Dell Children’s Medical Center in Austin has stopped providing transition-related care to transgender teenagers, according to several parents who were told they would need to find new providers.
Gender-affirming care is an umbrella term for the treatment of gender dysphoria, the discomfort that comes when one’s gender identity does not align with the sex they were assigned at birth. Gender-affirming care ranges from social transitioning — using different pronouns or dressing differently — to puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgical interventions. Surgeries are not commonly performed on trans minors, especially those on sex organs.
“It happened so quickly,” the mother said. “I was under the impression that we still had this appointment and that we at least had that one guaranteed shot.” “The last couple days have been going through the feelings of not wanting to leave a home and a community and schools that we love,” she said Sunday. “But then how much stress would be lifted and what a relief it would be to be in a place where this wasn't a question — that part, I think, can't be underestimated.”to get transition-related care in Texas. Providers are few and far between, and often have long waitlists.
Her daughter formed a close relationship with the doctors. They were the first ones to notice that she was struggling with an eating disorder, which the mom says even her pediatrician had missed.
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