Transgender Professional Association for Transgender Health

“The worst thing I’ve ever experienced” – comparing experiences of affirmative and non-affirmative healthcare provision for trans adolescents in the UK Within trans youth healthcare two fundamentally different models of care persist, with a significant difference between affirmative and non-affirmative healthcare services. To date there has been l...

Incredibly important new study from Cal Horton @fiercemum.bsky.social - the first to look at England's post-Cass child/adolescent gender clinics. Dr Horton found patients and families are being actively harmed, with one young person describing appointments as "the worst thing I’ve ever experienced”.

“The worst thing I’ve ever experienced” – comparing experiences of affirmative and non-affirmative healthcare provision for trans adolescents in the UK Within trans youth healthcare two fundamentally different models of care persist, with a significant difference between affirmative and non-affirmative healthcare services. To date there has been l...

Comparing experiences of affirmative and non-affirmative healthcare provision for Trans adolescents in the UK —

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Individualized and innovative gender healthcare for transgender and nonbinary youth

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Mental Health and Wellbeing Outcomes Among Trans Young People in Australia Who Are Supported to Affirm Their Gender Young trans people face elevated rates of poor mental health and well-being outcomes. Affirming their gender in ways that are meaningful to them has i…

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Mental Health & Wellbeing Outcomes Among Trans Young People in Australia Who are Supported to Affirm Their Gender

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Critically appraising the cass report: methodological flaws and unsupported claims - BMC Medical Research Methodology Background The Cass Review aimed to provide recommendations for the delivery of services for gender diverse children and young people in England. The final product of this project, the Cass report, re...

Critically appraising the cass report: methodological flaws and unsupported claims.

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Underinvested, Under-Referred, and Underserved: Applying a Gender Equity Continuum Framework in Cancer Control Continuum Programs and Policies to Expand to Transgender and Nonbinary Populations.

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Individualized & innovative gender healthcare for transgender and nonbinary youth
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Annual Report 2024 | Trans Health Research The achievements of Trans Health Research in 2024, from publishing peer-reviewed research to engaging with the media.

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Mental health impacts of weight-based denial from gender-affirming surgery: A case report High body mass index (BMI) can be a barrier to accessing gender-affirming surgery (GAS).This case report discusses the mental health implications of being denied GAS based on BMI in a transgender w...

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An Iterative Model of Informed Consent: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Consent in Gender-Affirming Surgery | Transgender Health Discourse regarding informed consent in trans health care generally addresses overarching interventions (hormones, surgery) and not specific details of these interventions (who will be involved, what ...

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Legal gender recognition and the health of transgender and gender diverse people: A systematic review and meta-analysis Legal gender recognition (LGR) refers to laws, policies, and administrative procedures that enable transgender and gender diverse (TGD) people to upda…

Spring publication roundup!

Legal gender recognition and the health of transgender and gender diverse people: A systematic review and meta-analysis
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Gatekeeping gender-affirming care is detrimental to detrans people Gender assessments are often required to access gender-affirming medical interventions. These assessments are typically defended as a way of preventing regret, offering a compromise between the int...

“Gatekeeping gender-affirming care is detrimental to detrans people”

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Accounting for neuronormativity in transgender medicine Autistic trans people are subject to longer wait times for gender-affirming care (GAC) and are sometimes denied care due to their autistic traits. Thi…

Accounting for neuronormativity in transgender medicine

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Accounting for neuronormativity in transgender medicine Autistic trans people are subject to longer wait times for gender-affirming care (GAC) and are sometimes denied care due to their autistic traits. Thi…

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"Accounting for neuronormativity in transgender medicine"

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Trans Health HQ The largest resource hub on gender-affirming care. Always free.

Trans Health HQ has released one of the largest community resource hubs developed by and for trans and non-binary folks.

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Research Funded by National Institutes of Health Concerning Sexual and Gender Minoritized Populations: A Tracking Update for 2012 to 2022 | AJPH | Vol. Issue Objectives. To investigate trends in awards funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) focusing on sexual and gender minoritized (SGM) populations from 2012 to 2022 in the United States. Method...

NEW ARTICLE 📄

"Research Funded by National Institutes of Health Concerning Sexual and Gender Minoritized Populations: A Tracking Update for 2012 to 2022" by Nic Rider et al.

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The evolution of pediatric transgender healthcare in Flanders: Trends in referrals, intakes and gender-affirming interventions over the last 15 years The expanding number of minors questioning their gender identity and seeking care has led to the constitution of pediatric gender clinics in several countries. The activity of the multidisciplinary...

NEW ARTICLE 📑

“The evolution of pediatric transgender healthcare in Flanders: Trends in referrals, intakes and gender-affirming interventions over the last 15 years” by Joz Motmans et al

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Another new article! This time by Noah Adams and Sofia Kirke-Forslund:

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Check out this new article by Jae A Puckett and L Zachary DuBois on “Development and validation of novel measures
of gender minority stress for transgender and
nonbinary people”

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The Data is In: Anti-Trans Legislation is Hurting Kids New research shows a dramatic increase in suicide attempts among trans and non-binary youth in states with anti-transgender laws, proving the devastating impact of these harmful policies.

A groundbreaking study confirms that anti-trans laws aren’t just political theater—they’re actively endangering the lives of transgender and non-binary young people. www.readtpa.com/p/the-data-i...

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Poems from the trans room at wpath.

Erin's 2024 Anti-Trans Legislative Risk Map
shows the 2-year risk for anti-trans laws and represents the final update of 2023 for the 2024 cycle. Both the risk to trans adults and trans youth are found in this report.
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