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2023-05-03 00:01:59 UTC - HELPFUL
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No medical interventions (surgery, hormonal treatments, or blockers) are recommended for transgender children under 10. https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-transyouth-data/ https://www.dukehealth.org/treatments/adult-gender-medicine/gender-affirming-hormone-therapy https://www.dukehealth.org/pediatric-treatments/adolescent-transgender-program But doctors often recommend irreversible surgery for intersex children under 2 years old, to make their body appear more binary. https://www.hrw.org/report/2017/07/25/i-want-be-nature-made-me/medically-unnecessary-surgeries-intersex-children-us https://www.ohchr.org/en/sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity/intersex-people http://oiiuk.org/671/official-position-of-oii-on-medical-care/ http://oiiuk.org/707/oii-faq/ https://www.icj.org/sogi-casebook-introduction/chapter-six-intersex/ https://www.oiieurope.org/malta-declaration/ https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/07/30/first-us-hospital-pledges-end-intersex-surgeries https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/07/25/us-harmful-surgery-intersex-children https://interactadvocates.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Exceptions-to-the-Rule-Curing-the-Laws-Failure-to-Protect-Intersex-Infants.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7597036/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex_medical_interventions
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