After gender transition, most people take hormones for the rest of their lives
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Dutch research shows that most transgender people who went into transition at a young age continue to take hormones for the rest of their lives. According to researcher Marianne van der Loos, this shows that adolescents who choose gender reassignment do not do so without overseeing the consequences.
The researchers from the Amsterdam Academic Medical Centre looked at 720 cases of transgenders and analysed their medical prescriptions. Thus, they wanted to determine how many transgender people who went into transition at a young age continue to take sex hormones after they reach adulthood.
The study showed that 98 per cent of these people still use prescriptions for sex hormones. These hormones are in line with the gender they identify with.
It remains unclear how long people have been taking sex hormones, but some have been on them for ten to fifteen years already. It should be noted that transgender people who chose gender reassignment must take hormones for their body to remain the preferred gender, NHS writes.
However, according to researcher Marianne van der Loos, the Dutch research shows that young people can oversee the consequences of their choice and that their wish for gender reassignment is permanent. “The chance that people stop their hormone treatment is minimal.”
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