Gender Clinic

Provides treatment with puberty blockers and/or gender-affirming hormones for transgender and gender-questioning youth up to the age of 17. Youth must be referred by a physician or nurse practitioner to set up an initial meeting with a nurse/and or social worker. An assessment is completed by a trans-competent mental health assessor to independently evaluate the youth's gender identity and the youth's ability to consent or assent to reversible and potentially irreversible treatment. Only after that will the youth meet with a pediatric endocrinologist to begin administering puberty blockers and/or hormone treatment. Youth and parents are welcome to see the clinic staff separately. A partnership of the BCCH, Trans Care BC, and the BC Transgender Clinical Care Group. Interpretation service is available for various languages; must be pre-booked.