Medical Transition Works

80% of individuals reported signficant improvement in dysphoria.

78% of individuals reported significant improvements in psychological syptoms.

72% of individuals reported significant improvement in sexual function.

Positive results across the board, even in 15-year follow ups!

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Clinical Endocrinology, U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2009 May 16. Website Link
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"Wellbeing was similar to or better than same-age young adults from the general population."

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Pediatrics, U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2014 Sep 8. Website Link
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Quality of life rises dramatically with gender affirming treatment.

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Reviews in Endocrine & Metabolic Disorders, Springer US, 2018 Sep. Website Link
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Long-Term Follow-ups:

UPDATED! - International Society for Sexual Medicine, 2023. Website Link
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The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1997. Website Link
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Social Transition Works

"Shown to correlate with improved psychological functioning."

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The Mental Health of Transgender Youth: Advances in Understanding, Journal of Adolescent Health, 2016. Website Link
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Levels of depression and anxiety which closely match levels reported by cisgender children.

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American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2016 Nov. 26. Website Link
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Puberty Blockers are Safe and Reversible

Hormone blockers are the only treatment used on adolescents and are completely reversible.

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Human Rights Campaign, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2016 Sep. PDF Link
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"Does not support an adverse impact of gender-affirming hormone tharapy on congnitive performance."

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Gender-affirming hormone treatment and cognitive function in transgender young adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2020 May. Website Link
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"Our results suggest that there are no detrimental effects of GNRGA on EF."

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Puberty suppression and executive functioning: An fMRI-study in adolescents with gender dysphoria,Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2015. Website Link
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"Relives distress for trans adolescents ... is reversible."

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The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2017 Sep 13. Website Link
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Hormone blockers are not new!

"Since the mid 1990s ..."
"The Royal collage of Psychiatrists, in 1998 ..."

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International Journal of Transgender Health, Published online: 11, Apr 2020. Webpage Link
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Puberty blockers are not harmful to bone density

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EurekAlert!, Peer-Reviewed Publication, The Endocrine Society, published 2013 Jun 15. Web Artical Link
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Journal of the Endocrine Society, 2019 Mar 15. Webpage Link
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Journal of clinical medicine, 2019 Jun 1. Webpage Link
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Puberty blockers do not cause osteoporosis or sterility

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The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 1999 Dec 1. Webpage Link
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Social/Familial Support Helps

Social and Familial Support can drastically decrease the likelihoods of suicide attempts from 57% to 4%

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Mental Health of Transgender Children Who Are Supported in Their Identities, Pediatrics, 2016 March 1.Webpage Link
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The international journal of transgenderism, 2016 Nov 4. Webpage Link
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Intervenable factors associated with suicide risk in transgender persons: a respondent driven sampling study in Ontario, Canada. BMC Public Health, 2015.PDF Link
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The Journal of Sexual Medicine, March 12-14 2016.Webpage Link
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Chosen Name/Pronoun use does the same

71% decrease in severe depression
34% decrease in suicidal ideation
65% decrease in suicide attempts

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Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine. Published online: March 30, 2018.Webpage Link
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Transgender youth are not suffering from a social contagion

The sex assigned at birth ratio of transgender adolescents in the United States does not appear to favor assinged female at birth adolescents and should not be used to argue against the provision of gender-affirming medical care for transgender adolescents.

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Sex Assigned at Birth Ratio Among Transgender and Gender Diverse Adolescents in the United States, Pediatrics 2022, Aug 3.Webpage Link
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