EVALUATION OF THE BENEFITS AND RISKS RELATED TO HORMONAL THERAPIES FOR GENDER REASSIGNMENT.

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.15949024081010

• Palavras-chave: : "Gender transition hormone therapy", "Gender Specific Need", "Gender Identity Dysphoria", "Gender Identity Disorder", " Social Construction of Gender Identity", "Sexual Disorders and Sexual Identity", "

• Keywords: : "Gender transition hormone therapy", "Gender Specific Need", "Gender Identity Dysphoria", "Gender Identity Disorder", " Social Construction of Gender Identity", "Sexual Disorders and Sexual Identity", "

• Abstract:

  Hormone therapy for gender transition is a treatment that helps align the body's secondary sexual characteristics with a person's gender identity. Hormone therapy is used by transgender women and men, and non-binary people, to produce physical changes in the body that are caused by hormones that give the gender characteristics. These changes are called secondary sexual characteristics of the desired gender. Individuals entering puberty also need GnRH analogues. Each case is specific.
  Hormone therapy for gender transition has become very popular due to the media, which sometimes induces individuals to undergo this process without being properly aware of the health risks caused by administering the drugs involved. The aim of the project is to raise awareness among people who are looking to transform their bodies using this method. The research focused on gathering all the information available on the subject in the field of health sciences. It contrasted the risks and benefits of the methodology used in hormone therapy for gender transition.