Sexuality News

Findings published in the Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy showed that postcoital dysphoria was more prevalent among men than previously believed.

WASHINGTON — There is a “durable, biological underpinning” to gender identity that should be considered in any policy determinations that impact transgender people, including antidiscrimination legislation and the coverage of medically necessary treatments for gender incongruence, according to several speakers at an Endocrine Society congressional briefing on transgender health.

WHO has added compulsive sexual behavior disorder as an impulse control disorder to the International Classification of Diseases, Eleventh Revision.

The percentage of U.S. high school students who reported having sexual intercourse or using illicit drugs has dropped over the past decade, according to survey results released today by the CDC.

Laws in the United States that permit same-sex couples to be denied services were associated with a 46% increase in adult sexual minorities experiencing mental distress, according to data published in JAMA Psychiatry. Researchers noted that such laws currently exist in 12 states and are under review by the Supreme Court.

Teenagers with gender dysphoria have brain structures and responses that are similar to that of their experienced gender rather than their birth sex, according to research presented at the European Society of Endocrinology annual meeting.

Transgender and gender-nonconforming children and adolescents experienced higher levels of mental health conditions when compared with matched reference groups, according to study results published in Pediatrics.

Transgender adults who receive medical treatments for gender transition experience improved quality of life, self-esteem, confidence and relationship satisfaction and decreased anxiety, depression, suicidality and substance use, according to a literature review from the What We Know Project, an initiative of the Center for the Study of Inequality at Cornell University.

Study findings published in the Journal of Adolescent Health showed that young transgender persons who used their chosen name at work, school and home instead of the name given to them at birth reported fewer depressive symptoms and less suicidal thoughts and behaviors.

Providing hormonal treatment for transgender adolescents is effective for successful attainment of desired physical outcomes and generally improves psychological functioning; however, available evidence is of low quality.