Transgender Health
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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...
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Medical coding creates barriers to care for transgender patients
The ICD-10 list of diagnoses haven’t caught up to the needs of transgender people.
Opinion
How much do we really know about gender dysphoria?
My sense is that the general population perceives an increase in the prevalence of gender dysphoria; neither of two studies on this issue answers...
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Asking patients about their gender identity: ‘Normalize’ the discussion and other recommendations
“There’s nothing more awkward than having an awkward provider asking awkward questions,” Dr. Howa Yeung said.
Feature
Pediatricians at odds over gender-affirming care for trans kids
The American Academy of Pediatrics and some of its members are at odds over what the latter see as the organization’s refusal to discuss its 2018...
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Comments open for U.K.’s transgender care guideline
The guideline aims to address the specific needs of transgender and gender-diverse individuals that, according to the guideline, are currently not...
From the Journals
Detransitioners lament inadequate clinical support
Transgender individuals who stop medical transitions avoid therapists and doctors, fearing stigma, a new study finds.
Opinion
Mental health assessment for gender-diverse patients
While not all patients with gender dysphoria need therapy, the role of a mental health provider who specializes in gender-affirming care in the...
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Two congressmen targeting ‘gender transition’ physicians
The House and Senate bills would make doctors liable for any gender transition surgery on a minor that results in injury, whether physical,...
Feature
Gender surgeons on TikTok, Instagram: Appropriate or not?
“Creating an idealized video without addressing risk is inappropriate and misleading.”