Medicine as constraint: Assessing the barriers to gender-affirming care

In this commentary, we describe the way in which science has been used to constrain transgender peoples’ access to gender-affirming care. The required diagnosis of gender dysphoria is rooted in both the historical assumption that psychological distress is an inherent aspect of being transgender and...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Anish, Amakiri, Uchechukwu O., Safer, Joshua D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8861822/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35243420
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100517
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description In this commentary, we describe the way in which science has been used to constrain transgender peoples’ access to gender-affirming care. The required diagnosis of gender dysphoria is rooted in both the historical assumption that psychological distress is an inherent aspect of being transgender and the incorrect notion that gender-affirming care is a panacea for the mental health issues that transgender people may experience, regardless of whether these mental health issues are related to their being transgender. We provide recommendations for how to address these barriers to care moving forward.
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spelling pubmed-88618222022-03-02 Medicine as constraint: Assessing the barriers to gender-affirming care Kumar, Anish Amakiri, Uchechukwu O. Safer, Joshua D. Cell Rep Med Commentary In this commentary, we describe the way in which science has been used to constrain transgender peoples’ access to gender-affirming care. The required diagnosis of gender dysphoria is rooted in both the historical assumption that psychological distress is an inherent aspect of being transgender and the incorrect notion that gender-affirming care is a panacea for the mental health issues that transgender people may experience, regardless of whether these mental health issues are related to their being transgender. We provide recommendations for how to address these barriers to care moving forward. Elsevier 2022-02-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8861822/ /pubmed/35243420 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100517 Text en © 2022 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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