Hormone Therapy for Transgender Men

Joshua D. Safer; Vin Tangpricha

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-29093-1_8

Hormone Therapy for Transgender Men

Joshua D. Safer
, Vin Tangpricha

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Abstract

Like transgender women (Chap. 5), sex steroid hormones play an important role in gender-confirming therapies of transgender men to modify the external physical appearance to align with gender identity. Most transgender men seeking gender-confirming surgeries will already have started gender-confirming sex steroid hormone therapy. Under medical supervision, hormone therapy appears to be safe (Weinand JD, Safer JD, J Clin Transl Endocrinol. 2: 55-60, 2015 Jun). The surgeon should be aware that some patients may receive hormone therapy without a prescription or routine medical monitoring, which may lead to increased risk (Seal LJ, Franklin S, Richards C, Shishkareva A, Sinclaire C, Barrett J., J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 97: 4422-8, 2012 Dec). Surgeons and other health-care providers should understand the goals of gender-affirming hormone therapy along with its potential pitfalls.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Gender Confirmation Surgery
Subtitle of host publication	Principles and Techniques for an Emerging Field
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	65-67
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030290931
ISBN (Print)	9783030290924
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29093-1_8
State	Published - 1 Jan 2020
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Gender affirming
Hormone therapy
Testosterone
Transgender men

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