Nearly every major medical association has stated that gender-affirming care is routinely safe, but there is still confusion surrounding care options for transgender people, particularly in the case of puberty suppressing hormones. Misinformation often adds fuel to the fire of discriminatory legislation, and leads to transgender youth not receiving the support they deserve.

While not every transgender or non-binary person may want or need hormone replacement therapy to affirm their gender identity, it’s a safe bet that those who do (and their loved ones) have questions about it. Often these questions come from misunderstandings about the way hormones work, and what they can and can’t do.