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Title: Trans kids who get hormone therapy are less suicidal, new study finds
Post by: Jessica_Rose on January 08, 2026, 01:30:50 PM
Post by: Jessica_Rose on January 08, 2026, 01:30:50 PM
Trans kids who get hormone therapy are less suicidal, new study finds
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/01/trans-kids-who-get-hormone-therapy-are-less-suicidal-new-study-finds/
John Russell (8 Jan 2026)
A recent study shows a "clinically meaningful" reduction in suicidality among transgender and gender diverse young people when they started getting hormone therapy to treat gender dysphoria, adding another piece of evidence to back keeping gender-affirming care available for trans youth.
The study, published by The Journal of Pediatrics in November and appearing in the journal's February 2026 edition, examined whether hormone therapy (HT) reduced suicidality in trans and nonbinary young people.
Researchers conducted a "retrospective chart review" of responses to the Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ) submitted by more than 400 patients between the ages of 12 and 20 at a multidisciplinary pediatric gender health clinic in the Midwest.
All of the 432 patients were receiving hormone therapy, while 30 of them had been on puberty blockers prior to beginning treatment with hormone therapy. All received HT for at least three months, with most receiving treatment for at least 364 days and some for 1,899 days (about five years).
Researchers found that suicidality "significantly declined from pretreatment to post-treatment." According to journalist and trans rights advocate Erin Reed, some patients' ASQ responses indicated a 68 percent decline in suicidality after receiving HT for an extended period of time. GCN reports that 18.5% of participants showed a decrease in suicidality, while 1.4% showed no decrease in their non-zero ASQ scores. Most participants (75.5%) showed no suicidality at both the start and conclusion of the study.
As Reed notes, researchers also found that patients who had received puberty blockers prior to beginning hormone therapy showed lower suicidality scores when they began HT than the general study sample.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/01/trans-kids-who-get-hormone-therapy-are-less-suicidal-new-study-finds/
John Russell (8 Jan 2026)
A recent study shows a "clinically meaningful" reduction in suicidality among transgender and gender diverse young people when they started getting hormone therapy to treat gender dysphoria, adding another piece of evidence to back keeping gender-affirming care available for trans youth.
The study, published by The Journal of Pediatrics in November and appearing in the journal's February 2026 edition, examined whether hormone therapy (HT) reduced suicidality in trans and nonbinary young people.
Researchers conducted a "retrospective chart review" of responses to the Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ) submitted by more than 400 patients between the ages of 12 and 20 at a multidisciplinary pediatric gender health clinic in the Midwest.
All of the 432 patients were receiving hormone therapy, while 30 of them had been on puberty blockers prior to beginning treatment with hormone therapy. All received HT for at least three months, with most receiving treatment for at least 364 days and some for 1,899 days (about five years).
Researchers found that suicidality "significantly declined from pretreatment to post-treatment." According to journalist and trans rights advocate Erin Reed, some patients' ASQ responses indicated a 68 percent decline in suicidality after receiving HT for an extended period of time. GCN reports that 18.5% of participants showed a decrease in suicidality, while 1.4% showed no decrease in their non-zero ASQ scores. Most participants (75.5%) showed no suicidality at both the start and conclusion of the study.
As Reed notes, researchers also found that patients who had received puberty blockers prior to beginning hormone therapy showed lower suicidality scores when they began HT than the general study sample.