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Gender Transition is the process of affirming and expressing internal sense of gender, rather than the sex assigned at birth. It is a recommended course of treatment for persons experiencing gender dysphoria, providing improved mental health outcomes in the majority of people. A social transition may include coming out as transgender, using a new name and pronouns, and changing one's public gender expression. This is usually the first step in a gender transition. People socially transition at almost any age, as a social transition does not involve medical procedures. It can, however, be a prerequisite to accessing transgender healthcare in many places. In transgender youth, puberty blockers are sometimes offered at the onset of puberty to allow the exploration of their gender identity without the distress of irreversible pubertal changes. Upon reaching the age of consent, they become eligible to pursue a medical transition if it is still desired. A medical transition may include gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT), transgender voice therapy, and gender-affirming surgery. The ability to start a medical transition is typically offered after a diagnosis of gender dysphoria, a form of medicalization. In recent years, there has been a push for an informed consent model of transgender healthcare which allows adults to access HRT without a formal diagnosis. Transitioning is a process that can take anywhere from several months to several years, and may affect any or all of the gendered aspects of a person's life, which include aesthetics, social roles, legal status, and biological aspects of the body. Details of an individual's transition may vary based on gender identity, body image, personality, finances, the attitudes of others and culturally specific views of gender.

Gender Dysphoria is distress arising from the mismatch between one's gender identity and aspects of one's body, social role, and lived experience that are tied to one's assigned sex. The term replaced gender identity disorder (GID) in 2013 with the release of the DSM-5 to remove the stigma associated with the term disorder. The ICD-11, which does not consider it a mental disorder, uses the term gender incongruence (GI) instead, defined as a marked and persistent mismatch between gender identity and assigned sex, regardless of distress or impairment. Not all transgender people have gender dysphoria. Gender nonconformity is not the same thing as gender dysphoria and does not always lead to dysphoria or distress. Before puberty, the diagnoses are gender dysphoria in childhood and gender incongruence of childhood. The causes of gender incongruence are unknown but a gender identity likely reflects genetic, biological, environmental, and cultural factors. Diagnosis can be given at any age, although gender dysphoria in children and adolescents may manifest differently than in adults. Complications may include anxiety, depression, and eating disorders. Treatment includes social transitioning and often includes hormone replacement therapy (HRT) or gender-affirming surgery, and psychotherapy. Some researchers and transgender people argue for the declassification of the condition because they say the diagnosis pathologizes gender variance and reinforces the binary model of gender. However, this declassification could carry implications for healthcare accessibility, as HRT and gender-affirming surgery could be deemed cosmetic by insurance providers, as opposed to medically necessary treatment, thereby affecting coverage.


A Brief History Of Gender Transitioning In America

- 1950s -- Public awareness begins. Christine Jorgensen became a national sensation in 1952 after undergoing gender-transition treatment and surgery in Denmark. Her story introduced millions of Americans to the possibility of medical gender transition.

- 1960s-1970s -- The first significant medical expansion. Johns Hopkins opened a gender identity clinic in 1966, followed by programs elsewhere. An American College of Surgeons historical review estimates that the cumulative number of U.S. patients undergoing gender-affirming surgery increased from approximately 100 in 1969 to more than 1,000 by the end of the 1970s.

- 1980s-1990s -- Limited availability. Transitioning continued, but specialized medical services remained relatively uncommon, and patients faced substantial social, financial, and medical barriers.

- 2000s -- Gradual expansion. Medical services and insurance coverage began expanding. Gender-affirming surgery became more accessible, although still relatively uncommon.

- 2010-2020 -- Rapid growth. Greater social visibility, changing attitudes, improving medical access, and insurance coverage coincided with markedly increasing numbers of medical transitions.

- 2020s -- Greater identification, but new restrictions. More Americans, particularly young people, reported transgender identities, while legal restrictions increasingly affected access to medical transition services for minors.