Open AccessBuying time or arresting development? The dilemma of administering hormone blockers in trans children and adolescents
Author(s) -
Guido Giovanardi
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
porto biomedical journal/porto biomedical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2444-8672
pISSN - 2444-8664
DOI - 10.1016/j.pbj.2017.06.001
Subject(s) - gender dysphoria , dilemma , medicine , hormone , gender gap , dysphoria , developmental psychology , psychology , pediatrics , endocrinology , gender identity , psychiatry , social psychology , philosophy , epistemology , economics , demographic economics , anxiety
In recent years, the use of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogues in adolescents with gender dysphoria (GD) to suppress puberty has been adopted by an increasing number of gender clinics, generating controversial debate. This short essay provides an overview of the difficulties associated with this heterogeneous group of adolescents and discusses arguments for and against the suspension of puberty. Further, it reviews the main follow-up studies conducted in some of the world's largest clinical centres for gender-variant children and adolescents