TY - JOUR
T1 - Medicine as constraint
T2 - Assessing the barriers to gender-affirming care
AU - Kumar, Anish
AU - Amakiri, Uchechukwu O.
AU - Safer, Joshua D.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Authors.
PY - 2022/2/15
Y1 - 2022/2/15
N2 - In this commentary, we describe the way in which science has been used to constrain transgender peoples' access to gender-affirming care. The required diagnosis of gender dysphoria is rooted in both the historical assumption that psychological distress is an inherent aspect of being transgender and the incorrect notion that gender-affirming care is a panacea for the mental health issues that transgender people may experience, regardless of whether these mental health issues are related to their being transgender. We provide recommendations for how to address these barriers to care moving forward.
AB - In this commentary, we describe the way in which science has been used to constrain transgender peoples' access to gender-affirming care. The required diagnosis of gender dysphoria is rooted in both the historical assumption that psychological distress is an inherent aspect of being transgender and the incorrect notion that gender-affirming care is a panacea for the mental health issues that transgender people may experience, regardless of whether these mental health issues are related to their being transgender. We provide recommendations for how to address these barriers to care moving forward.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85125690513&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100517
DO - 10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100517
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 35243420
AN - SCOPUS:85125690513
SN - 2666-3791
VL - 3
SP - 100517
JO - Cell Reports Medicine
JF - Cell Reports Medicine
IS - 2
ER -