That many people with gender dysphoria describe trouble concentrating is not just a subjective impression. A new study suggests that this distress may be physically «wired» through a speci...
They are a reversible treatment, approved decades ago for precocious puberty and later extended to adolescent gender dysphoria. And yet few drugs in modern medicine are so surrounded by political cont...
Gender-affirming hormone therapy does not only change the body: it also influences emotional state. A new prospective study from Charles University in Prague (Czech Republic) has followed 30 transgend...
A new multicenter study conducted in Canada has analyzed what happens to the gender identity of adolescents who attend specialized clinics for gender dysphoria. The main conclusion: the vast majority ...
On average, how long does a transgender person live compared with the rest of the population? Until now, the answers were based mainly on small studies or studies from specific countries. A new nation...
What happens to the mental health of adolescents who attend specialised gender identity services? A nationwide study carried out in Finland, published in Acta Paediatrica, has analysed medical records...
Can gender-affirming hormone treatment modify the personality traits of a transgender person? A recent study, published in 2026 in the journal Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology, addresses this qu...
Research published in 2026 in Communications Psychology (Nature Portfolio) examines how knowledge about the development of gender identity influences support for the autonomy of transgender minors and...
Genetic research on sexual orientation and gender identity generates disproportionate public interest given how little is still known. A study published in 2026 in Behavior Genetics has attempted to a...