By John Mack Freeman
A new study shows that delaying the onset of puberty may be helpful for transgender teens. Via CBS News:
By delaying the onset of puberty, those children who go on to gender reassignment“have the lifelong advantage of a body that matches their gender identities without the irreversible body changes of a low voice or beard growth or breasts, for example,” added De Vries, a child and adolescent psychiatrist at the Center of Expertise on Gender Dysphoria with the VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam.
The study participants underwent puberty suppression at an average age of nearly 14. The group included 22 biological boys, who later transitioned to females, and 33 biological girls who ultimately underwent reassignment to live as men.
Norman Spack, a doctor that specializes in helping transgender teens, delivered a TED talk on a similar subject earlier this year. Watch it below:
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