Transgender Health
Opinion
Tap of the brakes on gender-affirming care
It seems to me a thorough and sensitively done mental health evaluation might minimize the collateral damage from some gender-affirming care and...
Guidelines
WPATH draft on gender dysphoria ‘skewed and misses urgent issues’
New draft standards of care for treating people with gender dysphoria by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) has...
From the Journals
Risk for severe COVID-19 and death plummets with Pfizer booster
These findings came from two studies completed before the advent of the Omicron variant.
Commentary
LGBTQ health care: There is reason to be hopeful
“LGBTQ/rainbow health has been harmfully treated by the system, by both intention and by ignorance.”
Latest News
Study shows wider gaps, broader inequities in U.S. sex education than 25 years ago
“Overall, about 20% of adolescents received instruction from multiple sources about waiting until marriage, but only 5%-8% received birth control...
From the Journals
‘Top’ surgery for trans youth: Advance or dangerous medicine?
Ms. Clayton draws parallels with experimental medicine performed on homosexuals in the 20th century.
Feature
Hormone blocker sticker shock – again – as patients lose cheaper drug option
A company with two nearly identical drug products charged nearly eight times more for one of them.
Latest News
Detransitioners received poor evaluation when transitioning
The reasons for detransitioning were varied, and many had more than one reason.
Latest News
Lesbian, gay, bisexual youth miss out on health care
Adolescents identifying as LGB less likely to seek care for STDs, contraception, substance abuse.
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Gender-affirming care ‘can save lives,’ new research shows
Although the decline in depression and suicidality after gender-affirming treatment was not a surprise, “those drops are huge.”
Opinion
Call them by their names in your office
Providing a space for a patient to put the name and pronouns that they use allows your staff to make sure that you are calling a patient by the...