Gender-affirming healthcare consistently shown to reduce health disparities for youth

March 31 is Transgender Day of Visibility and Action, closing a week of awareness celebrating strides in visibility, advocacy, and community. Unfortunately, this year has also brought a concerning surge of anti-trans and anti-LGBTQI legislation across the United States, even as new research is published on the low regret rates from gender-affirming care. As public…

How Clinicians and Providers Can Support Gender-Affirming Care

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in its policy statement Ensuring Comprehensive Care and Support for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Children and Adolescents, more gender-diverse youth and their families are presenting to pediatric providers for education, care, and referrals as a traditionally underserved population that faces numerous health disparities. The AAP acknowledges that providers…

Children and Their Families Have a Right to Gender-Affirming Healthcare

Last fall, my husband and I received an email from our son’s Scout Leader about a new scout that would be joining our Troop. This scout lived in a neighboring town and did not feel comfortable joining their local troop due to their gender identity. Shay (name has been changed) was assigned female at birth…