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Transgender Terminology

August 26, 2021 LGBTQ, transgender

We used to think that the gender people were given at birth was the one they would have their whole

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Arkansas Outlaws Gender-Affirming Treatment for Trans Youth After Overriding Governor's Veto

April 7, 2021 health, News, Politics, transgender, Transgender Rights

Arkansas has become the first state to outlaw gender-affirming treatment for trans youth, in what Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson decried

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Gender-Affirming Hormones Not Tied to Thrombosis With Short-Term Use

March 23, 2021 Adolescent, adolescent health, adolescent medicine, Adolescents, asexual, Bisexual, embolism (pulmonary), endocrine therapy, gay, hormonal therapy, hormone therapy, intersex, Lesbian, LGBT, LGBTQ, LGBTQI, LGBTQIA, pulmonary embolism, pulmonary embolism (pe), pulmonary embolus, queer, teenage, teenager, teens, Testosterone, thromboembolism, thrombosis, transgender, venous thromboembolism, young adult

(Reuters Health) – Transgender adolescents and young adults on gender-affirming hormone therapy don’t appear to be at increased risk of

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ACOG Advises on Care for Transgender Patients

March 2, 2021 asexual, birth control, Bisexual, cancer, carcinoma, contraception, contraceptive management, endocrine therapy, fertility, gay, health care inequity, hormone therapy, hysterectomy, intersex, Iowa, Lesbian, LGBT, LGBTQ, LGBTQI, LGBTQIA, malignant neoplasia, management (contraception, menopausal syndrome, Menopause, pregnancy, primary care, queer, social determinants of health, Social Issues, surgery, transgender

Transgender patients have unique needs regarding obstetric and gynecologic care as well as preventive care, and ob.gyns. can help by

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Study finds risk factor for blood clots occurs in more than 10 percent of transgender men using testosterone

February 18, 2021 10, Blood, clots, factor, finds, for, in, Men, more, occurs, of, percent, risk, study, Testosterone, than, transgender, Using

A potentially dangerous side effect of testosterone therapy for transgender men is an increase in red blood cells that can

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This Transgender Man’s ‘Quarantine Weight’ Turned Out to Be a Huge Ovarian Tumor

January 21, 2021 A, be, Huge, mans, out, ovarian, Quarantine, This, to, transgender, tumor, turned, weight

Verley says he's "lived with depression for a really long time and that mindset has never served me." The photos,

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Lack of Insurance Tied to Non-Rx Hormone Use in Transgender Adults

November 17, 2020 adults, hormone, in, Insurance, lack, Non-Rx, of, tied, to, transgender, Use

TUESDAY, Nov. 17, 2020 — Lack of insurance coverage for gender-affirming hormones is associated with a lower likelihood of hormone

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Doctors group recommends support for transgender children

September 17, 2018 children, Doctors, for, group, recommends, Support, transgender

A doctors group took a stand in support of transgender children Monday, offering advice in what it called “a rapidly

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