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Health Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse Individuals

(1 days ago) WEBThe American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists opposes discrimination on the basis of gender identity, urges public and private health insurance plans to cover necessary services for individuals with gender dysphoria and advocates for inclusive, …

https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/committee-opinion/articles/2021/03/health-care-for-transgender-and-gender-diverse-individuals

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Collecting Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity …

(1 days ago) WEBCollecting SO/GI data in electronic health records (EHRs) is essential to providing high-quality, patient-centered care. SO/GI data collection has been recommended by both the National Academy of Medicine 1,2 and the Joint Commission 3 as a way to learn about which populations are being served and to measure the quality of care provided to …

https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/clinicians/transforming-health/health-care-providers/collecting-sexual-orientation.html

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Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Patients: How …

(3 days ago) WEBIntroduction. Patients who identify as part of sexual or gender minority groups can experience challenges or discrimination when seeking health care. 1, 2 Persons that identify as part of sexual and gender minority groups are part of every race, ethnicity, religion, age, and socioeconomic group. Gender identity and sexual …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8074683/

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What do I need to know about trans and nonbinary …

(1 days ago) WEBTransgender Identity Terms and Labels. Transgender and nonbinary people have the same basic health care needs as cisgender people. They might also have gender-affirming health care needs and require trans-competent care. Trans and nonbinary people always deserve to be treated respectfully when they get health care, whether it’s specific to

https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/gender-identity/transgender/what-do-i-need-know-about-trans-health-care

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Health Care Satisfaction in Relation to Gender Identity: …

(3 days ago) WEBIntroduction. Considerable health disparities by gender identity exist, with gender minority (i.e., transgender and gender non-conforming) populations experiencing disproportionate rates of physical, mental, and behavioral health outcomes relative to their cisgender peers. 1 Accumulating evidence indicates that healthcare satisfaction, a …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9260670/

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How Can We Improve Access to Gender-Affirming Health …

(7 days ago) WEBGender-affirming care range from preventive care to hormone therapies, surgical interventions and other actions to align a person’s secondary sex characteristics with their gender identity. It’s a …

https://www.verywellhealth.com/gender-affirming-care-access-5209480

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U.S. Will Protect Gay, Transgender People From Health …

(1 days ago) WEBWill Protect Gay, Transgender People From Health Care Discrimination The announcement, of non-discrimination based on their gender identity and sexual orientation, is a critical part of our

https://www.npr.org/2021/05/10/995418963/u-s-will-protect-gay-and-transgender-people-against-discrimination-in-health-car

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Gender and health - World Health Organization (WHO)

(Just Now) WEBGender and health. Gender refers to the characteristics of women, men, girls and boys that are socially constructed. This includes norms, behaviours and roles associated with being a woman, man, girl …

https://www.who.int/health-topics/gender

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Gender and health - World Health Organization (WHO)

(4 days ago) WEBGender norms, roles and relations, and gender inequality and inequity, affect people’s health all around the world. This Q&A examines the links between gender and health, highlighting WHO’s ongoing work to address gender-related barriers to healthcare, advance gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls in all …

https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/gender-and-health

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Health Care National Center for Transgender Equality

(4 days ago) WEBThe Health Care Rights Law, as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) prohibits sex discrimination, including anti-transgender discrimination, by most health providers and insurance companies, as well as …

https://transequality.org/know-your-rights/health-care

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Youth Access to Gender Affirming Care: The Federal and State …

(5 days ago) WEBThe Biden administration has taken multiple steps to promote access to health care for LGBTQ+ people and to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, including:

https://www.kff.org/other/issue-brief/youth-access-to-gender-affirming-care-the-federal-and-state-policy-landscape/

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Ensuring Comprehensive Care and Support for Transgender and …

(3 days ago) WEBIn its dedication to the health of all children, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) strives to improve health care access and eliminate disparities for children and teenagers who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning (LGBTQ) of their sexual or gender identity. 1, 2 Despite some advances in public awareness and …

https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/142/4/e20182162/37381/Ensuring-Comprehensive-Care-and-Support-for

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WHO announces the development of a guideline on the health of …

(6 days ago) WEBThe guideline will focus in 5 areas: provision of gender-affirming care, including hormones; health workers education and training for the provision of gender-inclusive care; provision of health care for trans and gender diverse people who suffered interpersonal violence based in their needs; health policies that support gender …

https://www.who.int/news/item/28-06-2023-who-announces-the-development-of-the-guideline-on-the-health-of-trans-and-gender-diverse-people

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Protecting and Advancing Health Care for Transgender Adult …

(4 days ago) WEBThe 2016 Section 1557 rule—and many states’ changes before that 143 —prohibited insurers from categorically excluding services related to gender-affirming health care, including gender

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/protecting-advancing-health-care-transgender-adult-communities/

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Meeting the Needs of the LGBTQ Community The Joint …

(6 days ago) WEBWe’ve been involved in healthcare equity initiatives at The Joint Commission for decades, and inclusion of the LGBTQ+ population has always been a part of this work. While it seems hard to believe now, less than 20 years ago sexual orientation and gender identity were often overlooked in the provision of safe patient care. However, it has …

https://www.jointcommission.org/resources/news-and-multimedia/blogs/advancing-health-care-equity/2022/06/meeting-the-needs-of-the-lgbtq-community/

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What Is Gender Affirming Care? A Beginner's Guide - Healthline

(3 days ago) WEBGender affirming care (GAC) refers to any combination of social, legal, and medical measures that help people feel happy, healthy, and safe in their gender. GAC takes a holistic approach to making

https://www.healthline.com/health/what-is-gender-affirming-care

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Gender-affirming Care for Transgender Patients - PMC

(3 days ago) WEBThe literature shows that providers identify insufficient formal training on transgender health in residency and medical school as a significant barrier to appropriate care for these patients. 12 It should be encouraged and standardized that gender-affirming care, hormone therapy, gender-affirming surgery, and trauma-informed care are included

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9341318/

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Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health

(8 days ago) WEBThe Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health offers comprehensive, evidence-based and affirming care for transgender youth and adults that is in line with the standards of care set by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH). We offer services for children and adolescents, dermatology, facial

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/center-transgender-health/

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Overcoming barriers in cancer care for gender minorities

(Just Now) WEBCollection of data on gender identity, formal training for health-care professionals and staff, and institutional-level efforts to create a more welcoming and inclusive environment in clinical

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41585-024-00894-8

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Providing gender-affirming mental health care

(1 days ago) WEBAs our society starts to unlearn the gender binary, more and more people are beginning to question their own gender identity.This is especially true of youth, as we see Gen Z leading the way in breaking down the United States’ traditional concept of gender.. According to a 2022 report, 1.6 million people ages 13+ identify as transgender in the …

https://www.mhanational.org/lgbtq/trans/providing-gender-affirming-care

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Americans’ Complex Views on Gender Identity and Transgender …

(9 days ago) WEBThe public is more evenly split when it comes to making it illegal for public school districts to teach about gender identity in elementary schools (41% favor and 38% oppose) and investigating parents for child abuse if they help someone younger than 18 get medical care for a gender transition (37% favor and 36% oppose).

https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2022/06/28/americans-complex-views-on-gender-identity-and-transgender-issues/

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Gender Identity Interoperability Standards Advisory (ISA) - ONC

(5 days ago) WEBAlthough administrative sex may affect gender-specific care (e.g., mammograms), a patient's gender identity may also affect care and health outcomes. For example, transgender patients are known to face health disparities, and lack of adherence to preferred names and pronouns can lead to embarrassment and even discrimination in …

https://www.healthit.gov/isa/uscdi-data/gender-identity

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Transgender health care coverage HealthCare.gov

(1 days ago) WEBMany health plans are still using exclusions such as “services related to sex change” or “sex reassignment surgery” to deny coverage to transgender people for certain health care services. Coverage varies by state. Before you enroll in a plan, you should always look at the complete terms of coverage that are included in the “Evidence

https://www.healthcare.gov/transgender-health-care/

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Stanford Medicine Enhances LGBTQ+ Patient Care with Identity …

(8 days ago) WEBBy. Sarai Rodriguez. Published: 27 Jun 2023. A new initiative from Stanford Medicine aims to reduce health disparities among LGBTQ people by collecting more information about gender identity and sexual orientation during patient intake. The “We Ask Because We Care” program will provide training to healthcare professionals to ask …

https://www.techtarget.com/patientengagement/news/366584499/Stanford-Medicine-Enhances-LGBTQ-Patient-Care-with-Identity-Training

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How can NHS deliver safe gender identity healthcare?

(3 days ago) WEBHolistic care The remedy set out in the Cass Review are regional hubs with a "broad multi-professional workforce" to end the situation where gender incongruence is treated in silo and potential

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24305987.can-nhs-deliver-safe-gender-identity-healthcare/

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A Space of Discovery and Refuge - Olivia Baker, Baker Rogers, 2024

(3 days ago) WEBAmid ongoing LGBTQ+ attacks, drag performance offers a unique space for trans and nonbinary individuals to affirm their gender identities. Though I couldn’t have predicted it the night I met Eris, I would later sit down for close conversations with her about the meanings behind her drag persona, about her gender identity, and about her …

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/15365042241252130

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UC Davis Health recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equity Leader

(3 days ago) WEBFor years, UC Davis has been a leader in establishing and maintaining a workplace and care environment that does not discriminate because of an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity. In addition, as an Anchor Institution , the health system plays an important role in providing culturally competent care to its patients and …

https://health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlines/uc-davis-health-recognized-as-an-lgbtq-healthcare-equity-leader/2024/05

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Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2024 Healthcare Equality …

(8 days ago) WEBEHR SOGI Data: Major increases are seen in the number of healthcare facilities collecting sexual orientation and gender identity-related data in their Electronic Health Records systems, which help to improve clinical care and outcomes for LGBTQ+ people. Seven of the eight relevant data points had double-digit increases.

https://www.hrc.org/press-releases/human-rights-campaign-foundations-2024-healthcare-equality-index-reveals-policy-progress-and-gaps-for-lgbtq-inclusion-in-healthcare-facilities-nationwide

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Gender-Affirming, These 5 Companies Offer Transgender …

(1 days ago) WEBBenefits offered: Gender-affirming surgeries and therapies such as voice therapy or surgery, electrolysis, pectoral implants, insertion of testicular prosthesis, and more. Behavioral healthcare

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/gender-affirming-these-companies-offer-transgender-healthcare-benefits/ar-BB1mvJk4

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Cancer Health Disparities Among LGBTQ+ People - NCI

(7 days ago) WEBThe survey is intended to expand knowledge about the health care experiences of this understudied group of cancer survivors. For Dr. Schabath, reducing the cancer burden among SGM people starts with listening. “Our message to the health care community is to spend time listening to the concerns of sexual and gender minorities,” …

https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2024/cancer-disparities-lgbtq-plus-people

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Florida sues Biden administration over new transgender health …

(3 days ago) WEBThe lawsuit takes aim at a new federal rule that would ban discrimination in health care on the basis of gender identity. Demonstrators protest against guidelines limiting gender-affirming care in

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/florida-sues-biden-administration-new-transgender-health-care-rule-rcna151112

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Final regulations released for Section 1557 nondiscrimination …

(1 days ago) WEBClayton County, defining discrimination to include discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation. Beginning on Jan. 1, 2025, these new rules will replace the current 2020 regulations. The court enjoined the carrier from administering any exclusion of gender-affirming health care, including administrating …

https://global.lockton.com/us/en/news-insights/final-regulations-released-for-section-1557-nondiscrimination-provision-of

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Hasbro Children's Hospital addresses complex health issues

(2 days ago) WEBThere are also more complex issues these doctors treat. Some teenagers have mental health issues, others are exploring their gender identity. The center is equipped to treat these young people

https://turnto10.com/features/health-landing-page/health-check-kids/adolescent-medicine-an-emerging-specialty-for-teens-and-young-adults-southern-new-england-rhode-island-may-16-2024

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Differences Among Korean Women Attending Women’s Schools …

(8 days ago) WEBA literature review (Patterson & Walcutt, 2013) looking at gender discrimination in the workplace in Korea from 1990 to 2010 reports that though it has decreased, gender-based discrimination is still a problem in Korea.Out of 153 countries, Korea ranks 108 in women’s general social status and 127 in women’s economic …

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/21582440241249356

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A Space of Discovery and Refuge - Olivia Baker, Baker Rogers, 2024

(2 days ago) WEBOlivia Baker is a graduate student in the Department of Sociology at New York University. They study gender and sexuality, culture, and inequality. Baker Rogers is in the department of sociology at Georgia Southern University. They are the author of King of Hearts: Drag Kings in the American South. Olivia Baker and Baker Rogers on drag

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/15365042241252130

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