Cis boys get gender-affirming surgeries more often than trans minors
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By Mira Lazine
Monday, July 15, 2024 · Updated on July 16, 2024
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Transgender kids rarely get gender-affirming surgeries — in fact, cisgender children are much more likely to get them, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The study also follows on the heels of the White House's recent reiteration of support for the right of trans minors to access gender-affirming healthcare.
"We found that gender-affirming surgeries are rarely performed for transgender minors, suggesting that U.S. surgeons are appropriately following international guidelines around assessment and care," said the study's co-author Elizabeth Boskey ...
The researchers found that, out of the nearly 22.8 million minors who were insured in the United States and sought care in 2019, only 85 received any gender-affirming surgery.
In a sample that combined transgender and cisgender minors, 150 breast reductions were done on youth. Of those, 146 (or 97%) of these surgeries were done on cisgender boys who had gynecomastia, the medical term for unwanted breast development in cisgender males.
The recent study's findings provide a stark contrast to narratives set out by Republican public officials that such surgeries are allegedly common and dangerous. Even President Joe Biden was recently caught up in expressing opposition to such surgeries for youth.