Abstract
In Argentina, the legislation guarantees that trans children and adolescents can change their name and sex in their documentation in accordance with their self-perceived identity. Before the age of 16, they must present conformity through their legal representatives and have the assistance of a child’s lawyer. Different governmental spaces have built comprehensive depathologizing health care protocols that guarantee access to body modification processes with autonomy. However, in the configuration of medical interventions, the narratives of rights are woven with the persistence of cissexism and adultcentrism. The epistemic authority of science, or specialty, often takes precedence over the decisions of adolescents. I approach this problem through the analysis of official protocols and interviews with health professionals in an intermediate city in the province of Buenos Aires.
Keywords:
adolescence; trans identities; integral health.