A survey of young transgender and nonbinary people revealed most have at some point avoided disclosing their gender identity with healthcare workers outside of gender clinics.
Experts fear this could stop them from accessing vital care, and could damage their physical and mental health. The study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health involved a total of 153 patients at a multidisciplinary gender clinic in Southwestern Pennsylvania, aged between 12- to 26-years-old.