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ey0015.6-10 | Food for thought | ESPEYB15

6.10 I am your trans patient

EB Lewis , B Vincent , A Brett , S Gibson , RJ Walsh

To read the full abstract: BMJ. 2017 Jun 30;357:j2963This group of 5 transgender and non-medical professional authors has written a unique “What Your Patient is Thinking” article published in the BMJ. Their aim was to tell health care providers, and others who manage transgender people, how they want to be received and treated and what went wrong in many previous meetings with the healt...

ey0020.4-10 | Gender Incongruence (GI): New Guidance | ESPEYB20

4.10. Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, Version 8

E Coleman , AE Radix , WP Bouman , GR Brown , ALC de Vries , MB Deutsch , R Ettner , L Fraser , M Goodman , J Green , AB Hancock , TW Johnson , DH Karasic , GA Knudson , SF Leibowitz , HFL Meyer-Bahlburg , SJ Monstrey , J Motmans , L Nahata , TO Nieder , SL Reisner , C Richards , LS Schechter , V Tangpricha , AC Tishelman , MAA Van Trotsenburg , S Winter , K Ducheny , NJ Adams , TM Adrian , LR Allen , D Azul , H Bagga , K Başar , DS Bathory , JJ Belinky , DR Berg , JU Berli , RO Bluebond-Langner , MB Bouman , ML Bowers , PJ Brassard , J Byrne , L Capitan , CJ Cargill , JM Carswell , SC Chang , G Chelvakumar , T Corneil , KB Dalke , G De Cuypere , E de Vries , M Den Heijer , AH Devor , C Dhejne , A D'Marco , EK Edmiston , L Edwards-Leeper , R Ehrbar , D Ehrensaft , J Eisfeld , E Elaut , L Erickson-Schroth , JL Feldman , AD Fisher , MM Garcia , L Gijs , SE Green , BP Hall , TLD Hardy , MS Irwig , LA Jacobs , AC Janssen , K Johnson , DT Klink , BPC Kreukels , LE Kuper , EJ Kvach , MA Malouf , R Massey , T Mazur , C McLachlan , SD Morrison , SW Mosser , PM Neira , U Nygren , JM Oates , J Obedin-Maliver , G Pagkalos , J Patton , N Phanuphak , K Rachlin , T Reed , GN Rider , J Ristori , S Robbins-Cherry , SA Roberts , KA Rodriguez-Wallberg , SM Rosenthal , K Sabir , JD Safer , AI Scheim , LJ Seal , TJ Sehoole , K Spencer , C St Amand , TD Steensma , JF Strang , GB Taylor , K Tilleman , GG T'Sjoen , LN Vala , NM Van Mello , JF Veale , JA Vencill , B Vincent , LM Wesp , MA West , J Arcelus

Brief summary: The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) has issued an updated Standards of Care version 8 which contains important guidelines on how the assessment of gender variant children and adolescents should be considered, and by whom, and provides guidance around the consideration of young people for hormonal intervention.This long and detailed document has had considerable input from many experts involved in transgender c...