Transgender Person

Less than 0.1% of adolescents in the United States identified as transgender or gender diverse and received puberty blockers or gender-affirming hormones, according to study findings published this week in JAMA Pediatrics.

ORLANDO — A speaker at the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery Annual Meeting highlighted the importance of dermatologists using correct pronouns when talking to their transgender or nonbinary patients.

DENVER — Exposure to testosterone therapy did not impact outcomes related to egg freezing for transgender men who sought fertility preservation treatment, researchers reported.

Most transgender and gender-diverse people assigned female at birth utilized contraception with nearly half using it for pregnancy prevention and some using testosterone as pregnancy prevention, researchers reported in Contraception.

Self-identifying transgender individuals assigned female at birth face three key barriers when seeking care for breast or gynecologic cancers, according to results of a qualitative study published in JAMA Network Open.

Individuals exposed to conversion practice to alter sexual orientation or gender identity have significantly higher risk for developing symptoms of multiple mental health conditions, study results published in Lancet Psychiatry showed.

Suicide attempts among transgender and nonbinary youth increased significantly following the passage of state-level anti-transgender laws, study results in Nature Human Behavior suggested.

LGBTQ+ middle and high schoolers reported binge drinking more often and at younger ages than cisgender and heterosexual students, according to findings published in Pediatrics.

Transgender youths discussed social concerns, facing hostility and being worried about losing access to care when interviewed about legislation prohibiting gender-affirming care, according to findings published in LGBT Health.

Transgender adults had “more than double” the prevalence of cirrhosis vs. cisgender adults, as well as higher rates of comorbidities linked to liver disease progression, researchers reported in The American Journal of Gastroenterology.