Laura Targownik

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Laura Targownik, MD, MSHS, FRCPC, is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto; Ontario Medical Association Tariff Lead, Section of Gastroenterology; Chair, Diversity and Equity, Canadian Association of Gastroenterology; and Staff Gastroenterologist at Mount Sinai Hospital.

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by Laura Targownik

I used to envy socially transitioned trans kids for having the childhood I never had. Now I am not so certain.

While more research will continue to provide useful information on how socially transitioned children manage through their adolescence and adulthood, it will never be able to answer whether transitioning is the best choice for any gender-variant child.

by Laura Targownik

My birth sex is part of my medical history; it should be as private as the rest of my medical history

Insisting on primary birth sex identification for trans people does little to improve the health of trans and gender diverse persons; it merely exchanges one theoretical set of adverse health care outcomes for others that are definite and far more impactful.

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