Question

Worksheet: Gender Identity Disorder

Assignment Overview

Gender identity disorder has become a controversial topic over the last few decades. For this assignment, you will conduct research on the medical and psychological protocols a person would need to follow if considering gender reassignment.

This assignment is intended for you to apply research and critical thinking skills to interpret research results and communicate effectively in writing an argument on a controversial position.

Assignment Details:

Perform the following tasks:

• Complete the reading assignment and the interactive lesson before attempting this assignment.
• Complete the following:
  • Perform a search on the Internet or the online library (LIRN) for the term “gender identity disorder.” Find at least one-peer-reviewed professional resource in LIRN.

Based on your search, write an essay (approximately 100 to 150 words in length) in the space provided in the Assignment Worksheet section on the next page regarding the medical and psychological protocols that a person would need to follow if he or she were considering a gender reassignment option

Answer 1

medical and psychological protocols that a person would need to follow if he or she were considering a gender reassignment option are

1. Requirements for mastectomy for female-to-male patients:

   1. Single letter of referral from a qualified mental health professional; and
   2. Persistent, well-documented gender dysphoria ; and
   3. Capacity to make a fully informed decision and to consent for treatment; and
   4. For members below the age of majority (less than 18 years of age), completion of one year of testosterone treatment; and
   5. If significant medical or mental health concerns are present, they must be reasonably well controlled.

   Note that a trial of hormone therapy is not a pre-requisite to qualifying for a mastectomy in adults.

2. Requirements for gonadectomy (hysterectomy and oophorectomy in female-to-male and orchiectomy in male-to-female):

   1. Two referral letters from qualified mental health professionals, one in a purely evaluative role ; and
   2. Persistent, well-documented gender dysphoria (see Appendix); and
   3. Capacity to make a fully informed decision and to consent for treatment; and
   4. Age of majority (18 years or older); and
   5. If significant medical or mental health concerns are present, they must be reasonably well controlled; and
   6. Twelve months of continuous hormone therapy as appropriate to the member's gender goals (unless the member has a medical contraindication or is otherwise unable or unwilling to take hormones)

3. Requirements for genital reconstructive surgery (i.e., vaginectomy, urethroplasty, metoidioplasty, phalloplasty, scrotoplasty, and placement of a testicular prosthesis and erectile prosthesis in female to male; penectomy, vaginoplasty, labiaplasty, and clitoroplasty in male to female)

   1. Two referral letters from qualified mental health professionals, one in a purely evaluative role (see appendix); and
   2. Persistent, well-documented gender dysphoria (see Appendix); and
   3. Capacity to make a fully informed decision and to consent for treatment; and
   4. Age of majority (age 18 years and older); and
   5. If significant medical or mental health concerns are present, they must be reasonably well controlled; and
   6. Twelve months of continuous hormone therapy as appropriate to the member’s gender goals (unless the member has a medical contraindication or is otherwise unable or unwilling to take hormones); and
   7. Twelve months of living in a gender role that is congruent with their gender identity (real life experience).