Gender Identity

Adolescents who identified as transgender or gender diverse appeared to be less physically active compared with those who identified as cisgender, a cross-sectional analysis in the Annals of Epidemiology showed.

BOSTON — Most nonbinary people who initiated low-dose transdermal testosterone for gender affirmation continued taking doses that were lower than current guideline recommendations at 1 year, researchers reported at ENDO 2024.

Gender-diverse youth were underrepresented in health system data, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

Effective counseling for people with cancer about sexual and reproductive health must account for the individual’s personal story, gender identity and long-term goals of care, according to a speaker.

Most young people said primary care physicians should ask patients their age about sexual orientation and gender identity, according to research presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition.

DALLAS — In this Healio video exclusive, Marshall Chin, MD, MPH, discussed the importance of measuring sex, gender identity and sexual orientation for advancing health equity.

Gender role nonconformity in childhood and adolescence was associated with diverse sexual orientation beginning in young adulthood, a decades-long study in Australia found.

Social media appeared to be associated with fewer mental health issues among transgender and nonbinary youth, according to study findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Individuals who underwent gender-affirming mastectomy reported low rates of regret and high levels of satisfaction more than 2 years after surgery, according to a cross-sectional survey study published in JAMA Surgery.

Two different trials showed that adults with obesity lost an average of 26% of their body weight with either intensive lifestyle intervention followed by 72 weeks of Mounjaro or 88 weeks of continuous Mounjaro use.