Transgender youth no longer need to travel long distances to have their health needs met with the opening of two Orange County hospital programs offering medical and psychological services.
Last month, Children’s Hospital of Orange County launched the Gender, Puberty and Sex Development Program. In the fall, UC Irvine Medical Center opened the Pediatric Gender Diversity Program.
“Our job is to understand who these children and adolescents really believe they are and help them become the person they see themselves as, not what other people see them as,” said Dr. Mark Daniels, chief of endocrinology at CHOC.
Daniels said denying children the chance to express themselves or forcing them to hide who they are can lead to depression, drug abuse and self harm.
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