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https://www.npr.org/2022/10/26/1131398960/gender-affirming-care-trans-puberty-suppression-teens>
"A large majority of transgender adolescents who received puberty suppression
treatment went on to continue gender-affirming treatment, a new study from the
Netherlands has found.
The study, published in
The Lancet, used data that included people who
visited the gender identity clinic of Amsterdam UMC, a leading medical center
in the Dutch capital, for gender dysphoria. (Gender dysphoria refers to
psychological distress that results from an incongruence between one's sex
assigned at birth and one's gender identity.)
Researchers found that a whopping 98% of people who had started
gender-affirming medical treatment in adolescence continued to use
gender-affirming hormones at follow-up. The finding is significant because of
ongoing political debates over whether young people should receive
gender-affirming treatment, with some opponents arguing that many transgender
children and teens will realize later in life that they aren't really trans."
Via Janet Logan.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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