Assessing and addressing cardiovascular health in people who are transgender and gender diverse: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

CG Streed Jr, LB Beach, BA Caceres, NL Dowshen… - Circulation, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
There is growing evidence that people who are transgender and gender diverse (TGD) are
impacted by disparities across a variety of cardiovascular risk factors compared with their …

Health and health care among transgender adults in the United States

AI Scheim, KE Baker, AJ Restar… - Annual review of public …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Transgender (trans) communities in the USA and globally have long organized for health
and social equity but have only recently gained increased visibility within public health. In …

Association between gender-affirming surgeries and mental health outcomes

AN Almazan, AS Keuroghlian - JAMA surgery, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Requests for gender-affirming surgeries are rapidly increasing among
transgender and gender diverse (TGD) people. However, there is limited evidence …

[HTML][HTML] Access to gender-affirming hormones during adolescence and mental health outcomes among transgender adults

JL Turban, D King, J Kobe, SL Reisner… - PLos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Objective To examine associations between recalled access to gender-affirming hormones
(GAH) during adolescence and mental health outcomes among transgender adults in the …

Pubertal suppression for transgender youth and risk of suicidal ideation

JL Turban, D King, JM Carswell, AS Keuroghlian - Pediatrics, 2020 - publications.aap.org
METHODS: Using a cross-sectional survey of 20 619 transgender adults aged 18 to 36
years, we examined self-reported history of pubertal suppression during adolescence. Using …

Prevalence and correlates of substance use among transgender adults: A systematic review

D Connolly, G Gilchrist - Addictive behaviors, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction Minority stress theories suggest that high rates of discrimination experienced by
transgender people are precipitants of substance use. This risk is likely exacerbated by an …

Association between recalled exposure to gender identity conversion efforts and psychological distress and suicide attempts among transgender adults

JL Turban, N Beckwith, SL Reisner… - JAMA …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Gender identity conversion efforts (GICE) have been widely debated as
potentially damaging treatment approaches for transgender persons. The association of …

[HTML][HTML] A scoping review of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use treatment interventions for sexual and gender minority populations

JD Kidd, MM Paschen-Wolff, AA Mericle… - Journal of substance …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use are among the most prevalent and
important health disparities affecting sexual and gender minority (SGM; eg, lesbian, gay …

Planning and implementing sexual orientation and gender identity data collection in electronic health records

C Grasso, MJ McDowell, H Goldhammer… - Journal of the …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people experience
significant health disparities across the life course and require health care that addresses …

Optimizing gender-affirming medical care through anatomical inventories, clinical decision support, and population health management in electronic health record …

C Grasso, H Goldhammer, J Thompson… - Journal of the …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Recent advances in electronic health records and health information technology are
providing new opportunities to improve the quality of care for transgender and gender …