In a surprise to no one, study suggests gender-affirming care improves trans men’s quality of life

Trans men have a better quality of life after starting gender-affirming care and feel much happier when they their appearance more closely resembles their gender identity, new research suggests.

A study of 166 transgender men, for Nottingham Trent University (NTU) and the Breda University of Applied Sciences, in The Netherlands, revealed that gender-affirming care, as well as a generally affirming environment, improved trans men’s physical and mental health.

Published in the International Journal of Transgender Health on Monday (31 March), the research acknowledged that trans men face “unique challenges related to gender congruence, body satisfaction and quality of life” compared with other non-cisgender identities.

It was commissioned to better understand how issues around self-perception specifically affect trans men, by using four “domains”: physiological, psychological, social and

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