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WPATH, formerly HBIGDA, is a nonprofit that promotes evidence-based care, education, research, advocacy, and policy for transgender and gender diverse people. It publishes the Standards of Care, a clinical guideline for gender-affirming treatment, and has a history of updating and revising it based on scientific evidence.
The WPATH SOC is an international standard of care for transgender and gender-diverse individuals, developed by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health. It covers assessment, treatment, and care across the lifespan, and is updated periodically based on research and feedback.
Learn about the history, medical aspects, and challenges of transgender health care, including gender-affirming care. Find out how gender variance is characterized and diagnosed in different medical classifications and standards of care.
The conference emerged in response to the lack of healthcare resources and access for the transgender community in Philadelphia.An April 1999 survey conducted by the Philadelphia Transgender Health Action Coalition (which would later become the Mazzoni Center) exposed problems of transgender people being denied treatment for general healthcare problems, needing to educate providers on ...
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Transgender is an umbrella term for people whose gender identity differs from their assigned sex at birth. Some transgender people are also transsexual and seek medical assistance to transition, while others may identify as non-binary or genderqueer.
Also in 2014, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management announced an end to the ban on transition-related healthcare in Federal Employee Health Benefits plans (FEHB). [30] This decision did not mean FEHB insurance providers were required to cover transition-related healthcare, only that they could if they wanted. [30]
Transhealth is an independent and comprehensive trans healthcare center that services trans and gender-diverse individuals and families in New England and beyond. It provides clinical care, research, advocacy, and education related to gender-affirming healthcare.