Gender-affirming healthcare refers to procedures that help align one’s body with their gender identity.

Gender-affirming care, including hormone therapy, “top” (e.g., chest reconstruction surgery) and “bottom” (e.g., vaginoplasty, phalloplasty, metoidioplasty, etc.) surgeries, and puberty blockers, is an efficacious treatment of gender dysphoria for transgender and gender nonconforming individuals.

Even though these procedures may help some transgender and gender non-conforming people with gender dysphoria, it should be noted that not all transgender and gender non-conforming people desire or pursue these medical interventions.