At least 23 other states with Republican legislatures have restricted or banned gender-affirming care for minors. Kansas lawmakers attempted to pass a ban last year, but GOP supporters in the Senate failed to override Kelly’s veto of a bill last year b...
DRUG side effectsTRANS menMEDICAL personnelGENDER affirming careBackground: People with gender dysphoria are treated with hormone therapy for gender reassignment. The indication of this therapy was initially for the opposite sex, and information on potential adverse drug reaction (...
However, medical intervention is not the only form of gender-affirming care. Nick Martin, the associate director of the Q Center at Binghamton University, wrote in an email that many misconceptions about gender-affirming care stem from this myth. “In my work over the past few years with the...
While the existence of trans and gender-diverseFootnote2(TGD) youth seeking gender-affirming medical care is not a new phenomenon [4], GAMT for youth has developed rapidly in the past two decades, particularly concerning puberty suppression and hormone replacement therapy [5,6]. As the visibility...
Gender-affirming hormone therapy is linked to various side effects, however, with mood changes, decreased libido, and weight gain being among the most common. Long-term risks includecardiovascular disease, namely the formation ofblood clots, which can result in venous thromboembolism (obstruction of ...
States Restricting Gender-Affirming Care More Sue Ogrocki|AP Trans-rights activists protest outside the House chamber at the Oklahoma state Capitol on Feb. 6, 2023, in Oklahoma City. A large majority of transgender adults in the United States – 78% – say living with a ...
Bounded identity membership strategies include believing a trans person must experience gender dysphoria, must be clinically diagnosed with gender dysphoria, or must desire to have gender-affirming surgeries and take hormones to identify as trans (Sutherland, 2021). Bounded identities closely align with ...
This is because the time necessary to develop content that is appropriately gender affirming is more than what is afforded in the first year of the grant. The rigor of the proposed study is high: Random assignment eliminates the possibility of youth being purposefully assigned to a particular ...
While it may feel daunting to consider medication for children and young people, it’s important to recognise that not addressing the needs of transgender children can lead to significant, irreversible effects as they progress through puberty. Gender-affirming care has been shown to save lives and...
The right of transgender minors to access gender-affirming care has sparked debate in many parts of the United States, and it’s now heading to the US Supreme Court.