{"id":23167,"date":"2024-04-28T00:22:23","date_gmt":"2024-04-28T00:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/rough-draft-of-informative-essay-should-hormone-therapy-be-offered-to-adolescents-who-identify-as-a-different-gender\/"},"modified":"2024-04-28T00:22:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-28T00:22:23","slug":"rough-draft-of-informative-essay-should-hormone-therapy-be-offered-to-adolescents-who-identify-as-a-different-gender","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/rough-draft-of-informative-essay-should-hormone-therapy-be-offered-to-adolescents-who-identify-as-a-different-gender\/","title":{"rendered":"rough draft of informative essay- should hormone therapy be offered to adolescents who identify as a different gender"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin: auto; font-size: medium; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"margin-top: 50px; margin-bottom: 50px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: 1; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Should hormone therapy be offered to adolescents who identify as a different gender?<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Dictionary.com | Meanings &amp; Definitions of English Words. (2021). In Dictionary.com.<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">https:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/browse\/intersex<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">This<\/span><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">dictionary<\/span><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">definition<\/span><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">clarifies<\/span><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">the<\/span><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">meaning<\/span><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">of<\/span><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&#8220;intersex&#8221;<\/span><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">as<\/span><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">having<\/span><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">biological<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">characteristics intermediate between typical male and female traits. Intersex conditions have<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">historically<\/span><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">been<\/span><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">one<\/span><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">driving<\/span><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">factor<\/span><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">behind<\/span><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">the<\/span><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">development<\/span><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">of<\/span><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">gender-affirming<\/span><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">medical<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">procedures. Understanding this term and its relation to gender affirmation is an essential context<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">for the topic.<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Morandini, J. S., Kelly, A., de Graaf, N. M., Malouf, P., Guerin, E., Dar-Nimrod, I., &amp; Carmichael,<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">P. (2023). Is Social Gender Transition Associated with Mental Health Status in Children<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">and Adolescents with Gender Dysphoria? Archives of Sexual Behavior, 52(3), 1045\u20131060.<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10508-023-02588-5<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">This peer-reviewed journal article examines the relationship between socially transitioning<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">gender and mental health outcomes in gender dysphoric youth. The authors used binomial logistic<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">regression models to assess whether living in one&#8217;s affirmed gender, birth-assigned gender, and<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">age-predicted mood disorders, anxiety, or past suicide attempts. They found that older patients<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">were more likely to report mood issues and past suicide attempts, but living in an affirmed gender<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">role or birth-assigned gender did not significantly impact mental health. This suggests that social<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">transition may not inherently improve or worsen mental health for gender dysphoric youth. The<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">study had a large sample size across multiple clinics, lending significance to the findings.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-main-rotation=\"0\">\n<section style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-annotation-id=\"13R\"><a style=\"font-size: 1em; cursor: auto;\" data-element-id=\"13R\"><\/a><\/section>\n<section style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-annotation-id=\"14R\"><a style=\"font-size: 1em; cursor: auto;\" data-element-id=\"14R\"><\/a><\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 50px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: auto; font-size: medium; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"margin-top: 50px; margin-bottom: 50px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: 1; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">2<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Rosenthal, G. S. (n.d.). Gender-affirming care has a long history in the U.S. &#8212; and not just for<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">transgender people. The Conversation. https:\/\/theconversation.com\/gender-affirming-<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">care-has-a-long-history-in-the-us-and-not-just-for-transgender-people-201752<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">This article from The Conversation provides historical context on gender-affirming<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">medical care in the United States, which has been practiced since at least the 1960s. The author<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">notes that the first university-based gender identity clinic opened at Johns Hopkins in 1966. While<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">some politicians characterize such care as new or experimental, it has decades of precedent. The<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">article cites the example of Dr. Milton Edgerton helping the first known American man undergo<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">gender transition through surgery in 1976. It also discusses how gender-affirming interventions<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">like hormones and surgery have been used to treat intersex conditions since the 1940s. This source<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">helps us understand the origins and longevity of gender-affirming practices.<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">In summary, this annotated bibliography provides an overview of recent research findings<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">on the mental health impacts of gender transition for adolescents, the long historical precedent of<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">gender-affirming care in the U.S., and clarification of the intersex condition, which has intersected<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">with gender-affirmation practices. These sources lay a factual groundwork for understanding<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">adolescent hormone therapy and its clinical uses related to gender identity and expression.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-main-rotation=\"0\">\n<section style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-annotation-id=\"18R\"><a style=\"font-size: 1em; cursor: auto;\" data-element-id=\"18R\"><\/a><\/section>\n<section style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-annotation-id=\"19R\"><a style=\"font-size: 1em; cursor: auto;\" data-element-id=\"19R\"><\/a><\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 50px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: auto; font-size: medium; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"margin-top: 50px; margin-bottom: 50px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"line-height: 1; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">3<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">References<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Dictionary.com | Meanings &amp; Definitions of English Words. (2021). In Dictionary.com.<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">https:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/browse\/intersex<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Morandini, J. S., Kelly, A., de Graaf, N. M., Malouf, P., Guerin, E., Dar-Nimrod, I., &amp;<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Carmichael, P. (2023). Is Social Gender Transition Associated with Mental Health Status<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">in Children and Adolescents with Gender Dysphoria? Archives of Sexual Behavior,<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">52(3), 1045\u20131060. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10508-023-02588-5<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Rosenthal, G. S. (n.d.). Gender-affirming care has a long history in the U.S. &#8212; and not just for<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin-right: -734px; margin-bottom: -734px; font-size: 14.3922px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">transgender people. The Conversation. https:\/\/theconversation.com\/gender-affirming-<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Should hormone therapy be offered to adolescents who identify as a different gender?Dictionary.com | Meanings &amp; Definitions of English Words. (2021). In Dictionary.com.https:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/browse\/intersexThis dictionary definition clarifies the meaning of &#8220;intersex&#8221; as having biologicalcharacteristics intermediate between typical male and female traits. Intersex conditions havehistorically been one driving factor behind the development of gender-affirming medicalprocedures. 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