Table 2.
Frequency of Responses Regarding Gender-Affirming Care Procedures (N = 256)
Gender Affirming Procedure | Total | Trans Men | Trans Women | Genderqueer | Non-Binary | |||||
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n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Hormone Therapy | ||||||||||
No, and unsure if would like to in the future | 35 | 13.7% | 3 | 3.0% | 1 | 1.5% | 14 | 40.0% | 9 | 33.3% |
No, and would not like to in the future | 20 | 7.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 8 | 22.9% | 5 | 18.5% |
No, but would like to in the future | 43 | 16.8% | 20 | 20.2% | 12 | 18.2% | 3 | 8.6% | 4 | 14.8% |
Yes, from a specialized gender clinic | 47 | 18.7% | 27 | 27.3% | 13 | 19.7% | 3 | 8.6% | 2 | 7.4% |
Yes, from a general doctor’s office or clinic | 101 | 39.5% | 49 | 49.5% | 35 | 53.0% | 5 | 14.3% | 7 | 25.9% |
Yes, from friends and others not in a medical setting | 8 | 3.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 5 | 7.6% | 2 | 5.7% | 0 | 0.0% |
Top Surgery | ||||||||||
No, and unsure if would like to in the future | 61 | 23.8% | 7 | 7.1% | 24 | 36.4% | 17 | 48.6% | 4 | 14.3% |
No, and would not like to in the future | 33 | 12.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 16 | 24.2% | 5 | 14.3% | 5 | 17.9% |
No, but would like to in the future | 103 | 40.2% | 53 | 53.5% | 21 | 31.8% | 8 | 22.9% | 12 | 42.9% |
Yes, I have undergone top surgery | 58 | 22.7% | 39 | 39.4% | 5 | 7.6% | 5 | 14.3% | 7 | 25.0% |
Bottom Surgery | ||||||||||
No, and unsure if would like to in the future | 95 | 37.1% | 57 | 57.6% | 18 | 27.3% | 7 | 20.0% | 7 | 25.9% |
No, and would not like to in the future | 76 | 29.7% | 11 | 11.1% | 5 | 7.6% | 27 | 77.1% | 17 | 63.0% |
No, but would like to in the future | 69 | 27.0% | 25 | 25.3% | 36 | 54.5% | 1 | 2.9% | 2 | 7.4% |
Yes, I have undergone bottom surgery | 14 | 5.5% | 6 | 6.1% | 7 | 10.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 3.7% |
Puberty Blockers | ||||||||||
No, and unsure if would like to in the future | 6 | 2.3% | 1 | 1.0% | 2 | 3.0% | 2 | 5.7% | 0 | 0.0% |
No, and would not like to in the future | 29 | 11.3% | 9 | 9.1% | 3 | 4.5% | 6 | 17.1% | 5 | 17.9% |
No, but would like to in the future | 7 | 2.7% | 2 | 2.0% | 5 | 7.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Yes, and I’m still on them | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Yes, and then I started cross-sex hormones | 2 | 0.8% | 2 | 2.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Yes, but then I stopped and went through the puberty of my sex assigned at birth | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Not applicable because of my age | 211 | 82.4% | 85 | 85.9% | 56 | 84.8% | 27 | 77.1% | 23 | 82.1% |
Note. There were 2 responses missing regarding hormone therapy, 1 for top surgery, 2 for bottom surgery, and 1 for puberty blockers. The category of “trans men” includes individuals who indicated that their gender was transman, trans man, or man. The category of “trans women” includes individuals who indicated that their gender was transwoman, trans woman, or woman. The categories of “genderqueer” and “non-binary” specifically include individuals who endorsed these identities and no further grouping was conducted to create these two categories.