trans health care quiz

Is assuming a clinician is best qualified to determine who is trans, an example of the gatekeeping or informed consent model of trans healthcare?

• gatekeeping

• informed consent

• neither

Which of the below responses are characteristic of exogenous hormone therapy? Choose all the apply.

• Can be in pills, patches, injections or creams

• Are often naturally occuring

• cannot be used for birth control

• Doesn't only interact with the reproductive system

Which sex can have androgen hormones present?

• male

• female

• neither

• both

True or False: People seeking gender transition surgery can always go to a surgeon and schedule it immediately.

• true

• false

Which of the following are true about puberty blockers? Choose all that apply

• Prevents the development of secondary sex characteristics.

• Puberty will not restart once someone stop taken them

• are medications that stop the body from producing sex hormones

• encourages the body to accelerate puberty to encourage aging

To be considered transgender, one must undergo gender affirming surgery

• true

• false

Briefly, what is the difference between trans and intersex identities?

The following are common outcomes of medical transition for those who choose it: (choose all that apply)

• Increased likelihood of developing mental illness

• less likely to experience substance abuse issues

• is often regretted soon after starting

• improved psychological health

true or false: vaginoplasty is the process of creating a penis where there wasn't already one.

• true

• false

What is one thing you learned this week?