Hormonal therapy: months. Gender affirming bottom surgery: years transgender women years transgender men. Patients living in Copenhagen hormonal therapy or any part of the country bottom surgery. Source: Johansen et al.
Number of appointments, type of therapy and follow-up, and satisfaction with treatment. Transgender and nonbinary persons constitute a very diverse group with very different needs.
The majority of transgender and nonbinary persons request treatment — in the form of hormonal therapy or surgery — to achieve a gender expression that matches the gender they identify with. Few do not want any treatment. All types of treatment for transgender and nonbinary persons are performed centrally in the healthcare system. Hereafter follows interviews with a psychologist, physiatrist and doctor followed by an assessment of the need for further treatment.
The Copenhagen Sex Clinic offers nonsurgical treatment of persons below the age of 18 from all over the country. Treatment consists of interviews and hormonal therapy. Gender affirmation surgery is not available to persons below the age of The three centres for gender identity in Aalborg, Odense and Copenhagen, respectively, offer treatment for persons aged 18 years or more.
Treatment consists of interviews, group interviews, laser treatment, makeup courses, hormonal therapy, top surgery removal or augmentation of breasts and bottom surgery removal or augmentation of internal or external genitals or removal of reproductive organs.
