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Conference on Medical Care for Gender Variant Teenagers

Started by Natasha, August 17, 2008, 04:41:29 PM

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Conference on Medical Care for Gender Variant Teenagers

http://www.gires.org.uk/events.php#green
8/17/2008

Hormonal treatment of transsexual teenagers is controversial. Whereas
in the UK teens must experience most pubertal body changes before any
medical intervention, usually at 16, in some countries, including the
US, Canada, and the Netherlands, the earliest signs of puberty are
blocked and then cross-sex hormones administered.
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