Medical Schools in North Carolina in USA USwould offer sex reassignment treatment to “trans children” from the age of 2, US news Daily Caller reported on Thursday 4th.
The information comes from the Education First Alliance’s report, Transgender Children Treated at Duke, UNC and ECU, released Tuesday, March 3, 2009.
The University of North Carolina (UNC), East Carolina University (ECU) and Duke University have been identified as medical schools offering transitional therapies for babies, according to research by the Education First Alliance.
Duke University reportedly opened the Gender Care Clinic for Children and Adolescents in 2015 and reportedly treats children with “gender dysphoria“ from 2 years.
Duke Director of Child and Adolescent Services Deanna Adkins explained in a 2015 interview that the center also works with young children. “We work with all types of children, from babies to teenagers. And we take care of kids with gender issues,” Adkins told the broadcaster. ABC 11.
“Sex can range from chromosomal issues like Turner syndrome and Klinefelter syndrome, which are very common, to issues with actual growth and puberty itself,” she added.
Treatment of “trans children” under the age of 11
The University of North Carolina treats children with “gender dysphoria” from age 3, according to the Education First Alliance. The university’s application claims that the facility offers sex reassignment therapies for children ages 3 to 11.
“Website links to pages describing these services have reportedly been removed,” the Daily Caller reported.
The university is also said to offer hormone therapy to students under a “informed consent protocol,” meaning it will waive a letter from a healthcare professional before students can undergo genderspecific treatments.
According to the Daily Caller, Dr. Colby Dendy, an assistant professor at East Carolina University School of Medicine, said sex reassignment treatments are available to “people of all ages” and should be integrated into primary care. Dendy also explained that the clinic LGBTQ+ The University is supported by the Department of Pediatrics and the University.
“The literature tells us that children can start with their gender identity around the age of 4, so we don’t want to exclude anyone in the field of pediatrics,” Dendy said.
East Carolina University’s Health Sciences Committee on Sexual and Gender Diversity page says the university serves “children” and people of “all ages” in several departments, including emergency medicine and pediatrics.
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