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Desire for gender-affirming medical care before age 18 in transgender and nonbinary young adults

Twenty-five is not a neurobiologically determined age of maturity for gender-affirming medical decision-making

Supporting parents of gender diverse youth amidst evolving legal dynamics

Mental health diagnoses and suicidality among transgender youth in hospital settings

Associations between gender dysphoria, eating disorders, and mental health diagnoses among adolescents

An exploratory study of stressors, mental health, insomnia, and pain in cisgender girls, cisgender boys, and transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth