PPLM is now providing surgical support letters to established patients who are seeking gender affirmation surgery. In the event of changes that would require us to shift any of our services, we will send MyChart messages to current patients and update our website accordingly. Planned Parenthood Federation of America uses tracking technologies to improve your site experience. Please click the button that corresponds to the care you will receive to read the form you will sign at your appointment. The Florida Board of Medicine requires that every gender-affirming care patient complete an informed consent form in-person with their doctor. We will continue to monitor updates to care and work to continue to care for all our patients in compliance with the law. You can change your default settings according to your preference. We use that information to make the site work, analyze performance and traffic on our website, to provide a more personalized web experience, and assist in our marketing efforts. We also use analytics to better understand how users book appointments. At this appointment, we will discuss your goals for treatment, go through the Informed Consent forms, review your medical history, and answer any questions you have about medication options. If you are under 16, we can refer you to other Massachusetts providers who can give you hormonal care. For patients who are 16 and 17, we require a parent/guardian consent. The DEA has extended the COVID-19 Telehealth prescribing flexibilities until December 31, 2025. For more information, patients can email email protected. We want to hear your feedback to help our program improve and grow! Whatever lies ahead, our care and commitment to you will continue - no matter what. We use online advertising to promote our mission and help constituents find our services. Yes, you are able to transfer your hormone care to PPLM. Once we receive lab results (usually within a week of your lab work appointment), we will review them and then prescribe hormones for you to pick up at your nearest pharmacy. Once your first appointment has been completed, follow-ups can be done via telehealth. Please schedule an in-clinic appointment at any of our four health centers in Massachusetts to start. We currently offer these appointments virtually through telehealth as well as in person at one of our health centers. With this news, PPLM will continue to make Telehealth available for all GAHT patients through Dec. 31, 2025. If you are on hormone therapy, you can utilize the health center for ongoing care and monitoring. Testosterone therapy is used for as long as a person and their healthcare team feels that it benefits them and affirms their gender, says Forcier. Several U.S. states have laws designed to restrict adolescent and adult access to gender affirming care. For our gender-affirming hormone services, we see patients 16 and over. We use qualitative data, including session replay, to learn about your user experience and improve our products and services. We can start or continue gender-affirming hormone therapy and provide referrals for gender-qualified therapy and resources if needed. We offer gender-affirming hormone therapy for transmasculine, transfeminine, non-binary, and gender diverse individuals. For example, some healthcare professionals require a well-documented history of gender dysphoria before prescribing or approving gender affirming interventions like hormone therapy. Generally speaking, access to gender affirming care — which includes testosterone therapy — is limited to consenting adults ages 18 and older. Some healthcare professionals specialize in working with cisgender men with low testosterone, while others specialize in providing gender affirming care. These platforms also offer the option to connect virtually with a trans-inclusive healthcare professional, so you can ask your personal questions to figure out whether testosterone therapy is right for you. "Testosterone therapy can be taken as part of gender affirming care for transgender men and in gender diverse people to bring about physical changes that align with their gender identity," says Golding-Granado. We're looking for any patients who are receiving estrogen or testosterone therapy at Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts to join our quarterly patient participation group with other trans, non-binary, and gender-expansive patients.
