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A major component of transgender health care is gender-affirming care, the medical aspect of gender transition. Questions implicated in transgender health care include gender variance, sex reassignment therapy, health risks (in relation to violence and mental health), and access to healthcare for trans people in different countries around the ...
Gender-affirming care is a multidisciplinary approach that includes medically necessary and scientific evidence-based practices to help a person safely transition from their assigned gender ...
Gender-affirming health care includes hormone replacement therapy, surgery and other treatments for transgender and nonbinary people. Gender-affirming health care includes hormone replacement ...
Although gender-affirming surgeries are available, trans people in Peru often face barriers to gender-affirming care (e.g., lack of qualified and willing providers, high cost, restrictive gatekeeping in assessment for hormones and surgery), and trans individuals may face malpractice and various forms discrimination. [61]
Last year, there was an unprecedented spike in bills that targeted gender-affirming care—defined as social, behavioral, legal, and medical interventions that affirm one’s gender identity—as ...
Gender-affirming surgery is generally not performed on children under 18, though in rare cases may be performed on adolescents if health care providers agree there is an unusual benefit to doing so or risk to not performing it. [51]
Misinformation around what gender-affirming care is and isn’t has played a large role in Kentucky campaigns this year. Here’s what you need to know.
The Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People (SOC) is an international clinical protocol by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) outlining the recommended assessment and treatment for transgender and gender-diverse individuals across the lifespan including social, hormonal, or surgical transition. [1]