women who’ve taken testosterone describe the experience as spiralling.
The causes of gender dysphoria need to be understood, and that starts with trans people being honest with ourselves and our therapists.
