Transgender surgery rates tripled from 2016 through 2019 in patients of all ages, a new study shows.
In the same time period, “gender-affirming” surgeries performed on children in the United States numbered in the thousands, researchers found.
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Researchers Find Transgender Surgery Rates Have Tripled in 4 Years
A new study shows that the transgender surgery rate decreased slightly in 2020, but has been rising since 2000
The cost of sex-change surgeries on children from 2016 through 2019 likely reached between $36 million and $73.5 million.
Parents protest outside of the Davis Joint Unified School District offices over a talk featuring Rachel Pepper, co-author of “The Transgender Child,” in Davis, Calif., on Jan. 11, 2023. Courtesy of Our Duty
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