Transgender hormone therapy
FORM OF HRT IN WHICH SEX HORMONES AND OTHER HORMONAL MEDICATIONS ARE ADMINISTERED TO TRANSGENDER OR GENDER VARIANT INDIVIDUALS FOR THE PURPOSE OF MORE CLOSELY ALIGNING THEIR SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS WITH THEIR GENDER IDENTITY
Hormone replacement therapy (trans); Cross-sex hormone therapy; Cross-sex hormone treatment; Cross sex hormone treatment; Cross sex hormone therapy; Hormone replacement therapy (transsexual); Hormone replacement therapy (intersex); Hormone replacement therapy (transexual); Hormone replacement therapy (gender variant); Hormone replacement therapy (transgenderism); Hormone replacement therapy (transsexuality); Hormone replacement therapy (transexuality); Hormone replacement therapy (gender variance); Hormone replacement therapy (intersexuality); Hormone replacement therapy (gender dysphoria); Hormone replacement therapy (gender identity disorder); Hormone replacement therapy (transgender); Gender-affirming hormone therapy; Cross-sex hormones; Transgender hormone replacement therapy; GAHT
Transgender hormone therapy, also called hormone replacement therapy (HRT) or gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT), is a form of hormone therapy in which sex hormones and other hormonal medications are administered to transgender or gender nonconforming individuals for the purpose of more closely aligning their secondary sexual characteristics with their gender identity. This form of hormone therapy is given as one of two types, based on whether the goal of treatment is masculinization or feminization: