Alex Keuroghlian and Kevin Kapila are world travelers. Authorities on LGBTQ medical and mental health care, the Harvard Medical School and Fenway Health psychiatrists have circled the globe providing education and training workshops in countries such as Malawi, Nigeria and Uganda.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott told state health agencies that medical treatments provided to transgender adolescents, widely considered to be the standard of care in medicine, should be classified as “child abuse.”
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott told state health agencies that medical treatments provided to transgender adolescents, widely considered to be the standard of care in medicine, should be classified as “child abuse.”
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott told state health agencies that medical treatments provided to transgender adolescents, widely considered to be the standard of care in medicine, should be classified as “child abuse.”
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.