There have been media articles in Germany, the UK and the USA about Kim, a 14 year old German adolescent, with profound and persistent gender dysphoria (male to female), who is undergoing endocrine intervention to suspend puberty. This appears not to be an isolated case. When Kim turned 12 and puberty started, there was some
Read More ...There are two major centres in Canada in Vancouver and Toronto. Vancouver E-mail from Daniel L. Metzger, MD, FAAP, FRCPC British Columbia’s Children’s Hospital We’d very much like to be listed as a pediatric endocrine centre offering treatment for children with gender dysphoria, we’ve been involved in this for the past decade. We do indeed
Read More ...The following information has been sent by clinicians at the University of Ghent: From Professor Petra De Sutter “We have started since about a year to accept and treat children according to the Amsterdam protocol and have now about one new child a week (!) demanding to enter our program. So far only a small
Read More ...People who propose undergoing, are undergoing, or have undergone ‘gender reassignment’, are protected under the Equality Act 2010, from direct and indirect discrimination, harassment and victimisation. This protection does not depend on a person having had medical treatment. Others, perceived as, or associated with, transgender people, are also protected. The Human Rights Act 1998, also
Read More ...Warning The transition arrangements into the new pension system and the introduction of civil partnerships means that trans people born before 6th April 1950 need to think seriously before replacing a marriage annulled under the provisions of the Gender Recognition Act. As will be seen below there is a grave risk of the former spouse
Read More ...Claims Processes All State Pension claims and reported change of circumstances from trans and Gender Recognition customers are handled by specific teams within the Pensions, Carers and Disability Service (PDCS). There is a single point of contact within PDCS for receipt and retention of all State Pension correspondence from trans people. Any correspondence, whether it
Read More ...Information updated 29th November 2024 The Application Tracks The issuing of the Gender Recognition certificates is controlled by the Gender Recognition Panel, which is part of the HQ Courts & Tribunal Service. To be able to apply for any of the ‘tracks’ you need to be at least 18 years of age. The Service provides
Read More ...Dr. Richard J. Curtis, The London Gender Clinic There is little written on this topic and no research. Having a hysterectomy/oöphorectomy involves an operation with attendant risks. Although it is a frequently performed procedure, it should not be underestimated in terms of the potential adverse consequences, and it has a significant effect on the workings of
Read More ...Very often, the importance of surgery is given exaggerated importance in comparison with the many other factors that have to be dealt with successfully to ensure a happy life for the trans person. A major priority is the changing of official documents to match the new name and gender. This necessarily entails a lot of
Read More ...Prescribing Guideline Produced by the Devon Partnership NHS Trust: Pharmacological Treatment of Gender Dysphoria, Approved by Drugs and Therapeutics Committee: June 2015 Document: Pharmacological Treatment of Gender Dysphoria (PDF, 420KB) Clinical Practice Guideline Endocrine Treatment of Transsexual Persons: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline (PDF, 348KB). Conversion Table The following table provides the conversion factors between
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