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Hormone replacement therapy (transgender)
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Hormone replacement therapy (transgender)
Hormone replacement therapy for
transgender
or
gender variant
individuals
, also sometimes called
cross-sex hormone therapy
, is a form of
hormone replacement therapy
(HRT) in which
sex hormone
s (namely
androgens
for
trans men
and
estrogens
for
trans women
) are administered for the purpose of synchronizing a person's
secondary sexual characteristics
with their
gender identity
. Some
intersex
people may also undergo HRT, either starting in childhood to confirm the
sex they were assigned at birth
, or later in order to align their
sex
with their gender identity.
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