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Steering into the Curves: Using Diagnosis to Support the Dignity and Autonomy of Trans Youth
Elizabeth R Boskey1, Charlene Galarneau1
1HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, BOSTON, MA, USA.
Abstract:
This response to Kariyawasam and Rai affirms their critique of the pathologization of trans youth but forecasts a foreseeable negative outcome of their proposed elimination of diagnosis as a prerequisite to gender-affirming care (GAC) - the risk of removing GAC entirely from the medical sphere and compromising the wellbeing of those transgender individuals for whom GAC is deeply affirming. We suggest an ethical framework of GAC that expands past a focus on autonomy to incorporate a principle of respect for persons that affirms the dignity and diversity of trans youth - recognizing the need to facilitate both medical assistance and social change.
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