transgender care
Transition-related medical support
Transgender care is medical treatment that helps people align their bodies with their gender identity.
This includes hormone therapy, surgical procedures, and mental health support.
The term appears frequently in debates over healthcare policy and insurance coverage: The clinic specializes in transgender care.
Also called gender-affirming care.
- hormonesBloodstream signaling molecules
- hormone therapyTreatment using body's messengers
- transitionChange from one state
- affirmingDeclaring something true
- estrogenFemale reproductive hormone
testosterone · puberty blockers · dysphoria · top surgery · surgery · identity · chosen name · support · therapy · informed consent · coming out · pronouns · healthcare · acceptance · doctors · mental health · community · advocacy
- reproductive healthpregnancy, infertility, childbirth, male infertility, fertility rates
- prison servicescommissary, visitation, reentry programs, education programs, work release
- health policypublic health policy, health policy, healthcare policy, health legislation, health directives
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