The number of gender-affirming surgeries done in the United States nearly tripled between 2016 and 2019, a new study shows. The increase is probably due in part to changes in state and federal laws ...

A new study challenges the popular claim that medical interventions improve trans-identifying people’s mental health. Rather, the study argues, nonmedical factors like social support and coping style ...

Less than 1 in 1,000 adolescents with commercial insurance received gender-affirming medication over a five-year period, according to a study released Monday. The researchers in the study surveyed ...

Gender-affirming hormone therapy may help patients with their mental health as well as their physical bodies, according to a new study. “Transgender, nonbinary, and gender diverse patients prescribed ...

The use of gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) is significantly related to lower rates of depression, suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among transgender and nonbinary youth, according to a ...

New research published in JAMA Pediatrics found more than 7 percent of youth living in a rural region in Appalachia report a gender identity that does not fully align with the sex they were assigned ...

How many transgender teens in the U.S. are receiving medical care related to gender transitions? According to a peer-reviewed research letter published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics, the answer is very, ...