Study highlights importance of access to gender-affirming procedures
New findings from a College of Public Health study add to the growing body of literature that gender-affirming procedures, such as hormone therapy or surgery, have positive psychosocial benefits for transgender people who undergo such procedures. The study also finds that barriers to accessing healthcare providers raise expectations of future discrimination, potentially leading individuals to forego these procedures and the quality-of-life benefits they can bring.
“These findings come at a time when state legislatures are advancing bills that aim to restrict access to, and i...