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A '''medical transition''' may include [[Cross-sex hormone therapy|hormone replacement therapy]] (HRT), [[transgender voice therapy]], and [[gender affirming surgery|gender affirming surgeries]]. The ability to start a medical transition is typically offered after a diagnosis of [[gender dysphoria]],<ref name="j624">{{cite journal |last=Johnson |first=Austin H. |date=2019 |title=Rejecting, reframing, and reintroducing: trans people's strategic engagement with the medicalisation of gender dysphoria |journal=Sociology of Health & Illness |volume=41 |issue=3 |pages=517–532 |doi=10.1111/1467-9566.12829 |pmid=30484870 |issn=0141-9889}}</ref> a form of [[medicalization]]. In recent years, there has been a push for an [[Informed consent|informed consent model]] of transgender healthcare which allows adults to access HRT without a formal diagnosis.<ref name="c152">{{cite journal |last=Schulz |first=Sarah L. |date=2017-12-13 |title=The Informed Consent Model of Transgender Care: An Alternative to the Diagnosis of Gender Dysphoria |journal=Journal of Humanistic Psychology |publisher=SAGE Publications |volume=58 |issue=1 |pages=72–92 |doi=10.1177/0022167817745217 |issn=0022-1678}}</ref>
Transitioning is a process that can take anywhere from several months to several years
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