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59th Annual ESPE (ESPE 2021 Online)

Online,
22 Sep 2021 - 26 Sep 2021

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The 59th ESPE Annual Meeting will now be held online in September 2021.

Plenary Lectures

Advances and Challenges in the Care of Transgender/Gender Diverse Youth

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Advances and Challenges in the Care of Transgender/Gender Diverse Youth

Rosenthal Stephen

In many parts of the world, increasing numbers of transgender/gender diverse (TGD) youth are seeking medical care to bring their physical sex characteristics into alignment with their gender identity—their inner sense of self as male, female, or somewhere on the gender spectrum. Compelling studies in the last decade have produced evidence supporting the concept that gender identity is not simply a psychosocial construct but likely reflects a complex interplay of biologica...