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2. Gender-affirming hormone therapy - Wikipedia

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   Gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT), also called hormone replacement therapy (HRT) or transgender hormone therapy, is a form of hormone therapy in which sex hormones and other hormonal medications are administered to transgender or gender nonconforming individuals for the purpose of more closely aligning their secondary sexual characteristics with their gender identity.

3. Feminizing hormone therapy - Wikipedia

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   Estrogens are the major sex hormones in women, and are responsible for the development and maintenance of feminine secondary sexual characteristics, such as breasts, wide hips, and a feminine pattern of fat distribution. [ 4] Estrogens act by binding to and activating the estrogen receptor (ER), their biological target in the body. [ 14]

4. Gender-affirming surgery (male-to-female) - Wikipedia

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   t. e. Gender-affirming surgery for male-to-female transgender women or transfeminine non-binary people describes a variety of surgical procedures that alter the body to provide physical traits more comfortable and affirming to an individual's gender identity and overall functioning. Often used to refer to vaginoplasty, sex reassignment surgery ...

5. Masculinizing hormone therapy - Wikipedia

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   t. e. Masculinizing hormone therapy, also known as transmasculine hormone therapy or female-to-male (or FTM) hormone therapy, is a form of hormone therapy and gender affirming therapy which is used to change the secondary sexual characteristics of transgender people from feminine or androgynous to masculine. [ 1][ 2][ 3] It is a common type of ...

6. Transgender health care - Wikipedia

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   Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is primarily concerned with alleviating gender dysphoria in transgender people. [17] Hormone therapy targets the secondary sex characteristics. Trans women typically use feminizing therapy, the goal of which is to develop female characteristics while suppressing male characteristics.

7. List of human hormones - Wikipedia

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   5-DHT or DHT is a male reproductive hormone that targets the prostate gland, bulbourethral gland, seminal vesicles, penis and scrotum and promotes growth/mitosis/cell maturation and differentiation. Testosterone is converted to 5-DHT by 5alpha-reductase, usually with in the target tissues of 5-DHT because of the need for high concentrations of ...