Transgender Health
News
Trans youth in sports
Allowing transgender individuals to play on the team consistent with their gender identity is appropriate, not only for scientific reasons but...
Feature
‘Treat youth with gender dysphoria as individuals’
Keira Bell regrets her decision to transition at age 16, saying she only received three counseling sessions prior to endocrinology referral.
Conference Coverage
Remove sex designation from public part of birth certificates, AMA advises
Currently, only 10 states allow for a gender-neutral designation on birth certificates.
Med Tech Report
The Cures Act: Is the “cure” worse than the disease?
‘This act stands in the way of delivering quality, humanizing medical care.’
Latest News
HHS prohibits discrimination against LGBTQ patients: Action reverses Trump-era policy
"No one should be discriminated against when seeking medical services because of who they are."
Conference Coverage
Parental attitudes to kids’ sexual orientation: Unexpected findings
For gay and lesbian individuals, consistency in parents' attitudes toward their child's sexual orientation, even when they are negative, is an...
Conference Coverage
Success in LGBTQ+ medicine requires awareness of risk
Cross-sex hormone therapy is a life-sustaining treatment that should be viewed analogously with any other long-term management strategy, such as...
From the Journals
Transgender hormone therapy linked to blood pressure changes
BP elevations in transgender males and a subset of transgender females are seen before and soon after gender-affirming hormone therapy initiation...
Opinion
Helping your patients navigate the coming out process
This process is not a one-time event but rather something that LGBTQ adolescents and young adults have to face every time they meet someone new or...
Commentary
How physicians can provide better care to transgender patients
Those transgender patients who seek care often have unpleasant experiences.
Latest News
Arkansas first state to ban transgender medical treatments for youths
Gov. Asa Hutchinson had vetoed the bill, calling it a “product of the cultural war in America.” But the next day, the state House and Senate voted...