Boston Children's Hospital deletes references to vaginoplasties for 17-year-olds amid online furor
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Boston Children’s Hospital and its Center for Gender Surgery are facing backlash over chest and genital gender-affirming surgeries following viral tweets from Libs of TikTok.
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That wording has since been changed to read, "To qualify for gender affirmation at Boston Children's Hospital, you must be at least 18 years old for phalloplasty or metoidioplasty and for vaginoplasty."
A PDF about the eligibility requirements for a vaginoplasty that previously stated, "You must be between 17 and 35 years of age at the time of surgery," has also been removed from the "Eligibility for Surgery" webpage.
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