Transgender, Nonbinary Youths May Have Greater Appearance Congruence, Less Depression And Anxiety After Two Years Of Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy, Research Suggests

Healio (2/7, Monostra) reports, “Transgender and nonbinary youths had greater appearance congruence – the experience that physical appearance aligns with gender – and less depression and anxiety after two years of gender-affirming hormone therapy,” investigators concluded in a study that “recruited 315 transgender or gender nonbinary adolescents and young adults aged 12 to 20 years who initiated gender-affirming HT at four gender clinics in the” US. The findings were published online in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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— “Gender-affirming HT improves appearance congruence for transgender adolescents “Michael Monostra, Healio, February 7, 2023

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