Is Gender-Affirming Care for Minors Safe?

An ever more heated topic dividing people, at times violently, along various lines; gender-affirming care for minors is most certainly a complex topic subject to heated debate among medical professionals, ethicists and society as a whole. A group called Human Rights Campaign Foundation features a map showing all of the states passing legislation to ban and even criminalize, in some cases, gender-affirming care for minors. TrialSite has reported over 400 “trans” bills across America in 2023 alone. The topic in mainstream society should be approached with sensitivity with a consideration of multiple perspectives.

What is gender-affirming care?