Considering gender

Question 1

Sex

Answer 1

Anatomy of a person’s reproductive system

Question 2

Gender

Answer 2

Personal identification based on societal gender roles and culture

Question 3

Cisgender

Answer 3

You identify with the gender assigned at birth

Question 4

Asexual

Answer 4

Attracted to neither gender

Question 5

Pansexual

Answer 5

Attracted to people regardless of gender identity or biological sex

Question 6

Skoliosexual

Answer 6

Attracted to non-binary/transgender people

Question 7

Gender dysphoria

Answer 7

Mismatch between a person’s biological sex and their social gender

Question 8

Male to female treatment

Answer 8

2x years on hormones before breast augmentation
1st line: observation in changed sex role for >1 year
Then oestrogen + any of:
Androgen suppression
Hair removal
Head and neck surgery
Genital surgery

Question 9

How do we deal with transgender children

Answer 9

Refer to CAMHS
Under 17 - prescribed GnRH to delay puberty
Over 17 - referred to gender identity clinic

Question 10

Female to male treatment

Answer 10

Observe in changed sex role for >1 year + androgens + any of:
Bilateral mastectomy
Hysterectomy and oophorectomy
Phalloplasty 
Craniofacial surgery