Transgender clinic

Transgender clinics assess and treat adults or children considering or undergoing social or medical sex reassignment.

Clinics and Hospitals
  • Center of Expertise on Gender Dysphoria at the University Medical Center of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in Amsterdam, Netherlands[1][2]
  • Center of Excellence for Transgender Health at the University of San Francisco in San Francisco, California, United States
  • Center for Sexology and Gender Problems at the Ghent University Hospital of the Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent in Ghent, Belgium
  • The Gender Identity Clinic of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Canada[3]
  • The Tavistock Centre of the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, UK[4]
  • The Transgender Health Program of Massachusetts General Hospital, MA, USA[5]
  • The Gender Management Service (GeMS) of Boston Children's Hospital, MA, USA[6]
  • Genecis Clinic of Children's Health, TX, USA[7]

References
  1. Wiepjes CM, Nota NM, de Blok CJ, Klaver M, de Vries AL, Wensing-Kruger SA, de Jongh RT, Bouman MB, Steensma TD, Cohen-Kettenis P, Gooren LJ, Kreukels BP, den Heijer M (April 2018). "The Amsterdam Cohort of Gender Dysphoria Study (1972-2015): Trends in Prevalence, Treatment, and Regrets". J Sex Med. 15 (4): 582–590. doi:10.1016/j.jsxm.2018.01.016. PMID 29463477.
  2. Een halve eeuw transgenderzorg aan de VU [Half a century of transgender care at the VU] (in Dutch). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Boom Uitgevers Amsterdam. ISBN 9789024437306. OCLC 1231709484.
  3. https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/exhibits/show/trans-surgery-activism-ontario/history-gender-surgery-ontario
  4. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/feb/23/child-transgender-service-governor-quits-chaos
  5. https://www.massgeneral.org/transgender-health-program
  6. Edwards-Leeper, L., & Spack, N. P. (2012). Psychological evaluation and medical treatment of transgender youth in an interdisciplinary "Gender Management Service" (GeMS) in a major pediatric center. Journal of Homosexuality, 59,321-336. doi: 10.1080/00918369.2012.653302.
  7. https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/health/Childrens-Transgender-Clinic-Experiences-High-Growth-415032233.html
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