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What are the factors to consider when young transgender people want to medically transition?

There’s a lot of misinformation out there about exactly what medical care is for trans kids, so we discuss transgender youth who want to start medical transition at a relatively early age.

Of course, parents often worry that their children may be too young to know what they really want and that medical transition may include surgery and other medical treatments that can be difficult or impossible to undo.

To answer some of these questions, OutCaster Lauren talks with Dr. John Steever, a physician, and Dr. Matthew Oransky, a psychologist. Both doctors work at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and help young transgender people with transitioning. 

CC trans activist image from Wikimedia Commons by Kenji-Baptiste OIKAWA