Transgender Health
Gender-Affirming Gynecology
Hormonal management of gender-diverse patients: SOC8 updates
The approach to gender-affirming hormonal treatment depends on the patient’s goals and the age at which the patient is seeking to medically...
Feature
Florida medical boards ban transgender care for minors
Once enacted, new state rules will prohibit children under the age of 18 from receiving puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones to transition.
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DTC telemedicine expands access to gender-affirming therapy
The findings suggest that virtual care “may be a good option” for transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people, who often report difficulty finding...
From the Journals
Few transgender teens discontinue hormones in young adulthood
Pioneering clinic’s research finds that 98% of transgender adolescents taking puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones were still taking the latter...
Gender-Affirming Gynecology
Caring for the aging transgender patient
Compared with lesbian, gay, and bisexual elders of age-matched cohorts, transgender elders have significantly poorer overall physical health,...
From the Journals
Chest reconstruction surgeries up nearly fourfold among adolescents
One of the largest studies to investigate gender-affirming chest reconstructions found a significant increase in surgeries among gender diverse...
From the Journals
Cardiac biomarkers track with hormone therapy in transgender people
A pilot study spotlights differences in two common biomarkers of cardiac disease as well as the need for greater inclusivity in cardiovascular...
Best Practices
Best practices for an LGBTQ+ friendly medical space
With insights from four LGBTQ+ clinicians, here are several steps physicians can take to close the disparity gap.
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Med groups urge feds to protect physicians from anti-trans violence
Not only do the threats bully physicians providing gender-affirming care and the patients who receive that care, but “they have also disrupted...
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Gender-affirming mastectomy boosts image and quality of life in gender-diverse youth
This dysphoria can have a range of negative physical and emotional consequences, such as avoidance of exercise and sports, harmful chest-binding...
Guidelines
WPATH removes age limits from transgender treatment guidelines
Depending on interpretation, the latest version of the WPATH standards of care for transgender youth could be seen to have abandoned age limits on...