In this paper we examine the social and legal conditions in which many transgender people
(often called trans people) live, and the medical perspectives that frame the provision of …

Ongoing political controversies around the world exemplify a long-standing and widespread
preoccupation with the acceptability of homosexuality. Nonheterosexual people have seen …

METHODS The current study examined the rate of retransition and current gender identities
of 317 initially transgender youth (208 transgender girls, 109 transgender boys; M= 8.1 …

The study's purpose was to describe a population of individuals who experienced gender
dysphoria, chose to undergo medical and/or surgical transition and then detransitioned by …

OBJECTIVE: Transgender children who have socially transitioned, that is, who identify as
the gender “opposite” their natal sex and are supported to live openly as that gender, are …

Objective Social transitions are increasingly common for transgender children. A social
transition involves a child presenting to other people as a member of the “opposite” gender …

ABSTRACT The Standards of Care (SOC) for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and
Gender Nonconforming People is a publication of the World Professional Association for …

Introduction Psychological, interpersonal, and sociocultural factors play a significant role in
making one vulnerable to developing a sexual concern, in triggering the onset of a sexual …

Sex/Gender presents a relatively new way to think about how biological difference can be
produced over time in response to different environmental and social experiences. This …

This article is part of a Special Issue" Puberty and Adolescence". This article aims to provide
an outline of what is currently known on trajectories, and contributing factors to gender …