A committee in the Netherlands has admitted that providing puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to trans-identified youth ...
However, for trans and gender-diverse adolescents, these changes can be distressing and may lead to a sense of disconnection from their true sense of self. (We'll use the term "trans" in this article ...
Triggered by hormonal changes in the brain and body, puberty marks a physical transformation. Oestrogen and testosterone – often called “sex hormones” – drive many familiar changes, such as breast ...
This week, England’s National Health Service (NHS) threw up yet another roadblock to gender-affirming care for transgender youth in the UK. On Monday, the NHS announced it was pausing new referrals ...
A new study highlights just how flexible the human body can be by demonstrating that in adult transgender women receiving gender-affirming hormone therapy, several key proteins became altered to more ...