So-called “gender-affirming surgery” could lead to potentially dangerous mental health effects, a new study has found.
Transgender individuals face “heightened psychological distress,” including depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation, “partly due to stigma and lack of gender affirmation,” as stated in the study, which was published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine.
Researchers from the University of Texas set out to determine the mental health impacts from transgender people who underwent “gender-affirming surgery.”