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Although medical doctors may be the first point of contact for children exploring their gender identity, many other professions can provide gender-affirming care, such as psychologists, social workers, teachers, counsellors and recreational coaches. (Shutterstock)

What is gender-affirming care? A social worker and therapist working with trans people explains

Gio Dolcecore, Mount Royal University

Gender-affirming care assesses psychological, social, medical and surgical options for gender-diverse people.
People protest Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s proposed youth transgender policies as she appears at an event in Ottawa on Feb. 5, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle

The real threat to gender-diverse children is the politicization of care issues like puberty blockers and detransition

Kinnon R. MacKinnon, York University, Canada and Pablo Expósito-Campos, Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

On both sides of the transgender care debate, what is presented as ‘fact’ distorts real complexities of gender-affirming health care, leaving many in the dark about what is really at stake.

Related Topics

  1. Alberta
  2. Danielle Smith
  3. Gender
  4. Gender-affirming healthcare
  5. LGBTQQ2S+
  6. marginalized
  7. Puberty blockers
  8. Therapy
  9. Transgender
  10. Trans youth

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