The Importance of Providing a Gender Affirmative Treatment to Transgender Teens

The three major professional associations of child and adolescent doctors, psychologists and psychiatrists have endorsed gender affirming care. A survey of around 28,000 trans people found that of those who wanted hormone therapy and didn't receive it, 58% reported suicidal thoughts in a given year. The claims that denying hormone treatment to transgender teens will lead to increased suicide rates is not supported by the evidence.