ECG Quirks Spotted After Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy
This cohort study assessed ECG parameters in transgender men and women before and after use of gender-affirming hormone therapies. Testosterone use in transgender men was associated with shorter corrected QT interval and QT peak and increased T-wave maximal amplitude. Androgen deprivation in transgender women was associated with opposite observations. Gender-affirming hormone therapies (GAHT) were associated […]
It’s Much Harder And More Expensive To Get Gender-Affirming Care Than Ever Before: Report
LOADINGERROR LOADING Families of transgender youth in the South have to spend much more time and money to access gender-affirming care than they used to because of anti-trans legislation that has been passed in the last two years, according to a new report from the Campaign for Southern Equality. Two dozen states, predominantly in the […]
Transgender Veterans Sue to Have Gender-Affirming Surgery Covered by VA
A group of transgender veterans filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to force the Department of Veterans Affairs to begin providing and paying for gender-affirming surgeries. The lawsuit from the Transgender American Veterans Association seeks to compel the VA to codify in its regulations verbal assurances the department has made that it would begin providing those […]
Multiple Societal Factors Contribute to High HIV Risk in Transgender Women
Homelessness, violence, incarceration, and socioeconomic discrimination are linked to a high risk of HIV in transgender women, according to the CDC’s National HIV Behavioral Surveillance Among Transgender Women (NHBS-Trans) survey. Despite engaging in high-risk behaviors, only one-third of transgender women in the survey used pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV. Employment discrimination also negatively impacted transgender […]
CDC Proposes ‘Morning After’ Pill to Prevent STIs
The CDC has moved to recommend doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for gay and bisexual men and transgender women to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs). With a growing body of evidence showing the antibiotic’s effectiveness for the indication, the agency developed the proposed guideline and posted it to Regulations.gov on Monday, with a 45-day comment period. […]
One Doc’s Win for Trans Youth Healthcare in Texas
Amid the state’s aggressive push to roll back rights for transgender youth, a Texas endocrinologist has had to fight to keep treating new patients at the clinic she founded. Ximena Lopez, MD, a pediatric endocrinologist at Children’s Medical Center (CMC), and an associate professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, will once again be […]
Who Should Trans Athletes Compete Against?
The debate over transgender athletes is often framed as one between two opposing sides. One side suggests that biology is of paramount importance in sport, that the biological differences between transgender women and cisgender women provide the former group with unfair advantages, and that if women are to succeed in sport, then trans women must […]
Nearly All Transgender Kids Stick With New Identity 5 Years Later
In the years following their social transition, the vast majority of young transgender children continued to identify as such, a longitudinal study found. Among 317 transgender children, only 7.3% altered their gender identification — or retransitioned — during a 5-year period, according to researchers led by Kristina Olson, PhD, of Princeton University in New Jersey. […]
Transgender Women Dying Faster Than General Population
Transgender people faced a much higher mortality rate than cisgender peers, according to a new Dutch study. In a retrospective, observational study spanning from 1972 to 2018, a total of 10.8% (317 of 2,927) of transgender women using hormonal therapy included in the analysis died during follow-up. This number was starkly higher than the number […]