Puberty marks a period of maturation, growth and development towards adulthood, alongside significant physical changes. Therefore, transgender or gender-diverse children may choose to temporarily halt puberty through the prescription of puberty blockers, also known as...
Trans people encompass both those who identify as a sex different from that assigned at birth, transsexual women and men, and those whose gender expression does not match the expectations associated with their assigned sex. In all these cases, they are people who are...
Feminisation or masculinisation, especially of the face but also of the body, are of great interest to trans men and women. While trans men achieve a traditionally masculine appearance through hormone therapy, this is not always the case for trans women, especially if...
Gender affirming surgery (popularly misnamed as «sex change») is important for people who see this intervention as an essential step in their transition. However, not all trans people decide that gender surgery is going to be part of their transition or life. For this...
What is gender identity? Why is it not correct to talk about sex change? What is the difference between gender and sex? Is gender expression the same as sexual orientation? What is transsexuality? And a trans person? These are some of the questions that many people...
The people who come to IM GENDER, either to request information or to undergo surgery, are getting younger and younger. This is what emerges from the study of trans people who requested gender surgery in IM GENDER in the last 20 years. Because to celebrate 20 years...
IM GENDER organized on February 4 the first Conference on Gender Affirmation Surgery of 2022 entitled Surgery in trans men and women, present and future. On this occasion, the chosen setting was the NYX Hotel in Madrid, in addition to being broadcast live via...
Next 4th of February, the first Conference on Gender Surgery of 2022 will take place at the NYX Hotel Madrid. Led by Dr. Ivan Mañero, medical director of IM GENDER and plastic surgeon specialized in gender surgery, and Dr. Trinidad Labanca, gynecologist specialized in...
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