Initiating gender-affirming hormones for transgender and non-binary people: A qualitative study of providers' perspectives on requiring mental health evaluations.

<h4>Objective</h4>Gender-affirming hormones (GAH)-the use of sex hormones to induce desired secondary sex characteristics in transgender individuals-is vital healthcare for many transgender people. Among prescribers of GAH, there is debate regarding the value of a universal requirement f...

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Main Authors: Daphna Stroumsa, Leah A Minadeo, Mariam Maksutova, Molly B Moravek, Rob Stephenson, Paul N Pfeiffer, Justine P Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271785