Transgender is a term for a diverse community—such as trans women (male-to-female) and trans men (female-to-male), gender queer individuals, and those whose gender identity or expression differs from the societal expectations of how they should look, act, or identify based on the sex they were assigned at birth. Many transgender people experience discrimination in their day-to-day lives that can affect access to healthcare. Transgender individuals may delay seeking medical care because of fear of negative treatment by medical staff.
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Additional Resources
- Out of Committee: Diversity and Inclusion – Why Pronouns Matter
- Quality care for the transgender patient | AAO-HNSF Bulletin
- Understanding Non-Binary People: How to Be Respectful and Supportive
- Training to reduce LGBTQ-related bias among medical, nursing, and dental students and providers: a systematic review
- When Health Care Isn’t Caring; Lambda Legal’s Survey on Discrimination Against LGBT People and People Living with HIV
- Health Care Providers’ Implicit and Explicit Attitudes Toward Lesbian Women and Gay Men
