Boston Children’s Hospital boasts that it has the first pediatric transgender surgery center in the country, offering a "full suite of surgical options for transgender teens." A bulletin on the Children's Hospital Gender Multispecialty Service (GeMS) homepage reads, "At Boston Children's, we are proud to be home to first pediatric and adolescent transgender health program in the United States."
Gender-affirming hysterectomy
- In a tweet posted on Tuesday, Chris Elsto shared a video in the hospital’s playlist called “What happens during an [uncomfortable] hystèrectomy.”
- Dr. Frances Grimstad gleefully describes the process in which young girls undergo a “gender affirming” hystroductomy, which is “very similar to most [female reproductive system] surgeries."
- “The removal of the uterus, cervix, and fallopian tubes,” the entire female reproductive system.
For children 9 and under, Boston Children's Hospital says that it helps facilitate a social transition that prepares them for their 10th birthday, which is when children are offered individualized treatment plans that can include puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and chest surgeries
- Dr. Oren Ganor, co-director of Boston Children’s Center for Gender Surgery, said in an email to WBUR that he is "slightly flexible" when it comes to the age of males seeking genital surgery.
- The hospital abides by the "gender-affirmative model of care," meaning that children's beliefs about their gender are taken at face value without question.
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