ArticleInternational journal of transgender health2021
"It's like my kid came back overnight": Experiences of trans and non-binary young people and their families seeking, finding and engaging with clinical care in England.
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- Transgender and gender diverse youths' experiences of healthcare: A systematic review of qualitative studies.Journal of child health care : for professionals working with children in the hospital and community · 2025Pooled it
- Healthcare experiences of transgender and gender-diverse people in the UK: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Mental health and wellbeing outcomes associated with social, medical, and legal gender affirmation among trans young people in Australia.International journal of transgender health · 2026Article
- Gender-affirming health care needs, barriers to care, and health and wellbeing in a broad nationwide sample of transgender people in Norway.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Affirmation-support, parental conflict, and mental health outcomes of transgender and gender diverse youth.International journal of transgender health · 2024Article
- Binary and Non-binary Gender Identities, Internalizing Problems, and Treatment Wishes Among Adolescents Referred to a Gender Identity Clinic in Germany.Archives of sexual behavior · 2024Article
- Randomized-controlled trials are methodologically inappropriate in adolescent transgender healthcare.International journal of transgender health · 2024Review
- "It felt like they were trying to destabilise us": Parent assessment in UK children's gender services.International journal of transgender health · 2023Article
- Transgender identity in young people and adults recorded in UK primary care electronic patient records: retrospective, dynamic, cohort study.BMJ medicine · 2023Article
- Suicide by Clinic-Referred Transgender Adolescents in the United Kingdom.Archives of sexual behavior · 2022Article
- Accessing and utilising gender-affirming healthcare in England and Wales: trans and non-binary people's accounts of navigating gender identity clinics.BMC health services research · 2021Article
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Abstract
Background: Trans and non-binary children and young people in England, UK struggle to gain access to affirming clinical care, despite the international research evidence pointing toward this best practice approach. Concurrently, they are subject to constant discussion in the UK national media and politics, where many negative assumptions are made about their needs, experiences and clinical provision. Their journey to seek appropriate care has not yet been documented. Aims: We trace the experiences of trans and non-binary children and youth and their families in their decision to seek, searches for and experiences with affirmative and non-affirmative clinical input for help with their gender. Method: 27 dyadic, semi-structured interviews were undertaken with trans and non-binary children and young people and their parents from 13 families. Results: The process of seeking support via National Health Service clinical routes in England, UK is beset with lengthy waiting lists, issues with geographical inaccessibility, a lack of relevant clinical knowledge, and a failure to recognize the value of family expertise. Family doctors provide contraceptive hormones in lieu of proper access to puberty blocking or gender affirming hormones, and most families resort to private care they can ill afford. Discussion: Training in gender identity and gender dysphoria is recommended for both family doctors, and children's mental health services. Gender identity development services could be decentralized, with local hubs offering more accessible support.
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