Transgender Health
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Biden boosts LGBTQIA+ protections, bans conversion therapy
The executive order also addresses efforts to strengthen federal data collection in this population to counter homelessness, housing insecurity,...
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A ‘crisis’ of suicidal thoughts, attempts in transgender youth
Transgender youth were five times more likely to think about suicide and more than seven times more likely to have ever attempted suicide than...
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New studies show growing number of trans, nonbinary youth in U.S.
Overall, some 1.6 million Americans older than age 13 now identify as transgender, reported the researchers.
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Louisiana bans transgender girls from girls’ sports teams
Louisiana has banned transgender girls from joining girls’ sports teams, the latest in a string of similar bans in U.S. states with conservative...
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Trans teens less likely to commit acts of sexual violence, says new study
Clinicians may be aware that transgender youth face stigma, discrimination, and bullying; they may not be aware that trans youth are also the...
From the Journals
Few children with early social gender transition change their minds
Five-year data show that more than 90% of children who chose to socially transition their gender identity maintain it 5 years later.
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More medical schools build training in transgender care
Students and faculty identify gaps, such as a severe shortage of transgender instructors, and expand goals for training.
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Transgender youth: Bringing evidence to the political debates
As clinicians and scientists, we have a responsibility to highlight the data relevant to these legislative debates, and to...
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Doctors have failed them, say those with transgender regret
When one conference participant first detransitioned, her therapists treated her badly, she said. “They just didn’t want to speak about...
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Debate heats up on how best to treat gender-questioning kids
Debate is intensifying about how best to treat gender dysphoria, with further restrictions on hormone treatment use in the under 18s in some U.S....
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Referrals to gender clinics in Sweden drop after media coverage
The programs may have influenced and jeopardized young transgender individuals’ access to transgender-specific health care.