{"id":1672011,"date":"2022-10-04T11:54:14","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T15:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1672011"},"modified":"2022-10-04T11:54:51","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T15:54:51","slug":"47-clinics-nationwide-are-advertising-services-for-transgender-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/47-clinics-nationwide-are-advertising-services-for-transgender-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"47 Clinics Nationwide Are Advertising Services for &#8220;Transgender Kids&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F47-clinics-nationwide-are-advertising-services-for-transgender-kids%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1672011&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p><span>Pediatric <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/transgender\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gender clinics<\/a> across the country are promoting services to children who reject <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/gender-identity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sex-based stereotypes<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pediatric gender clinics have popped up to meet the growing demand of children and adolescents who have adopted a transgender identity. <span>At least 47 pediatric gender clinics, many at prominent children\u2019s hospitals, have broadened the scope of their patient criteria to include not only transgender-identified children, but those they describe as \u201cgender creative,\u201d \u201cgender diverse,\u201d or \u201cgender nonconforming.\u201d Some of these programs see patients as young as two and three years old.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>While most clinics will not offer medical interventions until a child has reached puberty, many will help facilitate a \u201csocial transition.\u201d Evidence shows that such a \u201csocial transition\u201d may dramatically increase the likelihood of a child persisting in the rejection of their bodies, increasing their likelihood of pursuing permanent surgical changes in their teenage years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThere is good reason to believe that social transition is iatrogenic, meaning that \u2018affirming\u2019 a child socially with his\/her preferred name and pronouns increases the chance that the cross-gender ID will persist and medical interventions will be sought,\u201d\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeorSapir\/status\/1561733041403355139?s=20&amp;t=_Qdkh7ewXrpj9YD8UG_dug\"><span>says<\/span><\/a><span> Ph.D. researcher and Manhattan Institute Fellow<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/debunked-researcher-demolishes-the-transgender-affirm-or-suicide-myth\"> <span>Leor Sapir<\/span><\/a><span>, citing a 2019 paper by Dr. Kenneth Zucker <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1111\/camh.12330\"><span>published<\/span><\/a><span> in the Journal of Child Psychiatry and Psychology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sexologytoday.org\/2016\/01\/do-trans-kids-stay-trans-when-they-grow_99.html\"><span>Evidence<\/span><\/a><span> currently indicates that roughly 60\u201390% of children who identify as transgender but do not socially or medically transition will no longer identify as transgender in adulthood.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cDespite the differences in country, culture, decade, and follow-up length and method, all the studies have come to a remarkably similar conclusion: Only very few trans-kids still want to transition by the time they are adults. Instead, they generally turn out to be regular gay or lesbian folks,\u201d<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sexologytoday.org\/2016\/01\/do-trans-kids-stay-trans-when-they-grow_99.html\"> <span>says<\/span><\/a><span> sexual behavior scientist Dr. James Cantor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But rather than let these feelings fade, gender clinics and hospitals across the U.S. have adopted the \u201cgender affirming\u201d approach. In practice, this approach amounts to putting children in charge of dictating the terms of their own sex change. The gender-affirmation model prevents medical professionals from questioning a child\u2019s self-reported transgender identity, and from exploring possible underlying factors causing their dysphoria. The standard protocol for gender affirmation is administering puberty blockers, followed by cross-sex hormones and then surgery, if desired.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>With the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/every-tomboy-is-tagged-transgender-transsexual-gender-dysphoria-children-hormones-clinic-terminology-expectations-11663872092\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">broadening of the definition<\/a> of what it means to be \u201ctransgender,\u201d more children are in danger of becoming lifelong medical patients. A clinical diagnosis of persistent gender dysphoria from early childhood isn\u2019t even necessary to receive treatment. Even if hospitals do abide by this \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2022\/03\/11\/giving-gender-affirming-care-gender-dysphoria-diagnosis-should-not-be-required\/\"><span>outdated<\/span><\/a><span>\u201d practice, the DSM-5, the manual of mental disorders used by health care professionals, has rendered it practically worthless. The update to the DSM-5<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theravive.com\/therapedia\/gender-dysphoria-dsm--5-302.85-(f64.9)\"> <span>indicates<\/span><\/a><span> that \u201cgender incongruence\u201d only needs to be present for 6 months, so many children who recently decided on a trans-identity can obtain puberty blockers, hormones, and surgeries.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Here is a list of 47 pediatric gender clinics in the U.S. advertising services for children who merely reject sex-based stereotypes, as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.org\/resources\/interactive-map-clinical-care-programs-for-gender-nonconforming-childr\"><span>highlighted<\/span><\/a><span> by the left-wing Human Rights Campaign. <\/span><span>A similar list was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.healio.com\/doi\/10.3928\/00904481-20140522-11\"><span>published<\/span><\/a><span> in the peer-reviewed journal \u201c<\/span><span>Pediatric Annals<\/span><span>,\u201d titled \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docplayer.net\/11594541-Resource-list-clinical-care-programs-for-gender-nonconforming-children-and-adolescents.html\"><span>Resource List: Clinical Care Programs for Gender-Nonconforming Children and Adolescents.<\/span><\/a><span>\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Arizona<\/b><\/p>\n<p>1. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220702075541\/https:\/\/www.phoenixchildrens.org\/gendersupport\"><b>Phoenix Children\u2019s Hospital<\/b><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>According to its Gender Support Program homepage, Phoenix Children\u2019s Hospital treats \u201cgender questioning\u201d and \u201cgender expansive\u201d youth, who are described as \u201c<\/span><span>Children and youth who express a wider, more flexible range of gender identity and\/or expression than typically associated with their sex assigned at birth.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20221003214028\/https:\/\/www.elrio.org\/service\/transgender-medicine\/\"><b>El Rio Community Health Center<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>El Rio Community Health Center\u2019s Medical Home for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Youth in Tuscan, Arizona <\/span><span>provides \u201cgender affirming care\u201d to the \u201cPediatric and Adult Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming communities as well as LGBTQ patients.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>California<\/b><\/p>\n<p>3. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220816174525\/https:\/\/diversitybch.ucsf.edu\/child-and-adolescent-gender-center\"><b>University of California San Francisco Benioff Children\u2019s Hospital<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The University of California San Francisco Benioff Children\u2019s Hospital\u2019s Child and Adolescent Gender Center (UCSF) welcomes children as young as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/california-gender-clinic-treats-patients-as-young-as-2-years-old\"><span>two<\/span><\/a><span>, according to mental health director Diane Ehrensaft in a promotional <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KxnlPQwg9pY\"><span>video<\/span><\/a><span> to potential patients and their families, who are described as \u201cgender creative,\u201d \u201cgender diverse,\u201d and \u201cgender-expansive.\u201d UCSF offers <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220823203000\/https:\/\/transcare.ucsf.edu\/guidelines\/gender-nonconforming\"><span>additional guidance<\/span><\/a><span> on \u201cGenderqueer, gender non-conforming, and gender nonbinary (GNB) people\u201d who \u201cdo not live within the binary gender narrative,\u201d and a guide to neopronouns and various identities including \u201cgender blender\u201d and \u201cgender smoothie.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>4. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220817192424\/https:\/\/dimensionsclinic.com\/\"><b>Dimensions Clinic San Francisco Castro-Mission Health Center<\/b><\/a><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>The Dimensions Clinic offers free and low-cost healthcare to youth ages <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20221003184613\/https:\/\/sfhealthnetwork.org\/primary-care-3\/community-health-programs-for-youth-chpy\/\"><span>12-25<\/span><\/a> <span>\u201c<\/span><span>specifically to serve transgender and gender non-binary young people.\u201d Dimensions Clinic suggested it assisted in concealing a child\u2019s visit from parents by obscuring the billing information. A question archived from their <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/webcache.googleusercontent.com\/search?q=cache:2U_iiaskLTAJ:https:\/\/dimensionsclinic.com\/faq\/&amp;cd=1&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;gl=us&amp;client=safari\"><span>FAQ<\/span><\/a><span> asks \u201cWhat if I have insurance through my parents and they don\u2019t know I\u2019m Queer\/Trans?\u201d and answers:<\/span> <span>\u201cBilling would indicate you had a visit at the Castro-Mission Health Center, not Dimensions Clinic. We take steps to ensure confidentiality for all of our patients, please talk to us about your needs around discretion.\u201d However, this may also apply to adults over 18 who are still on their parent\u2019s insurance plan.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>5. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20221003214212\/https:\/\/thrive.kaiserpermanente.org\/care-near-you\/northern-california\/eastbay\/departments\/gender-affirming-care\/pediatric-services-in-the-mst-department\/\"><b>Oakland Medical Center<\/b><\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Pediatric Services in the Multi-Specialty Transitions (MST) Department at Oakland Medical Center offers \u201cgender affirming care\u201d for \u201ctransgender, gender expansive, and gender non-binary youth and their families.\u201d MST explains its philosophy on its website, \u201cWe believe there is a broad range of gender identities and expressions and that gender diversity is healthy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>6. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220523141213\/https:\/\/www.stanfordchildrens.org\/en\/service\/gender\"><b>Lucile Packard Children\u2019s Hospital Stanford<\/b><\/a><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>The Pediatric and Adolescent Gender Clinic at Lucile Packard Children\u2019s Hospital at Standford<\/span> <span>in Palo Alto, California \u201cprovides medical services for gender nonconforming youths and their families in one central location.\u201d According to its \u201ctop surgery\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanfordchildrens.org\/en\/service\/gender\/top-surgery?\"><span>page<\/span><\/a><span>, double mastectomy surgery is marketed towards \u201cteens\u201d and \u201cgives gender diverse youth solid footing for stepping out into the world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>7. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220617122811\/https:\/\/www.scvmc.org\/health-care-services\/gender-health-center\"><b>Santa Clara Valley Medical Center<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The Gender Health Center (GHC) at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in California markets itself as \u201cthe first all ages clinic specialized in caring for transgender, gender-non-binary and gender expansive people in the South Bay.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>8. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220826205615\/https:\/\/www.uclahealth.org\/medical-services\/gender-health\/programs-services\/pediatric-care\"><b>UCLA Gender Health Pediatric Care<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The UCLA Gender Health Program\u2019s pediatric practice provides \u201cgender affirming\u201d treatments for \u201cchildren and adolescents who are transgender or gender-diverse.\u201d UCLA offers its patients <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20221003214751\/https:\/\/www.uclahealth.org\/medical-services\/gender-health\/programs-services\/reproductive-health-and-fertility\"><span>fertility preservation options<\/span><\/a><span>, due to the sterilizing nature of the \u201cgender affirming\u201d treatments it offers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>9. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220120042813\/https:\/\/www.chla.org\/the-center-transyouth-health-and-development\"><b>Children\u2019s Hospital Los Angeles<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The Center for Transyouth Health and Development (CTYHD) at Children\u2019s Hospital Los Angeles is \u201cdedicated to providing affirming care for transgender and gender diverse children, adolescents, young adults and their families.\u201d According to its homepage, CTYHD \u201crejects the gatekeeper model of care and focuses on how to help our patients and families in the least restrictive environment possible.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>10. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220702220109\/https:\/\/www.ucihealth.org\/medical-services\/gender-diversity\"><b>University of California Irvine Medical Center<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The UCI Health Gender Diversity Program \u201coffers Orange County\u2019s only interdisciplinary program dedicated to caring for transgender and gender-expansive children, teens and adults.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Colorado<\/b><\/p>\n<p>11. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220123004301\/https:\/\/www.childrenscolorado.org\/doctors-and-departments\/departments\/gender-diversity-center\/\"><b>Children\u2019s Hospital Colorado<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The TRUE Center for Gender Diversity at Children\u2019s Hospital Colorado boasts of being \u201cthe only comprehensive care center in the Rocky Mountain region specifically set up for gender-diverse children, adolescents and young adults.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Connecticut<\/b><\/p>\n<p>12. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220818055816\/https:\/\/www.yalemedicine.org\/news\/yale-team-gender-issues\"><b>Yale Medicine<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Yale Medicine\u2019s Pediatric Gender Program <\/span><span>\u201csupports the needs of gender-diverse children and their families\u201d and \u201ctreats people as young as 3 and up to age 25.\u201d<\/span><span> Speaking in a now-deleted promotional <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1560139021451333632?s=20&amp;t=7j0JcU1xwwYSCzkdzcH-oA\"><span>video<\/span><\/a><span> to potential patients and their families, director of the Yale Gender Program Christy Olezeski said that their program works with \u201cgender-expansive individuals 3 to 25.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Delaware<\/b><\/p>\n<p>13. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220729023117\/https:\/\/www.nemours.org\/services\/gender-wellness.html\"><b>Nemours Children\u2019s Hospital<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Nemours Children\u2019s Hospital\u2019s Gender Wellness program in Delaware \u201coffer[s] a wide range of services for kids and teens who are looking for help with their gender identity development and\/or transition.\u201d Nemours Children\u2019s website details its philosophy, \u201cExploring gender and sexuality is part of every child\u2019s development. For some kids and teens, the gender assigned to them at birth doesn\u2019t match the gender that feels most comfortable to them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Florida<\/b><\/p>\n<p>14. <a href=\"https:\/\/webcache.googleusercontent.com\/search?q=cache:PjpW2cF6ZLEJ:https:\/\/ufhealth.org\/blog\/look-uf-health-youth-gender-program&amp;cd=2&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;gl=us&amp;client=safari\"><b>UF Health Shands Children\u2019s Hospital\u00a0<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The UF Health Youth Gender Program at the University of Florida \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ufhealth.org\/blog\/look-uf-health-youth-gender-program\"><span>provides<\/span><\/a><span> medical care and psychologic support for transgender and gender noncomforming youth with gender dysphoria.\u201d According to its <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220921125958\/https:\/\/endo.pediatrics.med.ufl.edu\/resources\/youth-gender-program\/\"><span>website<\/span><\/a><span>, UF educates patients and their families \u201cabout gender identity development and gender nonconformity and offer services for social and medical transitioning.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Illinois\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>15. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220824143659\/https:\/\/www.luriechildrens.org\/en\/specialties-conditions\/gender-development-program\/\"><b>Lurie Children\u2019s Hospital of Chicago<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>According to its Gender Development Program homepage, Lurie Children\u2019s treats minors it describes as \u201cgender-questioning youth,\u201d \u201cgender-fluid youth\u201d and \u201cgender expansive or gender non-conforming children,\u201d who are defined as \u201c<\/span><span>Children and adolescents who exhibit behavior that is not typical of their assigned birth sex.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Iowa<\/b><\/p>\n<p>16. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20221003204547\/https:\/\/uihc.org\/childrens\/services\/pediatric-lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-queerquestioning-lgbtq-care\"><b>University of Iowa Stead Family Children\u2019s Hospital<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The Pediatric Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Questioning Clinic at the University of Iowa\u2019s website reads, \u201cThe primary focus of the pediatric LGBTQ clinic is to provide hormone therapy for children undergoing gender transition, are transgender, a-gender, or gender-questioning.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Kansas<\/b><\/p>\n<p>17. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220316212120\/https:\/\/www.childrensmercy.org\/departments-and-clinics\/endocrinology\/gender-pathway-services\/\"><b>Children\u2019s Mercy Hospital Kansas<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The Gender Pathway Services clinic at Children\u2019s Mercy \u201cprovides interdisciplinary, family-centered services for transgender, gender-variant, and gender-questioning patients.\u201d Children\u2019s Mercy Kansas defines the \u201cgender variant\u201d minors they serve as \u201c<\/span><span>Children and adolescents who express themselves differently from traditional gender norms.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Maine<\/b><\/p>\n<p>18. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220407193939\/https:\/\/www.mainehealth.org\/barbara-bush-childrens-hospital\/services\/the-gender-clinic\"><b>Barbara Bush Children\u2019s Hospital<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The Gender Clinic at the Barbara Bush Children\u2019s Hospital in Maine says it is \u201cdedicated to supporting the health and well-being of transgender, gender diverse and questioning youth across Northern New England. <\/span><span>We give treatment to children and their families from childhood through adolescence.<\/span><span>\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Maryland<\/b><\/p>\n<p>19. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220829184050\/https:\/\/www.hopkinsmedicine.org\/johns-hopkins-childrens-center\/what-we-treat\/specialties\/adolescent-medicine\/programs-centers\/emerge-gender-sexuality-clinic\/\"><b>Johns Hopkins Children\u2019s Center Baltimore<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Center for Adolescent &#038; Young Adult Health \/ Emerge Gender and Sexuality Clinic at Johns Hopkins Children\u2019s Center serves \u201cgender-variant, gender non-conforming, and transgender children, adolescents, and young adults up to 25 years.\u201d The website states, \u201cWe are here to assist transgender and gender-diverse children, adolescent, and young adults be their most authentic selves.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>20. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20221003204133\/https:\/\/www.chasebrexton.org\/services\/gender-affirming-care\"><b>Chase Brexton Health Care<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Chase Brexton Health Care\u2019s Gender JOY (Journeys of Youth) in Baltimore<\/span><span> \u201cprovides expert health care services for transgender and gender diverse children and adolescents, and their families.\u201d<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Massachusetts\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>21. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20221003220706\/https:\/\/transhealth.org\/\"><b>Transhealth Northampton Massachusetts<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Transhealth in Northhampton, Massachusetts is a health care center that describes itself as a \u201c<\/span><span>trans-led organization serving trans and gender-diverse individuals and families,\u201d which includes a pediatric clinic. On an external <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20221003220725\/https:\/\/www.donateforcharity.com\/nonprofit\/transhealth\/\"><span>website<\/span><\/a><span>, Transhealth advertises its services to \u201ctrans and gender-diverse adults, children, and families.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>22. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220802220241\/https:\/\/www.bmc.org\/transgender-child-adolescent-center\"><b>The Adolescent Center at Boston Medical Center<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The Adolescent Center \/ CATCH \u2013 Child and Adolescent Transgender Center for Health at Boston Medical Center is \u201ccommitted to providing support and care to children, adolescents, and young adults across the gender spectrum. Whether you or your child identify as transgender, non-binary, or is gender exploring, our dedicated clinical team is here to assist you every step of the way.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>23. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220727073904\/https:\/\/www.childrenshospital.org\/programs\/gender-multispecialty-service\"><b>Boston Children\u2019s Hospital<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The Gender Multispecialty Service (GeMS) at Boston Children\u2019s Hospital provides \u201cgender affirming care\u201d to \u201cgender-diverse children, teens, and young adults\u201d ages 3-25. Boston Children\u2019s Hospital boasts about having the first pediatric transgender surgery center in the country <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220814222111\/https:\/\/www.childrenshospital.org\/programs\/gender-services\"><span>offering<\/span><\/a><span> a \u201cfull suite of surgical options for transgender teens.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>24. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220422164255\/https:\/\/fenwayhealth.org\/care\/medical\/transgender-health\/youth\/\"><b>Fenway Health<\/b><\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Fenway Health Trans and Gender Diverse Youth Care program has three clinical sites \u201cproviding medical care to trans and gender diverse young people.\u201d It offers appointments \u201cfor your child to discuss gender exploration and\/or options in medical gender affirmation.\u201d Fenway Health also has behavioral health services that \u201cprovide episodic treatment for trans, nonbinary, and gender diverse patients ages 12 and up.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>25. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20221003205405\/https:\/\/www.baystatehealth.org\/services\/pediatrics\/specialties\/endocrinology-diabetes\"><b>Baystate Health\u2019s Pediatric Gender Program<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>In Baystate\u2019s Pediatric Gender Program \u201c<\/span><span>endocrinologists and behavioral health specialists work together to offer compassionate care for gender diverse adolescents.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Michigan<\/b><\/p>\n<p>26. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220713164543\/https:\/\/www.mottchildren.org\/conditions-treatments\/ped-mend\/gender-management\"><b>Mott Children\u2019s Hospital \u2013 University of Michigan<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The Child and Adolescent Gender Services at C.S. Mott Children\u2019s Hospital \u201cprovides care for transgender, non-binary, and gender diverse youth.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Minnesota\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>27. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220920052145\/https:\/\/www.childrensmn.org\/services\/care-specialties-departments\/gender-health\/\"><b>Children\u2019s Minnesota<\/b><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Children\u2019s Minnesota Gender Health program <\/span><span>serves \u201cgender-diverse youth\u201d and isolates children from their parents aged 10 and up for a \u201cconfidential interview,\u201d according to their website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>New York<\/b><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>28. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220828054900\/https:\/\/nyulangone.org\/locations\/child-study-center\/gender-sexuality-service\"><b>NYU Langone Medical Center<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The Gender and Sexuality Service at the Child Study Center, part of the <\/span><span>Transgender Youth Health Program<\/span><span> at <\/span><span>Hassenfeld Children\u2019s Hospital at NYU Langone<\/span><span>, serves \u201cgender-expansive\u201d children and adolescents. In addition to \u201cgender-affirming\u201d medical interventions, NYU Langone \u201chelp[s] children and their families understand and explore their identity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>29. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220623144107\/https:\/\/www.nyp.org\/acn\/community-programs\/compass\"><b>NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The Compass Program at NewYork-Presbyterian markets itself as \u201ca comprehensive program for transgender and gender-diverse children and adolescents in a safe, welcoming, and nonjudgmental space.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>30. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20221003223235\/https:\/\/www.genderwellnesscenter.com\/pediatric-and-adolescent-health\/\"><b>Susquehanna Family Practice\u00a0<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The Gender Wellness Center at Susquehanna Family Practice in Oneonta, New York provides \u201cprimary care for gender-nonconforming children\/teens and adult patients.\u201d Their website elaborates on the medical treatment for \u201ctransgender and gender-expansive youth\u201d which includes \u201cthe use of medications to block puberty, allowing the youth and family have adequate time to assess gender identity and create an appropriate plan.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>31. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220525094607\/https:\/\/www.urmc.rochester.edu\/childrens-hospital\/adolescent\/gender-health-services.aspx\"><b>Golisano Children\u2019s Hospital University of Rochester Medical Center<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The \u200b\u200bGender Health Services at the Division of Adolescent Medicine in UR Medicine\u2019s Golisano Children\u2019s Hospital has \u201cservices available to aid families, youth, and young adults who identify as transgender, gender fluid, or have other questions or concerns about their gender.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Ohio<\/b><\/p>\n<p>32. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220819172919\/https:\/\/my.clevelandclinic.org\/pediatrics\/departments\/gender-understanding-identity-expression\"><b>Cleveland Clinic Children\u2019s<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The Gender Understanding, IDentity and Expression (GUIDE) Program at Cleveland Clinic Children\u2019s \u201cprovides a wide range of support and intervention for youth (childhood through adolescent years) who are gender questioning, gender non-conforming, gender fluid, or transgender, or who are struggling with any other issues around gender.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>33. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220815142548\/https:\/\/www.akronchildrens.org\/departments\/Center-for-Gender-Affirming-Medicine.html\"><span>\u00a0<\/span><b>Akron Children\u2019s Hospital<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Akron Children\u2019s Hospital\u2019s Center for Gender Affirming Medicine\u2019s stated goals are to \u201chelp gender-diverse youth feel comfortable exploring their gender identity and improve their overall health.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>34. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20221003224204\/https:\/\/www.metrohealth.org\/lgbtqi-pride-network\/kids-pride\"><b>MetroHealth KIDz Pride Clinic Cleveland\u00a0<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The MetroHealth KIDz Pride Clinic in Cleveland is \u201caware of the unique needs and stresses that sex and gender diverse children and adolescents may be going through. They are affirming and sensitive in all care.\u201d Its stated goal is to provide a \u201csupportive, pressure free environment so your child can explore their gender safely.\u201d Of note is its <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20221003224318\/https:\/\/www.metrohealth.org\/lgbtqi-pride-network\/kids-pride\/kids-pride-gender-care\"><span>guidance<\/span><\/a><span> for divorced parents: \u201cOne important question is about court ordered custody and medical power of attorney if the parents are divorced. You may be asked to provide a copy of the court paperwork.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>35. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20221003225123\/https:\/\/www.nationwidechildrens.org\/specialties\/thrive-program\/gender-development\"><b>Nationwide Children\u2019s Hospital Columbus Ohio<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>As part of the THRIVE Program, the Gender Development team at Nationwide Children\u2019s Hospital \u201cworks with families of transgender and gender diverse youth and adolescents to help meet their needs.\u201d Nationwide Children\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220714174047\/https:\/\/www.nationwidechildrens.org\/specialties\/thrive-program\"><span>notes<\/span><\/a><span> that \u201c<\/span><span>One in 137 American teenagers identifies as transgender.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>36. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220612152539\/https:\/\/www.cincinnatichildrens.org\/service\/a\/adolescent-medicine\/programs\/transgender\/treatment-options\"><b>Cincinnati Children\u2019s Hospital Medical Center<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The Transgender Clinic at Cincinnati Children\u2019s Hospital Medical Center sees\u00a0 \u201ctransgender and gender non-conforming\u201d children and adolescents. It <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220923191359\/https:\/\/www.cincinnatichildrens.org\/service\/a\/adolescent-medicine\/programs\/transgender\"><span>defines<\/span><\/a><span> \u201cTransgender\u201d as \u201can umbrella term for people who experience their gender differently from their gender at birth.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Oregon<\/b><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>37. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220929042120\/https:\/\/www.legacyhealth.org\/Children\/health-services\/transgender\"><b>Randall Children\u2019s Hospital<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The Randall Children\u2019s Gender Care Center at the Legacy Emanuel Medical Center in<\/span> <span>Portland, Oregon offers \u201cmedical and mental health care\u201d for \u201cgender expansive youth.\u201d Randall Children\u2019s explains that \u201cPeople who identify as transgender or gender diverse have an ongoing discomfort with the gender given to them at birth,\u201d and \u201cSome children identify as transgender or gender diverse at a very young age, and others come to this realization around or after puberty.\u201d Gender identity, Randall Children\u2019s defines \u201cis one\u2019s <\/span>internal <span>sense of being male, female, some of both or neither.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>38. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220828084743\/https:\/\/www.ohsu.edu\/doernbecher\/doernbecher-gender-services\"><b>Doernbecher Children\u2019s Hospital \/ Oregon Health &#038; Science University<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The Doernbecher Gender Clinic locations \u201coffer a full range of services for transgender and gender-nonconforming children and teens\u201d and serves \u201cgender-diverse patients of all ages.\u201d Doernbecher Gender Clinic says, \u201cWe may recommend gender-affirming surgery for patients having difficulty with basic activities such as school, work or sports.\u201d Additionally, OHSU has a \u201cTransgender Gynecology Clinic\u201d which \u201coffers a gender-neutral space for your comfort.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Pennsylvania<\/b><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>39. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220830145632\/https:\/\/www.chop.edu\/centers-programs\/gender-and-sexuality-development-program\/about\"><b>Children\u2019s Hospital of Philadelphia<\/b><\/a><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>The Gender and Sexuality Development Program at Children\u2019s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) offers \u201cpsychosocial and medical support for gender nonconforming, gender expansive and transgender children and youth,\u201d including surgical referrals. \u201cThese children can connect with identity terms such as transgender, gender fluid, gender non-binary, gender expansive, or many new terms that are emerging every day,\u201d reads their webpage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Rhode Island<\/b><\/p>\n<p>40. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220814203252\/https:\/\/www.lifespan.org\/centers-services\/adolescent-medicine\/gender-and-sexual-health-services-children-teens-and-young\"><b>Hasbro Children\u2019s Hospital Pediatric Division of Rhode Island Hospital<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Hasbro Children\u2019s offers an \u201cAdolescent Gender and Sexuality Clinic\u201d which \u201cprovides care for the growing population of children and adolescents who are transgender, gender diverse, or otherwise exploring their gender identity.\u201d Hasbro Children\u2019s markets its services to \u201cany and all gender diverse and gender-nonconforming individuals from early childhood through maturity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Tennessee<\/b><\/p>\n<p>41. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220930093708\/https:\/\/www.childrenshospitalvanderbilt.org\/program\/pediatric-transgender-clinic\"><b>Children\u2019s Hospital at Vanderbilt University Medical Center<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The Pediatric Transgender Clinic at Monroe Carell Jr. Children\u2019s Hospital at Vanderbilt University Medical Center sees \u201cgender-diverse children and adolescents.\u201d A <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220831215028\/https:\/\/www.childrenshospitalvanderbilt.org\/program\/pediatric-transgender-clinic\"><span>previous<\/span><\/a><span> version of their website used the term \u201cgender variant\u201d to describe the children and adolescents they treat.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Utah<\/b><\/p>\n<p>42. <a href=\"https:\/\/webcache.googleusercontent.com\/search?q=cache:DaASYqu3mGEJ:https:\/\/healthcare.utah.edu\/transgender-health\/adolescent-transgender-medicine.php&amp;cd=1&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;gl=us&amp;client=safari\"><b>Eccles Primary Children\u2019s Hospital and University of Utah Health<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The Adolescent Medicine Clinic with GeMS (Gender Management &#038; Support) at <\/span><span>Eccles Primary Children\u2019s Outpatient Services displays a badge from the Human Rights Campaign for being a LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader.<\/span><span> \u201cWe offer a comprehensive clinic for transgender, non-binary, intersex, and gender diverse youth, as well as for youth questioning their gender\u2014care for physical, mental, and emotional health,\u201d reads its website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Vermont<\/b><\/p>\n<p>43. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20211202161806\/https:\/\/www.uvmhealth.org\/childrens-hospital\/pediatric-specialties\/transgender-youth-program\"><b>UVM Medical Center Vermont<\/b><\/a><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>The Transgender Youth Program at the UVM Children\u2019s Hospital \u201cstrives to provide gender-variant and transgender children and their families, with comprehensive education and resources about available options. Ages of patients for whom we provide services: up to 18 years old.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Virginia\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>44. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220714102102\/https:\/\/childrens.wvumedicine.org\/services\/specialty-care\/gender-and-sexual-development-clinic\"><b>West Virginia University Medicine Children\u2019s<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>WVU Medicine Children\u2019s has two locations for its Gender &#038; Sexual Development Clinic. \u201c<\/span><span>Patients include gender expansive or gender-questioning children and adolescents; transgender and nonbinary children and adolescents; children and adolescents questioning or exploring sexual orientation,\u201d reads the website.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Washington<\/b><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>45. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220917224526\/https:\/\/www.seattlechildrens.org\/clinics\/gender-clinic\/\"><b>Seattle Children\u2019s<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Seattle Children\u2019s Gender Clinic describes itself as \u201ca multidisciplinary clinic that provides care for transgender and gender nonconforming youth up to age 21.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span>Seattle Children\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220929222223\/https:\/\/www.seattlechildrens.org\/clinics\/plastic-surgery\/surgical-gender-affirmation-program\/\"><span>plastic surgeons<\/span><\/a><span> \u201chave special training in gender-affirming surgery for teens and young adults.\u201d It defines \u201cgender affirming surgery\u201d as \u201cSurgery that supports a person\u2019s gender identity\u201d which \u201ccovers a wide range of procedures for people of all genders. Often, it means surgery for a transgender, nonbinary or gender-diverse person to relieve lasting gender dysphoria.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Washington, D.C.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>46. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220827181352\/https:\/\/childrensnational.org\/departments\/gender-development-program\"><b>Children\u2019s National Medical Center\u00a0<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Children\u2019s National in Washington D.C. has a \u201cA Multidisciplinary Program for Gender-Diverse Youth and Their Families\u201d that \u201c<\/span><span>work[s] with gender exploring, gender non-conforming, gender dysphoric, gender non-binary, transgender and gender-questioning young people, and we see children and adolescents of all ages.\u201d Children\u2019s National has also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220530234857\/https:\/\/childrensnational.org\/departments\/gender-development-program\/gender-and-autism-program\"><span>developed<\/span><\/a><span> \u201cThe Gender and Autism (and Related Neurodiversity) Program\u201d <\/span><span>which<\/span><span> \u201csupports gender-diverse and gender-exploring autistic youth.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Wisconsin<\/b><\/p>\n<p>47. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220923170612\/https:\/\/www.uwhealth.org\/treatments\/PATH-clinic-for-pediatric-gender-identity\"><b>American Family Children\u2019s Hospital, University of Wisconsin Health<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The Pediatric Adolescent Transgender Health Clinic (PATH Clinic) at UW Health \u201c<\/span><span>work[s] with gender expansive children and teens.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pediatric gender clinics across the country are promoting services to children who reject sex-based stereotypes.\u00a0Pediatric gender clinics have popped up to meet the growing demand of children and adolescents who<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1671925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1672011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1672011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1672011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1672011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1671925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1672011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1672011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1672011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}