(2023-01-18) Gender Affirming Care For Trans Youth Improves Mental Health

Gender-affirming care for trans youth improves mental health: Study. Gender-affirming hormone therapy improves the mental health of transgender adolescents and teenagers, a new study released Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine showed.

The study tracked over 300 trans and nonbinary youth across the country for two years as they took testosterone or estradiol to help their physical appearance align more closely with their gender. The participants were in various stages of puberty.