Norton Children’s, part of Norton Healthcare, is an inclusive health care provider. A strong conviction that they have the feelings and reactions of their expressed gender or an alternative gender that is different from their sex assigned at birth.A strong desire to be their expressed gender, as well as identified by their expressed gender.A strong desire for the sex characteristics of their expressed gender.A strong desire to prevent the development of sex characteristics of their assigned gender.A marked difference between one’s expressed gender and their primary sex characteristics (e.g., internal and external genitalia present at birth), secondary sex characteristics (e.g., those that emerge during pre-puberty and puberty, such as breasts or facial hair) or anticipated secondary sex characteristics.To be diagnosed with gender dysphoria, a person must exhibit symptoms for at least six months or more, including: Gender dysphoria can begin in childhood, although some may not experience it until after puberty or later. Gender dysphoria is the medical name for psychological distress that occurs when one’s gender identity does not match their sex assigned at birth. Gender diversity acknowledges and respects that there are many ways to identify outside of boy or girl/man or woman. Gender diverse is a term that describes the wide variety of terms, or labels, that people may use when their gender identity does not conform to the binary “girl or boy” or “man or woman.” For gender-diverse people, identity is about presenting what is authentic to them, whether they identify as differently gendered or have no gender. Sexual orientation refers to the types of people someone is sexually attracted to. Gender identity also is different from sexual orientation. Gender expression is the way in which a person presents to the world in a gendered way.
Gender identity is different from gender expression. The term transgender refers to a person whose sex assigned at birth (usually based on external genitalia) does not match their gender identity, which is their personal sense of gender. PAGE specialists, including board-certified pediatric and adult endocrinologists, endocrine nurses, behavioral and mental health specialists, and social workers work with families to create a care plan that meets the child where they are and where they’d like to go with their care. PAGE is a single source for children and families to receive gender-affirming support and care. The Pediatric and Adolescent Gender Education (PAGE) program offers medical and mental health support for individuals whose gender identity differs from their sex assigned at birth.Ĭreated in 2018, PAGE remains the first and only program in Louisville, Kentucky, and the commonwealth to serve transgender, gender-diverse, gender-creative, gender-noncongruent and nonbinary youth.
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