Gender Identity

More than one-third of LGBTQ+ patients with cancer have faced discrimination in a health care setting because of their sexual orientation or gender identity, according to survey results from American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network.

Cancer survivors delayed or forwent care more often than those in the general population because their clinician was of another identity, according to a research letter published in JAMA Oncology.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Oral minoxidil and other medications are on the rise as effective and helpful treatments for gender-affirming patients, according to a presenter at South Beach Symposium.

Within 30 days of gender-affirming vaginoplasty, there were no deaths and few severe complications, according to the findings of a retrospective cohort study.

Transgender and cisgender women and nonbinary people assigned female sex at birth had similar presentations of monkeypox compared with men, according to data published in The Lancet.

The decision to ban gender-affirming care for youth in Florida will cause “irrevocable harm,” ACP President Ryan D. Mire, MD, MACP, said in a press release.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Only half of hospitals across the United States offer health care specifically to transgender and gender-diverse people, and only 23% of those offer fertility care to this population.

A survey of students in the Appalachian region of the United States found more gender diversity than previously identified, according to a research letter published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Study findings indicate that epidemiologic surveys and patient forms for adolescents should include broader options for sexual orientation and gender identity, researchers reported in Pediatrics.

Dermatologists should adapt gender-inclusive language and practices to welcome patients seeking gender-affirming care, according to recommendations published in the Journal of Drugs in Dermatology.