What are the proven positive impacts of receiving gender-affirming care?
Many reputable studies have been done on the positive impacts of receiving gender-affirming care. Below are a few of relevance. Mental Health Outcomes in Transgender and Nonbinary Youths Receiving Gender-Affirming Care A 2022 study published in the Journal of American Medicine Network compared 104 trangender and nonbinary youth, in which one study group started puberty […]
Can people of all ages receive this type of care?
Gender-affirming care options vary by age. While changes to pronouns, hairstyle, clothing, and/or a person’s name can be appropriate for younger children, other gender-affirming treatments are not standard of care until the patient is older. For example, hormonal and surgical interventions only become an option for people of certain ages and stages of development. Some […]
What are the four stages of gender-affirming care?
It is important to understand that gender-affirming care is individualized with no predetermined approaches or stages. The term “stages” implies that every individual who seeks gender-affirming care chooses to undergo all possible interventions. More often than not, this is not the case. Not all transgender and non-binary individuals choose to undergo medical or surgical intervention. […]
