Gender-affirming care refers to a spectrum of health care services — possibly, but not always, including hormonal treatments, mental health services, hair removal, vocal therapy and surgeries, such as facial reconstructions.
, an international group of gender experts who make medical recommendations, “irreversible surgeries” are recommended for only those 18 and older, except in the case of mastectomies for trans men, which have a recommended age minimum of 16.Reuters and Komodo Health Inc. analysis
Stresses Liang: ”As physicians, we all take the Hippocratic Oath: ‘First, do no harm.’ There is a lot of forethought and consideration that goes into each child that we take care of." Should a federal ban on such care ever come to fruition, Forcier says it will have a “devastating” impact on trans youth. And in many state-by-state cases, it already has: Research from, an LGBTQ youth suicide-prevention organization, found that 93% of transgender youth have worried about trans people being denied access to gender-affirming medical care due to state or local laws.
“The political and media messaging are immensely harmful,” she adds. "Think of it: These are adults, politicians, publicly bullying children. These are mostly non-medical persons, who have no experience with the transgender community, the gender-diverse experience and the actual experiences and needs of a gender-diverse child, inserting themselves in a private clinical experience between the pediatrician and the child/family.
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