Experts said gender-affirming treatments such as puberty blockers and hormone therapies are not experimental. More research can be done, but the current standards of care are based on research and evidence.
Gender-affirming care is an individualized approach to health care that centers, encourages and supports a person’s gender identity, experts said.noted that gender-affirming care is more than just transition-related medical treatments such as hormone therapy or surgical procedures.
Those types of emotional and social affirmation — which also include creating a safe space to explore gender identity — are important elements of pediatric gender-affirming care, said Dr. Jason Rafferty, a pediatrician and child psychiatrist at Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island.
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