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Preventive Screening
Preventive screening refers to health care services, such as tests or questionnaires, used to monitor an individual’s health and prevent adverse outcomes. Generally, recommendations are based on the body parts a person has and the behaviors in which they engage. Because trans people experience disproportionate rates of certain health conditions, screening for these conditions is especially important.
Cancer Screening
Structural and behavioral factors put some LGBTQIA+ individuals at increased risk for some cancers. Cancer screening should be conducted in a culturally responsive manner and requires an accurate organ inventory (i.e., knowledge of which anatomical structures a person possesses) and thorough behavioral risk assessment.
Factors and General Recommendations
Fear of discrimination or past trauma within the health care system may account for lower rates of cancer screening and later diagnosis ...
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- K–12 Policies/Climate
- Sororities and Fraternities
- Supportive Classroom Practices
- Teacher Training and Support
- Women’s Colleges
- Youth and Teens, School Experiences
- Gender Studies
- Agender People
- Androgyny
- Anti-Trans Theories
- Authorship of Trans Literature
- Bornstein, Kate
- Cisgender as a Term
- Cisgenderism
- Cisnormativity
- Erasure
- Femmephobia
- Gender Binaries
- Gender Creative
- Gender Expression
- Gender Fluidity
- Gender Functions
- Gender Labels
- Gender Nonconformity
- Gender Panics
- Gender Pronouns
- Genderism
- Heteronormativity
- Heterosexism
- International Pronouns Day
- Intersexuality
- Microaggressions
- Misgendering
- Nonbinary Genders
- Policing of Trans Bodies
- Queer Theory and Trans People
- Queer, Intersections With Trans
- Sexual Fluidity
- Trans Men
- Trans Studies
- Trans Women
- Transgender as a Term
- Transmisogynoir
- Transmisogyny
- Transnormativity
- Transphobia
- History
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- Ancient and Medieval Times
- Ancient/Medieval Times, Jews and Judaism
- Ballroom
- Benjamin, Harry
- Compton’s Cafeteria Riot
- Cooper Do-nuts Riot
- Crossdressers as Part of the Trans Community
- Crossdressing, History
- Dillon, Michael
- Drag Kings
- Drag Queens
- Elbe, Lili
- Erickson, Reed
- Garland, Jack Bee
- GenderPAC
- Hirschfeld, Magnus
- History
- International Conference on Transgender Law and Employment Policy
- Intersex Society of North America
- Johnson, Marsha P.
- Jorgensen, Christine
- Morris, Jan
- Murray, Pauli
- Prince, Virginia
- Richards, Renée
- Rivera, Sylvia
- Sexology
- STAR
- Stonewall Riots
- Sullivan, Lou
- Teena, Brandon
- Tipton, Billy
- Trans Pride Flag
- Transexual Menace
- Tri-Ess
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- American Civil Liberties Union
- Asylum
- Bathroom Discrimination
- Criminal Justice System
- Discrimination
- Gender Identity Discrimination as Sex Discrimination
- Gender on Legal Documents
- Harassment
- Health Care Access, Legal Issues
- Inmates and Incarceration
- International Conference on Transgender Law and Employment Policy
- Intimate Partner Violence
- Juvenile Justice System
- Lambda Legal
- Manning, Chelsea
- Marriage, Divorce, and Parenting, Legal Issues
- Migrants, Legal Issues
- Military/Military Ban
- National Center for Lesbian Rights
- Nondiscrimination Laws, Federal, State, and Local
- Parents of Trans Children and Youth, Custodial issues
- Sexual Violence
- Sylvia Rivera Law Project
- Transgender Law Center
- Violence
- Workplace Policies
- Youth and Teens, Legal Issues
- Medicine
- ICD
- Binding
- Cancer
- Cancer Survivorship
- Chest Feeding
- Chronic Disease
- DIY
- Epidemiology
- Fertility Preservation
- Gender Clinics in the United States
- Gender Clinics Outside the United States
- Gender-Affirming Surgeries: Men, Bottom
- Gender-Affirming Surgeries: Men, Top
- Gender-Affirming Surgeries: Women
- Health Care Training
- Health Care, Discrimination
- Health Determinants
- Health in Non-Western Contexts
- HIV/STIs
- Hormones, Adults
- Hormones, Youth
- Informed Consent Model
- Medicine
- Preventive Health Care
- Preventive Screening
- Puberty
- Puberty Blockers
- Reproductive Health
- Sex Assignment
- Sexual Health
- Substance Use
- Voice Training
- Multiple Identities
- Asian American People
- Black People
- Immigrants and Immigration
- Indigenous People
- Intellectual and Cognitive Disabilities, People With
- Jewish People
- Latinx People
- Muslim People
- Neurodiversity
- Physical Disabilities, People With
- Queer, Intersections With Trans
- Queering Femininities
- Racialized Femininities
- Racialized Masculinities
- Religion/Spirituality of Trans People
- Social Class
- Transmisogynoir
- Transmisogyny
- Two-Spirit People
- Veterans
- Youth and Teens of Color
- Politics
- Activism
- Black Lives Matter
- Citizenship
- Elected Officials
- Electoral Politics
- Feminism
- GenderPAC
- Identity Politics
- interACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth
- International Transgender Day of Visibility
- LGBTQ Movement, Trans Inclusion In/Exclusion From
- National Center for Transgender Equality
- Parent Advocacy Groups for Trans Children
- Planned Parenthood, Trans Inclusion
- Religion/Spirituality, Support of/Opposition to Trans Rights
- TERFs
- Trans People of Color Coalition
- Trans Women of Color Collective
- Transexual Menace
- Transgender Day of Remembrance
- Women’s Movement, Trans Inclusion In/Exclusion From
- Popular Culture
- Psychology
- DSM
- Affirmative Therapy
- Autogynephilia
- Body Image Disturbance and Eating Disorders
- Child Welfare System
- Children With Trans Parents, Psychosocial Outcomes
- Decisions to Parent
- Desistance
- Detransition
- Divorce, Psychological Issues
- Family Therapy, Trans Youth
- Gatekeeping in the Transition Process
- Gender Affirmative Model
- Gender Dysphoria
- Gender Minority Stress
- Identity Development
- Mental Health
- Parenthood, Transition to
- Reparative Therapy
- Resiliency
- Sex Therapy
- Sexual Configurations Theory, Inclusion of Trans People
- Suicidality and Self-Harm
- Therapist Training
- Therapy/Therapist Bias
- Trauma, Trans People With
- WPATH
- Youth and Teens, Well-Being
- Research and Research Issues
- Sociology
- Adoption and Foster Care
- Aging
- Athletes, Pro Sports
- Body Size
- Coming Out
- Community Building
- Consensual Nonmonogamy
- Dating
- Death and Dying
- Demographics of the Trans Community
- Embodiment
- Ethnographies
- Femininities and Femme
- Friendships
- Gender Recognition Technology
- Geographies
- Homelessness/Shelters
- Housing
- Kink/BDSM Communities
- Leadership
- Marriage
- Masculinities
- Mentoring
- Naming Practices
- Olympic Athletes
- Parenting of Trans Children
- Parents of Trans Children and Youth, Relationship Issues
- Partners of Trans People
- Pornography
- Poverty
- Pregnancy
- Public Opinion of/Climate for
- Relationships With Children
- Relationships With Family as Trans Adults
- Relationships With Romantic/Sexual Partners
- Relationships With Siblings
- Sex Work
- Sex Workers
- Sexualities/Sexual Identities
- Sissy Boy Experience
- Social Transition
- Stealth
- United States Transgender Survey (USTS)
- Workplace Climate
- Workplace, Gender Transition
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