I write in response to your Official Information Act request received by us 24 July 2020, requesting the following information:
Gender Dysphoria Questions 1 – 8 (as below)
When I use the term ‘puberty blockers’ in this OIA I am referring to leuprorelin and goserelin.
How many under 18 year olds have a diagnosis of gender dysphoria?
How many of these youth are female?
How many of these youth are male? [Feel free to express this as a ratio or percentage]
How many youth under 18 in your DHB have a diagnosis of gender dysphoria and have been prescribed puberty blockers within the past 12 months?
How many of these youth were biologically female?
How many of these youth were biologically male?
How many under 18 year olds were referred by their primary health provider to endocrinology with a diagnosis of gender dysphoria the past 12 months?
How many of these youth were female [transitioning away from female]?
How many of these youth were male [transitioning away from male]?
How many youth under 18 in your DHB had a diagnosis of gender dysphoria and were prescribed either testosterone, or oestrogen and progesterone, between 1 January 2018 and the end of December 2018?
How many of these youth were female [transitioning away from female]?
How many of these youth were male [transitioning away from male]?
How many youth under 18 in your DHB had a diagnosis of gender dysphoria and were prescribed either testosterone, or oestrogen and progesterone, between 1 January 2019 and the end of December 2019?
How many of these youth were female [transitioning away from female]?
How many of these youth were male [transitioning away from male]?
Over the past 12 months, how many females under 24 with gender dysphoria has your DHB provided - hysterectomies - oophorectomies and/or - double mastectomies for? How does this compare to the previous 12 months?
Approximately how many females have presented to emergency room(s) within your DHB and declared themselves victims of domestic violence by males between 1 January 2019 and the end of December 2019?
Approximately how many females have presented to emergency room(s) within your DHB and declared themselves victims of domestic violence by males between 1 January 2020 and July 1 2020?
