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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Res Social Policy. 2017 Aug 4;15(1):48–59. doi: 10.1007/s13178-017-0295-8

Table 2.

Frequency of Responses Regarding Gender-Affirming Care Procedures (N = 256)

Gender Affirming Procedure Total Trans Men Trans Women Genderqueer Non-Binary
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.

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