Number: | 27ESURABS0020 |
Type: | Educational Electronic Presentation |
Authors: | Susana Fernandez, Sara Moron, Esau Fernadez, Shirin Zarbakhsh, Kevin Acosta, Carmen Martín-Hervás, Paula Hidalgo, Gonzalo Garzón |
Keywords: | Gender incongruence; gender-affirming surgeries; vaginoplasty; metoidioplasty; phalloplasty |
INTRODUCTION:
Gender incongruence is defined as a discrepancy between gender identity, gender experienced by an individual, and the assigned sex. Those in whom there is gender incongruence are called transgender. Conversely, when gender identity and assigned sex are aligned, the individual is referred to as cisgender. Person assigned male sex with feminine gender identities would be trangender-women, while those with assigned female sex and masculine gender identities would be trangender-men.
Currently, gender incongruence is recognized as a sexual health condition whose treatment includes multidisciplinary care: hormonal therapy, specialized surgeries, pediatric care... These treatments can greatly improve quality of life of transgender people.
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