this post was submitted on 05 Aug 2026
297 points (96.8% liked)

science

28309 readers
136 users here now

A community to post scientific articles, news, and civil discussion.

dart board;; science bs

rule #1: be kind

lemmy.world rules

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/46294831

Gender identity among adolescents initiating hormone therapy is "highly stable," the authors write.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah, I'd recommend looking into the surgeon's reputation, (and have her look at their work). I actually was fortunate enough to see my surgeon's work in person beforehand, which was helpful, but absolutely not necessary.

Over on reddit there's a trans_surgeries subreddit that I used to get realistic expectations and my ex used to read it to figure out how best to support me. I can't however give it a full throated recommendation as it's absolutely where dysphoria goes to become dysmorphia. My ex would get frustrated with how many people over there passed perfectly for cis and would insist they need more FFS or something.

In general though, if your daughter is able IRL trans community is great, especially with people further along in transition. And talking to people irl and online who have been through the procedures she wants (ideally at various stages) is great.