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Enacted in 2023, Tennessee’s law bans doctors from giving puberty blockers or hormone therapy to a minor seeking treatment for gender dysphoria, the psychological distress a person may ...
Puberty blockers and hormone therapy have been used for decades to treat gender dysphoria, which is defined as the mental distress or discomfort a person experiences when there is a mismatch ...
Gender nonconformity is not the same as gender dysphoria; nonconformity, according to the standards of care, is not a pathology and does not require medical treatment. The informed consent model is an alternative to the standard WPATH approach which does not require a person seeking transition related medical treatment to undergo formal ...
(The Center Square) – The question before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday was whether a Tennessee law banning gender dysphoria treatment for minors is unconstitutional. Twenty-three other ...
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]
The critical element of gender dysphoria is the presence of clinically significant distress associated with the condition." [1] Individuals with gender dysphoria may or may not regard their own cross-gender feelings and behaviors as a disorder. Advantages and disadvantages exist to classifying gender dysphoria as a disorder. [3]
In this case, the laws do not deny anyone general healthcare treatment based on any such stereotypes; they merely deny the same medical treatments to all children facing gender dysphoria if they ...
False and misleading claims about gender diversity, gender dysphoria, and gender-affirming healthcare have been used to deny healthcare to transgender people. [1] [2] These include claims that most pre-pubertal transgender children "desist" and cease desiring transition after puberty, that most people who transition regret it, that gender dysphoria can be socially contagious, and that gender ...