Gender-affirming surgeries improve mental health in young, study says
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Cara Murez, HealthDay News
When gender-diverse or transgender people have surgeries to affirm their gender, they experience a variety of positive mental health outcomes, new research shows.
The study found an association between the surgeries, which participants had at least two years prior to a survey, and significantly lower rates of past-month psychological distress, past-year suicidal ideation and past-year smoking, compared to transgender and gender diverse people who had not had gender-affirming surgery but wanted it.
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The findings come at a particularly critical time, as some states move to ban certain gender-affirming treatments and surgeries for transgender minors.