title: Gender Incongruity in Children With and Without Disorders of Sexual Differentiation.
abstract: Access to the Internet and recent major media coverage has contributed to an increased societal awareness of the variations of gender identity. There are two sets of clinical guidelines primarily used by practitioners who care for transgender adolescents and adults. Although these guidelines have been tremendously helpful for the management of transgender adolescents, those working in the field recognize the limitations of firm recommendations with a population that is so heterogeneous. This article will summarize current recommendations for the management of children and adolescents with gender incongruence and suggest ways in which we might vary from the current guidelines.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, The Barbara Bush Children's Hospital at Maine Medical Center, 887 Congress Street, Suite 100, Portland, ME 04102, USA; Division of Diabetes, The Barbara Bush Children's Hospital at Maine Medical Center, 887 Congress Street, Suite 100, Portland, ME 04102, USA. Electronic address: Olshaj@mmc.org.
authors.forename: Jerrold
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Olshan
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, The Barbara Bush Children's Hospital at Maine Medical Center, 887 Congress Street, Suite 100, Portland, ME 04102, USA.
authors.forename: Toni
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Eimicke
authors.affiliation: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Maine Medical Center, 66 Bramhall Street, Portland, ME 04102, USA; Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Erin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Belfort
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D012734:Disorders of Sex Development / Q000523:psychology*; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D012733:Sex Differentiation; D063106:Transgender Persons / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D005260:Female
keywords: Disorder of sex development; Gender dysphoria (GD); Gender incongruence; Sex assignment; Transgender