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Experts confirm gender identity is biological and say insurers should cover trans health needs [thinkprogress.org]

 

The Endocrine Society, an international organization of medical experts and biological researchers, has released a new set of guidelines for caring for transgender patients. Along with the guidelines, the organization has issued a position statement calling on federal and private insurers to cover the costs of all medical interventions a physician might prescribe for a transgender patient, including hormone replacement therapies and surgeries.

The updated guidelines and position statement reflect the latest research on gender identity and the shift away from understanding gender dysphoria as a mental illness. “Considerable scientific evidence has emerged demonstrating a durable biological element underlying gender identity,” the statement reads. “Individuals may make choices due to other factors in their lives, but there do not seem to be external forces that genuinely cause individuals to change gender identity.”

[For more on this story by Zack Ford, go to https://thinkprogress.org/endo...verage-4e0dfc96c652/]

Photo: PARTICIPANTS IN THE 2017 NYC GAY PRIDE PARADE PROTESTED PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PROPOSED HEALTH CARE POLICIES. CREDIT: RAINMAKER PHOTO/MEDIAPUNCH/IPX

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