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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 ...
False and misleading claims about gender diversity, gender dysphoria, and gender-affirming healthcare have been used to deny healthcare to trans 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 ...
The legal status of gender-affirming surgery and gender-affirming hormone therapy varies by jurisdiction, often interacting with other facets of the legal status of transgender people. Key considerations include whether people are allowed to get such surgeries, at what ages they are allowed to if so, and whether surgeries are required in order ...
In 1971, Dr. Roberto Farina performed the first male-to-female gender-affirming surgery in Brazil. [223] Changing legal gender assignment in Brazil is legal according to the Superior Court of Justice of Brazil, as stated in a decision rendered on 17 October 2009. [224]
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]
Gender-affirming surgeries for transgender women have taken place since the 16th century, though they became more notable in the 20th century. [5] Most patients report greater quality of life and sexual health outcomes postoperatively.
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]
Some common medical specialty care needs include steroid replacement for those with combined adrenal gland/gonadal variations, gynecologic, urologic, and sexual health care to address complications from prior surgeries, hormone therapy for inducing secondary sex characteristics, affirming gender identity, or replacing sex hormones after gonad ...