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Medical Organization Statements

Leading medical groups recognize the medical necessity of treatments for gender dysphoria and endorse such treatments. Most of these groups have also explicitly rejected insurance exclusions for transgender-related care.


  • American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • American Academy of Dermatology
  • American Academy of Family Physicians
  • American Academy of Nursing
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
  • American Academy of Physician Assistants
  • American College Health Association
  • American College of Nurse-Midwives
  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
  • American College of Physicians
  • American Counseling Association
  • American Heart Association
  • American Medical Association
  • American Medical Student Association
  • American Nurses Association
  • American Osteopathic Association
  • American Psychiatric Association
  • American Psychological Association
  • American Public Health Association
  • American Society of Plastic Surgeons
  • Endocrine Society
  • GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality
  • National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
  • National Association of Social Workers
  • National Commission on Correctional Health Care
  • Pediatric Endocrine Society
  • Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
  • World Medical Association
  • World Professional Association for Transgender Health

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