Pediatric Gender Diversity Beyond the Binary: An Exploration of Gender-Affirming Care for Nonbinary and Genderqueer Youth Seen Over Time at a Single Institution Gender Center.
Cassidy S MellinMitchell BraunAbby WalchJessie Rose CohenMisha KaufmanMolly SeligmanRachel PercelayAlex F TangJanet Y LeePublished in: Transgender health (2024)
There is vast diversity of gender and differences in desired gender-affirming care within the NBGQ youth population. Desires for gender-affirming care within the cohort changed over time, and not all those who expressed a desire for an intervention received it. The reasons are likely multifactorial, highlighting the need for expectation-free and patient-specific affirming care and research on the NBGQ youth population, while also considering barriers to care.