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Letter to the Editor
Locally relevant, ethically urgent: Defending SASOP’s stance on transgender and non-binary youth
South African Journal of Psychiatry | Vol 32 | a2543 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v32i0.2543
| © 2026 KL Dunkle, Ingrid Lynch, Sakhile Msweli, Ronald Addinall-van Straaten, Pierre Brouard, Jenna-Lee de Beer-Procter, Nkanyiso Madlala, Chris McLachlan, Madeleine Muller, Simon Pickstone-Taylor, Mershen Pillay, Ariane Spitaels, Anastacia Tomson, Elma de Vries
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 14 May 2025 | Published: 23 January 2026
Submitted: 14 May 2025 | Published: 23 January 2026
About the author(s)
KL Dunkle, Centre for Sexualities, AIDS and Gender, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South AfricaIngrid Lynch, Critical Studies in Sexualities and Reproduction, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa
Sakhile Msweli, KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health, Durban, South Africa
Ronald Addinall-van Straaten, Department of Social Work and Social Development, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Pierre Brouard, Centre for Sexualities, AIDS and Gender, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa; and, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
Jenna-Lee de Beer-Procter, Department of Psychology, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
Nkanyiso Madlala, Centre for Public Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Chris McLachlan, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
Madeleine Muller, Department of Family Medicine and Rural Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Walter Sisulu University, East London, South Africa; and, Department of Family Medicine, Cecilia Makiwane Hospital, East London, South Africa
Simon Pickstone-Taylor, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Mershen Pillay, Disciplines of Audiology and Speech-language Pathology, School of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa; and, Speech and Language Therapy Programme, Institute of Education, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand
Ariane Spitaels, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; and, Red Cross Children’s Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
Anastacia Tomson, My Family GP, Cape Town, South Africa; and, Shemah Koleinu, Cape Town, South Africa
Elma de Vries, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Nelson Mandela University, Gqeberha, South Africa
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Keywords
gender affirming healthcare; transgender; patient centred care; gender diverse; access to care
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