Hundreds of trans kids under 18 have had breasts removed in Canada
According to CIHI, of the 536 hospital visits for transgender reassignment mastectomies in 2018-19, 76, or 14 per cent, involved 18-year-olds and younger. That age group accounted for 18 per cent ...
How gender-affirming health care for kids works in Canada
Since 17-year-old Seelie Romard of Sydney, N.S., first started seeking gender-affirming treatment in 2021, he says he's visited a pediatrician, a physician who specializes in gender care, and a ...
Gender confirming surgery
Gender confirming surgery (also known as sex reassignment or gender affirming surgery) does more than change a person's body. It affirms how they think and feel about their own gender and what it means to who they are. Ontario is funding surgery as an option for people who experience discomfort or distress with their sex or gender at birth.
PDF Gender affirming options for gender independent children and adolescents
TRANSITION RELATED SURGERY . Also known as sex reassignment surgery, this includes various surgical procedures that a person may choose to undergo to better represent their gender identity. If your child is considering surgery, contact your primary care provider. This provider can guide the process or make a referral to one of the
Canada too quick to treat gender dysphoria in minors with hormones
Critics see both as red flags. While those presenting with gender dysphoria were once predominately young boys or middle-aged men, gender-identity clinics are now seeing mostly teenagers who were ...
Gender-affirming health coverage by Canadian province, territory
Nova Scotia. Gender-affirmation surgery (sex-reassignment surgery) is an insured benefit in Nova Scotia. An assessment by a physician, specialist, nurse practitioner, or healthcare professional ...
Alberta performed surgery on eight transgender minors in 2022-23
The majority of breast surgeries performed on minors in Alberta are unrelated to gender dysphoria, provincial data indicate, as the government moves to ban surgical treatment for transgender ...
Trans kids' can begin treatment at 14
The World Professional Association for Transgender Health said hormones could be started at age 14, two years earlier than the group's previous advice, and some surgeries done at age 15 or 17, a ...
The Gender Surgery Program B.C.
Gender Surgery Clinic at Gordon and Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre. 2775 Laurel Street, 7th floor, Station 4A. Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9. See directions on Google Maps. (604) 875-5060. See more details.
What is gender-affirming care?
Demand for gender-affirming care is becoming more common across the country. But families of youth who want this kind of care — which can range from mental health counselling to hormone ...
Transgender children in Canada to get more support, expert says
The hospital does not perform such surgeries, but refers adult patients to the gender surgery clinic run by Dr. Pierre Brassard, one of the only places in Canada where gender reassignment surgery ...
Canada Has Nation-Wide Funding For Gender-Affirming Surgery
With the Government of Nunavut's funding commitment, the goal of nation-wide coverage for gender-affirming surgery in Canada has been achieved. Improvements to provincial and territorial funding policies are still needed but this is a milestone to be celebrated. Review Funding Policies by Province and Territory: With Nunavut's announcement ...
Number of transgender children seeking treatment surges in U.S
About 42,000 U.S. children ages 6 to 17 were diagnosed with gender dysphoria in 2021, nearly triple the number in 2017, a unique data analysis for Reuters found.
Gender-affirming surgery
Gender-affirming surgery is a surgical procedure, or series of procedures, that alters a person's physical appearance and sexual characteristics to resemble those associated with their identified gender.The phrase is most often associated with transgender health care and intersex medical interventions, although many such treatments are also pursued by cisgender and non-intersex individuals.
Gender dysphoria in children: Risking harm from well-intentioned
Here in Canada, parents of minor children have gone to court to prevent aggressive gender reassignment surgery on a 14-year-old (Graham 2020). Other critics argue that "Canada is too quick to treat gender dysphoria, in minors, with… surgery" (Blackwell 2021).
Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Change of Sex Designation ...
Sex reassignment surgery is generally not performed on those under the provincial age of majority, as all clinics in Canada that currently perform reassignment surgery conform to the recognized Standards of Care. These Standards, which are regarding health care for trans persons, forbid irreversible interventions (such as surgery) on patients ...
Young Children Do Not Receive Medical Gender Transition Treatment
Research Shows Benefits of Affirming Gender Identity. Young children do not get medical transition treatment, but they do have feelings about their gender and can benefit from support from those ...
Age restriction lifted for gender-affirming surgery in new
The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) today announced its updated Standards of Care and Ethical Guidelines for health professionals. Among the updates is a new suggestion to lift the age restriction for youth seeking gender-affirming surgical treatment, in comparison to previous suggestion of surgery at 17 or older.
Can Kids Consent To Medical Transition?
We're excited to welcome a new ally and repost their piece on the critical topic of consent. GD Alliance Canada is a grassroots group of people with gender dysphoria, some who have medically transitioned and all of whom believe "the current popular gender narrative doesn't tell the whole story.". We look forward to a close collaboration ...
Danielle Smith announces ban on gender reassignment surgery for minors
One of the focal points of Premier Smith's address was the stance on gender reassignment treatments for minors. Notably, top and bottom gender reassignment surgeries will not be permitted for children aged 17 and under in Alberta.
Nearly half of Canadians support banning surgery and hormones for trans
Nearly half of Canadians believe gender reassignment surgery for minors should be prohibited and support bans on hormone prescriptions for children, according to a new national survey of more than ...
Wait Time For Gender-Affirming Surgery In Canada
Tracheal shave* - 364 days. Phalloplasty- 383 days. Breast augmentation -572 days. Facial feminization - 607 days. 2. Funding Approval. Data suggests that for all types of gender-affirming surgery in Canada, 71% had their surgery paid for, at least partially, through a government health care plan.
Legal status of gender-affirming healthcare
The legal status of gender-affirming surgery and gender-affirming hormone therapy varies by jurisdiction, often interacting with other facets of the legal status of transgender people.Key considerations include whether people are allowed to get such surgeries, at what ages they are allowed to if so, and whether surgeries are required in order for a gender transition to be legally recognized.
CMV: Puberty blocks and gender reassignment surgery should not ...
Totally agree they shouldn't have gender reassignment therapy (and glad someone else told you they don't get it). ... Hi. I'm detrans. Children are getting surgery as minors. Mastectomy is performed as young as 13, but 15 or 16 is more common. ... In Canada, they are streamlining putting kids on puberty blockers BEFORE their first appointment ...
Petition Sponsored By MP Jamil Jivani Seeks To Pause Gender-affirming
"Conservative MP Calls for Halt on Gender Reassignment Surgery for Minors: A Controversial Move with Divisive Impact" In a bold move, rookie Conservative MP Jamil Jivani has sponsored a petition urging the government to halt gender reassignment surgery for minors and any gender-affirming care for those under 16 years old.
History and Future of the Nation's First Ban on Gender-Affirming Care
Tellingly, in a legal challenge concerning gender-affirming care for an adult, on May 13, 2024, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a Georgia county health plan's refusal to cover a ...
Gender-affirming care for trans youth: Separating medical facts from
Many states have passed or are considering restrictions on gender-affirming care for trans minors. Yet much of the discussion is based on misconceptions about what that care entails.
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According to CIHI, of the 536 hospital visits for transgender reassignment mastectomies in 2018-19, 76, or 14 per cent, involved 18-year-olds and younger. That age group accounted for 18 per cent ...
Since 17-year-old Seelie Romard of Sydney, N.S., first started seeking gender-affirming treatment in 2021, he says he's visited a pediatrician, a physician who specializes in gender care, and a ...
Gender confirming surgery (also known as sex reassignment or gender affirming surgery) does more than change a person's body. It affirms how they think and feel about their own gender and what it means to who they are. Ontario is funding surgery as an option for people who experience discomfort or distress with their sex or gender at birth.
TRANSITION RELATED SURGERY . Also known as sex reassignment surgery, this includes various surgical procedures that a person may choose to undergo to better represent their gender identity. If your child is considering surgery, contact your primary care provider. This provider can guide the process or make a referral to one of the
Critics see both as red flags. While those presenting with gender dysphoria were once predominately young boys or middle-aged men, gender-identity clinics are now seeing mostly teenagers who were ...
Nova Scotia. Gender-affirmation surgery (sex-reassignment surgery) is an insured benefit in Nova Scotia. An assessment by a physician, specialist, nurse practitioner, or healthcare professional ...
The majority of breast surgeries performed on minors in Alberta are unrelated to gender dysphoria, provincial data indicate, as the government moves to ban surgical treatment for transgender ...
The World Professional Association for Transgender Health said hormones could be started at age 14, two years earlier than the group's previous advice, and some surgeries done at age 15 or 17, a ...
Gender Surgery Clinic at Gordon and Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre. 2775 Laurel Street, 7th floor, Station 4A. Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9. See directions on Google Maps. (604) 875-5060. See more details.
Demand for gender-affirming care is becoming more common across the country. But families of youth who want this kind of care — which can range from mental health counselling to hormone ...
The hospital does not perform such surgeries, but refers adult patients to the gender surgery clinic run by Dr. Pierre Brassard, one of the only places in Canada where gender reassignment surgery ...
With the Government of Nunavut's funding commitment, the goal of nation-wide coverage for gender-affirming surgery in Canada has been achieved. Improvements to provincial and territorial funding policies are still needed but this is a milestone to be celebrated. Review Funding Policies by Province and Territory: With Nunavut's announcement ...
About 42,000 U.S. children ages 6 to 17 were diagnosed with gender dysphoria in 2021, nearly triple the number in 2017, a unique data analysis for Reuters found.
Gender-affirming surgery is a surgical procedure, or series of procedures, that alters a person's physical appearance and sexual characteristics to resemble those associated with their identified gender.The phrase is most often associated with transgender health care and intersex medical interventions, although many such treatments are also pursued by cisgender and non-intersex individuals.
Here in Canada, parents of minor children have gone to court to prevent aggressive gender reassignment surgery on a 14-year-old (Graham 2020). Other critics argue that "Canada is too quick to treat gender dysphoria, in minors, with… surgery" (Blackwell 2021).
Sex reassignment surgery is generally not performed on those under the provincial age of majority, as all clinics in Canada that currently perform reassignment surgery conform to the recognized Standards of Care. These Standards, which are regarding health care for trans persons, forbid irreversible interventions (such as surgery) on patients ...
Research Shows Benefits of Affirming Gender Identity. Young children do not get medical transition treatment, but they do have feelings about their gender and can benefit from support from those ...
The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) today announced its updated Standards of Care and Ethical Guidelines for health professionals. Among the updates is a new suggestion to lift the age restriction for youth seeking gender-affirming surgical treatment, in comparison to previous suggestion of surgery at 17 or older.
We're excited to welcome a new ally and repost their piece on the critical topic of consent. GD Alliance Canada is a grassroots group of people with gender dysphoria, some who have medically transitioned and all of whom believe "the current popular gender narrative doesn't tell the whole story.". We look forward to a close collaboration ...
One of the focal points of Premier Smith's address was the stance on gender reassignment treatments for minors. Notably, top and bottom gender reassignment surgeries will not be permitted for children aged 17 and under in Alberta.
Nearly half of Canadians believe gender reassignment surgery for minors should be prohibited and support bans on hormone prescriptions for children, according to a new national survey of more than ...
Tracheal shave* - 364 days. Phalloplasty- 383 days. Breast augmentation -572 days. Facial feminization - 607 days. 2. Funding Approval. Data suggests that for all types of gender-affirming surgery in Canada, 71% had their surgery paid for, at least partially, through a government health care plan.
The legal status of gender-affirming surgery and gender-affirming hormone therapy varies by jurisdiction, often interacting with other facets of the legal status of transgender people.Key considerations include whether people are allowed to get such surgeries, at what ages they are allowed to if so, and whether surgeries are required in order for a gender transition to be legally recognized.
Totally agree they shouldn't have gender reassignment therapy (and glad someone else told you they don't get it). ... Hi. I'm detrans. Children are getting surgery as minors. Mastectomy is performed as young as 13, but 15 or 16 is more common. ... In Canada, they are streamlining putting kids on puberty blockers BEFORE their first appointment ...
"Conservative MP Calls for Halt on Gender Reassignment Surgery for Minors: A Controversial Move with Divisive Impact" In a bold move, rookie Conservative MP Jamil Jivani has sponsored a petition urging the government to halt gender reassignment surgery for minors and any gender-affirming care for those under 16 years old.
Tellingly, in a legal challenge concerning gender-affirming care for an adult, on May 13, 2024, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a Georgia county health plan's refusal to cover a ...
Many states have passed or are considering restrictions on gender-affirming care for trans minors. Yet much of the discussion is based on misconceptions about what that care entails.