Transgender kids will have a place to go for medical care when a new clinic opens at Seattle Children’s Hospital.
Doctors trained in transgender care will provide services to transgender kids entering puberty at the new Gender Clinic.
Clinical director Doctor David Breeland tells KING-TV offering services through pediatric care allows patients to start treatment early.
“It just halts the puberty. Halts a lot of the dysphoria that could lead to depression and anxiety and allow them to continue in therapy and continue to shape where they want to go,” says Breeland.
The new clinic will open sometime in October.
It will be one of just a handful across the country.
