found: Work cat.: Pediatric gender identity : gender-affirming care for transgender & gender diverse youth, 2020:p. 4 ("This text espouses a gender-affirmative model of care, wherein children and adolescents are supported in exploring and affirming their gender identity and expression. In this model, transgender and nonbinary identities are considered to be natural and healthy aspects of gender diversity among humans, rather than diagnostic entities with assigned pathology") (OCoLC)1153276540
found: Shook, A. G. From gender-affirming to trans-affirming care : trans youth discourses of healthcare access, 2020:p. 39 ("The notion of gender affirmation that is central to the gender-affirming model of health refers to an interpersonal, interactive process whereby a person receives social recognition and support for their gender identity and expression") (OCoLC)1193026555
found: AAMC website, viewed Jan. 27, 2023("Gender-affirming care, as defined by the World Health Organization, encompasses a range of social, psychological, behavioral, and medical interventions designed to support and affirm an individual's gender identity when it conflicts with the gender they were assigned at birth; the interventions fall along a continuum as well, from counseling to changes in social expression to medications, such as hormone therapy")
found: WPATH standards of care, 8th ed., 2022p. S7 ("Gender-affirming interventions include puberty suppression, hormone therapy, and gender-affirming surgeries among others. It should be emphasized there is no 'one-size-fits-all' approach and TGD people may need to undergo all, some, or none of these interventions to support their gender affirmation.") p. S8 ("These updated guidelines continue the process started with the SOC-7 in 2011 to broaden in scope and move from a narrow focus on psychological requirements for 'diagnosing transgenderism' and medical treatments for alleviation of gender dysphoria to gender-affirming care for the whole person.") p. S13 ("Gender affirmation refers to the process of recognizing or affirming TGD people in their gender identity--whether socially, medically, legally, behaviorally, or some combination of these. Health care that is gender-affirming or trans-competent utilizes culturally specific language in caring for TGD people. Gender-affirming care is not synonymous with transition-related care. Provision of transition-related care, such as medical gender affirmation via hormones or surgery, does not alone ensure provision of gender-affirming care, nor does it indicate the quality or safety of the health care provided.")
