Tag: Transgender
Gender-Affirming Care May Aid Mental Health in Trans Youth
Odds for depression, suicidality lower among transgender and nonbinary adolescents after one year of receiving gender-affirming care
Mental Health Improves With Access to Gender-Affirming Hormones
Access to GAH during adolescence, adulthood linked to lower odds of past-year suicidal ideation versus desiring but not accessing GAH
Transgender Women Have Increase in T2DM Versus Cisgender Females
No differences in prevalence, incidence of T2DM across other comparison groups, including those receiving gender-affirming hormone therapy
Sexual-Minority Teens Have Elevated Suicide Ideation, Attempt, Plan
Positive associations of sexual minority status with time to first onset of suicide ideation and plan in adjusted analyses
Rates of Obesity, Weight Gain Up for Transmasculine Individuals
Prevalence of obesity and weight gain higher after hormone therapy for transmasculine versus transfeminine individuals
Gender-Affirming Hair Removal Improves Mental Health
Odds of psychological distress, smoking, suicidal intent reduced among transgender and gender-diverse adults assigned male at birth
Mental, Physical, Sexual Abuse Up for Transgender Adolescents
Transgender males and nonbinary adolescents assigned female at birth have higher odds of psychological abuse
Nearly 10 Percent of Students Report Being Gender-Diverse
Gender diversity was 7.1 percent among White youth compared with higher prevalence among Hispanic, Black, multiracial, other race youth
Biden Restores Health Care Protection for Gay and Transgender Americans
Policy will bring HHS into line with Supreme Court decision that said sex discrimination laws in workplaces also protect gay and transgender people
Gender-Affirming Surgery Tied to Better Mental Health
Among transgender and gender-diverse adults, undergoing at least one type of gender-affirming surgery related to lower psychological distress