Emerging science shows that gender identity has a durable biological underpinning that needs to be considered in policy decisions. Our position statement and Clinical Practice Guideline are setting the tone of the debate. As thought leaders on gender incongruence, we want to ensure transgender individuals have equal access to medical care and insurance coverage. We also are pushing for additional research into transgender health and treatment options.
We offer educational resources for healthcare providers who want more training in how to care for this population, a clinical education module, an educational slide deck, and a guideline pocket card.
News & Policy
- Anatomy Does Not Determine Gender, Experts Say | October 22, 2018
- Endocrine Society Hosts Congressional Briefing on Transgender Health
Briefing Presentations from:
- Letter to the Department of Justice, on proposed changes to crime victim reporting
- Letter to the Department of Health and Human Services, regarding protecting access to health care
- Researchers Compare Health Status, Rates of Cardiometabolic Disease Between Transgender Adults and Cisgender Adults
- Safer Named First Executive Director at Mount Sinai Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery
- Advocacy Roundtable: Taking Action for Endocrinology
- Transitioning
- About-Face
- more…
From The Journals
- Endocrinology of Transgender Medicine
- Circulating Testosterone as the Hormonal Basis of Sex Differences in Athletic Performance
- Estradiol Does Not Influence Lipid Measures and Inflammatory Markers in Testosterone-Clamped Healthy Men
- CORRIGENDUM FOR “Endocrine Treatment of Gender-Dysphoric/Gender-Incongruent Persons: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline”
- Proandrogenic and Antiandrogenic Progestins in Transgender Youth: Differential Effects on Body Composition and Bone Metabolism
- Urine and Serum Sex Steroid Profile in Testosterone-Treated Transgender and Hypogonadal and Healthy Control Men
- Health and Cardiometabolic Disease in Transgender Adults in the United States: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2015
- Identifying the Critical Gaps in Research on Sex Differences in Metabolism Across the Life Span
- Transgender Health in Endocrinology: Current Status of Endocrinology Fellowship Programs and Practicing Clinicians
- all Journal articles...
Watch the ENDO 2019 session on Multidisciplinary Approach to Transgender Care. Including presentation on:
- Transgender Guidelines to Care
- Hormonal Care of Transgender Patients
- Special Considerations in the Care of Transgender Veterans
View all Endocrine Society session recordings on transgender medicine, check out the Center For Learning for educational and professional development opportunities.
Gender dysphoria is the distress related to sex assigned at birth not matching gender identity. Ways of relieving this distress may vary. For some people, changing the way they dress may be enough. Others may seek hormonal or surgical therapies. Learn more about the hormone therapies in our Hormone.org sections on:
- Sexual Health Definitions
- Sexual Health for Transgender Persons
- Feminizing Hormone Therapy
- Masculinizing Hormone Therapy
- Gender Nonconformity in Children and Adolescents
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