gender-affirming care

COMMENTARY

Gender-affirming care has a long history in the U.S. and not just for transgender people

BY: - April 19, 2023

In 1976, a woman from Roanoke, Virginia, named Rhoda received a prescription for two drugs: estrogen and progestin. Twelve months later, a local reporter noted Rhoda’s surprisingly soft skin and visible breasts. He wrote that the drugs had made her “so completely female.” Indeed, that was the point. The University of Virginia Medical Center in […]