JAMA Study Finds 97% Back Teen Hormone Therapy 5 Years Later
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Updated · The Washington Post · Nov 11
JAMA Study Finds 97% Back Teen Hormone Therapy 5 Years Later
1 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Nov 11
Summary
376 transgender and gender-diverse participants were surveyed, and 360 said five years after starting hormone therapy that it had been the right decision.
About 3% reported regret, while nearly 2% said they regretted transitioning and believed it harmed them; participants began treatment at an average age of 16.
Researchers said the study is the largest yet on satisfaction and regret among people who started medical transition before adulthood, adding to evidence cited by clinicians supporting individualized gender-affirming care.
The findings land amid a political crackdown: more than half of U.S. states ban medical transition for minors, the Supreme Court upheld those bans last year, and Texas Children's Hospital has opened a detransition clinic.