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[gelasius.livejournal.com]

Found a nice article in the Chicago Tribune today about initiatives to ease access to transgender hormone therapy. Props to the work being done at Howard Brown.

Throughout the health care system, patients consent to all kinds of medical treatments every day, and using hormones to align a person's physical body with gender identity should be no different, Berkey said. The key is informed consent, ensuring each patient understands the risks of hormones and is not impaired from making a fully informed decision.

Full article at ChicagoTribune.com