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Gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT), also called hormone replacement therapy (HRT) or transgender hormone therapy, is a form of hormone therapy in which sex hormones and other hormonal medications are administered to transgender or gender nonconforming individuals for the purpose of more closely aligning their secondary sexual characteristics with their gender identity.
Nearly 20 years later, doctors like Harry Benjamin (the "American father of transgender health care," Boulware notes) began using hormones to treat people experiencing gender dysphoria.And ...
Well-developed breasts of transgender woman induced by hormone therapy. Significant breast development in transgender women begins within two to three months of the start of hormone therapy and continues for up to two years. [301] [217] Breast development seems to be better in transgender women who have a higher body mass index.
DIY transgender hormone therapy involves transgender people "seek[ing] to access [transgender hormone therapy] through friends, peers, and the internet, without consulting a health worker." [ 1 ] Trans people can obtain information about hormone therapy from online sources, some of which are generated by the trans community.
Giving birth became the fuel I needed to start hormone replacement therapy finally. My morning sickness began at six and a half weeks. I told others it was like having a monthslong stomach bug.
Malone says there is a preferred time for postmenopausal women to start hormone therapy. “Preferably HRT/MHT should be started before age 60 or within 10 years of the last period,” she says ...
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is primarily concerned with alleviating gender dysphoria in transgender people. [17] Hormone therapy targets the secondary sex characteristics. Trans women typically use feminizing therapy, the goal of which is to develop female characteristics while suppressing male characteristics.
A medical transition may include hormone replacement therapy (HRT), transgender voice therapy, and gender affirming surgeries. The ability to start a medical transition is typically offered after a diagnosis of gender dysphoria, [9] a form of medicalization.