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‘Taking the lid off the box’: The value of extended clinical assessment for adolescents presenting with gender identity difficulties
Clinicians explore alternative approaches to the "affirmative" paradigm for understanding and treating young people with gender dysphoria.
Transgender and Gender Diverse Children and Adolescents: Fact-Checking of AAP Policy
A clinician critiques a policy statement produced by the American Academy of Pediatrics, highlighting where relevant literature has been ignored, distorted or mis-represented.
Treatment for Pediatric Gender Dysphoria: Review of Evidence and Best Practices
Internationally, a growing number of European countries have retreated from the "gender-affirming treatment model" for children and adolescents due to concerns about a lack of evidence of benefits and increasing evidence of harms of these interventions. These developments have largely been...
The Economist Coverage of the HHS Report on Gender Dysphoria
Hormonal Treatment in Young People With Gender Dysphoria: A Systematic Review
SEGM Summary:
Puberty blocking drugs seemed to improve psychological functioning (not mentioned: youth were also receiving psychotherapy) but did not alleviate gender dysphoria. Little is known about the psychosocial effects of giving young people puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones....
Bone Development in Transgender Adolescents Treated With GnRH Analogues and Subsequent Gender-Affirming Hormones
This prospective but uncontrolled observational study investigated the effect of GnRH agonist therapy alone or with subsequent cross-sex hormone administration on markers of bone turnover, apparent bone density (BMAD) and bone density z-scores, with analysis of subjects started early (Tanner...
Suicide Mortality Among Gender-Dysphoric Adolescents and Young Adults in Finland
A recent study published in BMJ Mental Health, All-cause and suicide mortalities among adolescents and young adults who contacted specialised gender identity services in Finland in 1996–2019, analyzed overall mortality...
6. Managing Gender Dysphoria in Youth: European Practice Changes
Our Response to the Southern Poverty Law Center
September 10, 2025
The Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine was established to promote evidence-based, ethical care for children, adolescents, and young adults with gender dysphoria. In recent years, politicized attacks on organizations and individual researchers working in this...