The Southern African HIV Clinicians Society (SAHCS) Position Statement on the provision of care for adolescents with gender incongruence has serious shortcomings.
On 26 August 2024 the Southern African HIV Clinicians Society (SAHCS) published a position statement on the provision of care for adolescents with gender incongruence. The purpose of this statement appears to be to defend their Gender Affirming Healthcare Guideline (GAHG) which was published in 2021. The background to this development is the engagement between First […]
Children and Adolescents with Gender Dysphoria: Suicide Rates
Compared to the rest of their peers, children with gender dysphoria are reported to have a significantly increased risk of suicide. However, the risk of suicide is also dramatically increased in children diagnosed with depression, autism and eating disorders and other conditions that commonly present in children with gender dysphoria.1,2,3,4 This raises the question whether […]