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Juniper Danielsen, a former Texas A&M student who received hormone replacement therapy through the university, recalled how easy the process was, especially after spending years on a waitlist for an endocrinologist in the Houston area, where she is from.
Danielsen and Matthia Klatt, a current student who also benefited from the service, said getting transition-related care on campus started with an information session in which a doctor explained potential risks, health changes and personal medical considerations. After understanding and agreeing to those terms, they took blood tests to confirm suitability for the treatment. Informed consent was crucial, Klatt and Danielsen said.
But getting gender transitioning care is no longer possible after the university suspended those services on Aug. 1.
In response to questions about why A&M discontinued the medical care, a university spokesperson said its growing student population and the resulting strain on the A.P. Beutel Health Center require officials to ...
