Transgender Hormone Therapy

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Gender identity and sexual orientation are different things.

  • Sexual orientation is about your attraction to other people. Examples include straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual, pansexual and asexual.
  • Gender identity is about your inside feelings and how you name your gender. Examples include male, female and nonbinary.
  1. Gender characteristics and adjustment.. PsycEXTRA Dataset. 1993. American Psychological Association (APA); 1993. DOI: 10.1037/e324242004-001.
  2. APNA Position: Adoption of Screening, Brief Intervention, & Referral to Treatment. J Am Psychiatr Nurses Assoc. 2026 Feb;32(1):82-83. SAGE Publications; 2026 Feb. DOI: 10.1177/10783903251401867.
  3. WC H, PT CK, L G, SE H, WJ M, MH M, et al. Endocrine Treatment of Gender-Dysphoric/Gender-Incongruent Persons: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline. ESPE. 2018 Sep 11. Bioscientifica; 2018 Sep 11. DOI: 10.1530/ey.15.6.3.
  4. UCSF Transgender Care..
  5. Transgender Health.

Resources

  1. USCF Transgender Care.
  2. Transgender Health.
  3. The Trevor Project https://www.thetrevorproject.org/
  4. Trans Lifeline https://www.translifeline.org/
  5. The Standards of Care.
  6. Available from: https://assets2.hrc.org/files/assets/resources/Schools-In-Transition.pdf?_ga=2.121703683.964095619.1568123454-799094413.1568123454.