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About Gender Affirmation & Transition Support support

Gender affirmation refers to the social, legal, medical, and surgical steps that some transgender and gender diverse people take to align their lived experience and body with their gender identity. This process is deeply personal and not every person pursues the same steps. Affirmation may include changes in name and pronouns, adjustments to clothing and presentation, hormone therapy, and in some cases surgical procedures. Each step has its own emotional and practical dimensions. Psychological support during gender affirmation and transition is not gatekeeping, but genuine care. Therapy can help people process the emotions that arise throughout transition, manage the responses of others, navigate medical systems, and integrate their identity across different areas of life. Practitioners in this space take a gender-affirming approach, meaning they support the person's own goals and pace. In Australia, the Royal Children's Hospital Gender Service in Melbourne and the Sydney Children's Hospital Network Gender Clinic support young people. Public adult gender services operate in each state with variable waitlists. Informed consent clinics operate in some cities, including through ACON's Equinox service and True Self Clinics. Medicare subsidises related medical appointments and psychology sessions under a GP referral.