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Pausing Puberty with Hormone Blockers May Help Transgender Kids

Started by traci_k, May 11, 2015, 10:53:12 AM

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Pausing Puberty with Hormone Blockers May Help Transgender Kids


LiveScience.com By Christopher Wanjek via YAHOO News
May 8, 2015 10:48 AM

http://news.yahoo.com/pausing-puberty-hormone-blockers-may-help-transgender-kids-144855005.html;_ylt=A0LEVu_4z1BVLGIA5O8nnIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTByMjB0aG5zBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw--

Transgender adults start as transgender children, and doctors are now poised to help these children cope with their perceived gender identity before they enter the "wrong" puberty, by postponing puberty's onset.
Traci Melissa Knight
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