Health
Florida medical board may bar gender-affirming care for transgender minors
Transgender minors in Florida are now one step closer to not being able to get medical care to affirm their gender.
Oct 31, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Best practices suggested for psychiatric care of transgender and gender-diverse people
In caring for transgender and gender diverse (TGD) people, psychiatrists should focus on alleviating the sequelae of gender minority stress, with the goal of promoting resilience, according to a review published in Harvard ...
Mar 7, 2024
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Life in the margins: Health researchers learn from society's outsiders
The consequences of social stigma can be physically harmful, and even deadly. People who are shunned by our society—due to homelessness, drug use, non-conforming gender identity, or other attributes—generally have much ...
Nov 7, 2012
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Chile families fight for acceptance of transgender children
Monica Flores was returning from a holiday abroad when Chilean police stopped her for questions at the airport. They were bothered that their records didn't match: She had left the country with a son and returned with a daughter.
Aug 22, 2017
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When doctors assume, patients lose
Collecting sexual orientation and gender identity, or "SO/GI," data has valuable public health benefits and potential clinical benefits for an individual patient, but medical providers must continue to collect information ...
Jun 1, 2018
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Mayo Clinic minute: Why you should come out as LGBTQ to your health care team
LGBTQ Pride Month is celebrated each June to recognize the impact that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or gender-nonconforming people have had, and continue to have, on society. While millions may celebrate, many ...
Jun 29, 2022
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Study examines attitudes toward transgender athletes
As several states draft legislation that would force student-athletes to play as their gender identified on their birth certificate instead of on a team that matches their gender identity, a team of political scientists investigated ...
Jan 14, 2020
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Health
Researchers describe need for health systems to improve care of gender non-binary patients
A perspective piece authored by UMN Medical School researchers and published in the New England Journal of Medicine uncovers significant healthcare disparities for individuals who identify as neither male nor female or may ...
Jan 7, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Trans youth significantly more likely to attempt suicide when gender dysphoria is met with conversion therapy
As states continue to introduce laws that restrict access to gender-affirming care or limit protections against conversion therapy, questions have arisen about the effectiveness of interventions intended to help transgender ...
Jul 31, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Trans men and nonbinary people asked to stop testosterone therapy during pregnancy. But evidence for this is murky
When I talk about our research team's work on pregnancy in transgender people, people often recall Thomas Beatie, a pregnant man who appeared on "Oprah" and in People magazine in 2008. The media focus on Beatie and his pregnancy ...
Sep 27, 2022
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