Who decides? Minors’ consent to health care AB v CD and EF (2019)[5] is a case in which AB, a transgender youth, sought gender-affirming medical treatment at age 13. His gender clinic... Read More
Clinical Articles
Endocrine therapy is used to change the body’s physical characteristics to reduce gender dysphoria or incongruence. Its use can be considered when a diagnosis of gender dysphoria or incongruence has... Read More
The goal of gender-affirming surgical care is to maximize the health and well-being of transgender and gender-diverse individuals.[1] While not all these individuals seek surgical interventions as... Read More
Transgender, gender-diverse, and Two-Spirit people who access gender-affirming care have elevated rates of a number of health conditions, including depression, HIV, and substance use.[1-4] They are... Read More
In June 2016, the Parliament of Canada passed federal legislation that allows eligible Canadian adults to request medical assistance in dying (MAID). In Canada, two methods of assisted dying are... Read More