In 2015, Duke Medicine launched the Gender Clinic to provide a comprehensive range of treatments for children as young as two for gender dysphoria.
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"It is counter to medical science to use chromosomes, hormones, internal reproductive organs, external genitalia, or secondary sex characteristics to override gender identity for purposes of classifying someone as male or female." In court testimony, Duke doctor Deanna Adkins detailed how she treats toddlers: Before puberty, treatment does not include any drug or surgical intervention.
Social transition is a critical part of treatment of patients with gender dysphoria of all ages and it is the only treatment for pre-pubertal children.
According to the website, they will work with UNC endocrinologists, family doctors, and surgeons who are ready to medically "Affirm" the child's gender.
UNC Gender Clinic Intake Form ECU Health's new Pride Clinic welcomes young patients of all ages.
Dr. Colby Dendy, the clinic's activist director, gave an interview to the East Carolinian, during which he said: "The literature tells us that kids can start around age four having their gender identity, so we do not want to exclude anybody within the pediatrics realm," Dendy said.
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