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Professional association for research into the treatment of transgender people
Medical and advocacy sources agree that some HRT effects are reversible if treatment is stopped, some are partially or “semi‑reversible,” and some are likely permanent; timing varies from days (mood, ...
Clinical practice, research and policy on puberty blockers for transgender and gender-diverse youth are in active dispute: systematic reviews and recent critical reviews show limited high‑certainty ev...
Federal protections for clinicians offering gender-affirming care are in flux: HHS rescinded its 2022 OCR guidance and the White House issued Executive Order 14187 directing agencies to strip reliance...
Phalloplasty can restore form and some function for men with micropenis, but outcomes and “success rates” vary widely by technique, indication, and the outcome measured — sensory return, ability to pe...
Advocacy groups’ databases on gender-affirming procedures for minors have been built from a mix of public health datasets, insurance claims analyses, policy trackers, clinician reports and curated cas...
Debate exists within medicine and policy about transgender care—especially for youth—with the federal HHS publishing a report critical of pediatric gender-affirming treatments and multiple medical org...
Major medical organizations — including the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), the Endocrine Society, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and psychiatric groups — hav...
Available reporting does not offer a single definitive national percentage for "how many transgender people went to therapy before transitioning," but clinic-series and reviews show strong variation b...
Large clinical guidelines and cohort studies report meaningful mental‑health benefits from and from ; however, most rigorous trials are limited, samples are sometimes small or not diverse, and observa...
Major clinical guidance converges on a staged, individualized approach to hormone-related care for transgender minors: reversible puberty suppression at early puberty, careful initiation of gender-aff...
The landscape of transgender healthcare is sharply contested: a growing set of state laws and federal proposals have restricted youth access to gender-affirming care while major medical organizations ...