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Youth with gender nonconformity are vulnerable to experiencing adversity

Youth With Gender Nonconformity Vulnerable to Adversity

And, transgender/gender nonconforming youth have higher prevalence of mental health conditions
The vast majority of patients (97 percent) are comfortable with health providers asking sexual orientation and gender identity questions

Most Patients Fine With Providers Asking About Sexual Orientation

It is believed these questions may help to reduce health disparities among LGBTI patients
Gender minority Medicare beneficiaries have larger disability and mental health burdens than the general Medicare population

Gender Minorities Have Greater Mental Illness, Disability

Among Medicare beneficiaries, gender minorities use more mental health care, visit ER more often
About 11 percent of patient encounters with a diagnosis code of transsexualism or gender identity disorder involve gender-affirming surgery

U.S. Trends in Gender-Affirming Surgery Explored

10.9 percent of encounters with transsexualism, gender identity disorder involve the surgery
Transgender and gender nonconforming adolescents use fewer preventive health services and report poorer health than cisgender peers

Transgender Youth Get Fewer Preventive Health Services

Transgender and gender nonconforming youth also report poorer general health
National Health Service England recently recommended that professionals ask all patients their sexual orientation at every opportunity

Professionals Disagree About Asking Patients About Sexuality

Article offers opposing views about recommendation in England to ask patients about sexual orientation
Transgender individuals with certain characteristics

Certain Traits Tied to More HIV Tests in Transgender Individuals

Those who are female, black, or sex workers are likely to have undergone more testing
Several health care-related organizations have filed an amicus brief in support of veterans seeking a rule change that would amend or repeal the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs policy of not covering sex-reassignment surgery for veterans with gender dysphoria

AMA Joins Brief Seeking VA Coverage of Sex Reassignment Sx

Several organizations support transgender veterans seeking to repeal policy of not covering SRS
More than half of U.S. adults surveyed would be supportive if they had a teenage child who wanted to transition to the opposite gender

Many Parents Would Support Transgender Teen’s Transition

Findings indicate growing acceptance of gender transition
Cardiovascular disease risk factors may be altered among transgender adults receiving cross-sex hormone therapy

CVD Risk Factors May Be Altered in Transgender Adults

Cross-sex hormone therapy linked to potential worsening of CVD risk factors in transgender adults