Transgender Health Disparities Are Subject of New Study

Transgender is an umbrella term used to describe people whose assigned sex at birth is not fully aligned or congruent with their current gender identity or expression. Prior research has documented a high prevalence of adverse health outcomes in some transgender communities, including mental health distress and suicidality, substance use, cigarette smoking, and HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Social …

Hospice and the Transgendered**

[note from coalition: most current term usage is "transgender" not "transgendered"; otherwise very informative article] by: Robert Killeen MD Hospice is beset by many societal obstacles in its care of the transgendered patient.  I saw a most recent example of this in our local community hospice.  An elderly female (MTF) transgendered patient had developed metastatic …