Transgender Persons

"Transgender Persons" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Persons having a sense of persistent identification with, and expression of, gender-coded behaviors not typically associated with one's anatomical sex at birth, with or without a desire to undergo SEX REASSIGNMENT PROCEDURES.

Descriptor ID	D063106
MeSH Number(s)	M01.777.500
Concept/Terms	Transgender Persons Transgender Persons Person, Transgender Persons, Transgender Transgender Person Transgenders Transgender Transgendered Persons Person, Transgendered Persons, Transgendered Transgendered Person Intersex Persons Intersex Persons Intersex Person Person, Intersex Persons, Intersex Gender-Variant Persons Gender-Variant Persons Gender Variant Persons Gender-Variant Person Person, Gender-Variant Persons, Gender-Variant Genderqueer Persons Genderqueer Person Person, Genderqueer Persons, Genderqueer Two-Spirit Persons Two-Spirit Persons Person, Two-Spirit Persons, Two-Spirit Two Spirit Persons Two-Spirit Person Transsexual Persons Transsexual Persons Person, Transsexual Persons, Transsexual Transsexual Person Transexuals Transexual

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Transgender Persons".

Named Groups [M]
Persons [M01]
Sexual and Gender Minorities [M01.777]
Transgender Persons [M01.777.500]

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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Transgender Persons".

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Transgender Persons" by people in this website by year, and whether "Transgender Persons" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 59 publications over 12 distinct years, with a maximum of 10 publications in 2021 and 2024

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2013	2	0	2
2014	3	0	3
2015	1	0	1
2016	3	0	3
2017	4	1	5
2018	3	0	3
2019	1	0	1
2020	6	0	6
2021	10	0	10
2022	7	0	7
2023	8	0	8
2024	9	1	10

Below are the most recent publications written about "Transgender Persons" by people in Profiles.

Katz-Wise SL, Godwin EG, Medzhitova Y, Moore LBM, Parsa N, Hill A, Oparah N, Bogart LM, Rosal MC, Pullen Sansfa?on A, Ehrensaft D, Nishman MM, Austin SB. Development of a family-level intervention for families with transgender and/or nonbinary youth: Lessons and recommendations. J Fam Psychol. 2024 Oct; 38(7):995-1006.

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Littman AJ, Jeon A, Fort CL, Dashtestani K, Korpak A, Kauth MR, Shipherd JC, Jasuja GK, Wolfe HL, Neira PM, Caballero J, Garcia S, Williamson C, Collongues B, Simpson TL. Receipt of Gender-Affirming Surgeries Among Transgender and Gender Diverse Veterans. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Nov; 39(15):3042-3051.

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Zulu JM, Budhwani H, Wang B, Menon A, Kim D, Zulu M, Nyamaruze P, Govender K, Armstrong R. Living a private lie: intersectional stigma, depression and suicidal thoughts for selected young key populations living with HIV in Zambia. BMC Public Health. 2024 Jul 19; 24(1):1937.

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Hashemi L, Marijic Buljubasic A, Budoff MJ, Copeland LA, Jackson NJ, Jasuja GK, Gornbein J, Reue K. Gender-Affirming Hormone Treatment and Metabolic Syndrome Among Transgender Veterans. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Jul 01; 7(7):e2419696.

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Singh S, Duong N, Targownik L, Paul S, V?lez C, Feld LD. Transgender health care in the United States: legal, ethical and practical concerns for gastroenterologists in a changing landscape. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2024 Jun; 21(6):370-371.

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DeVone F, Jutkowitz E, Halladay C, Kauth MR, Cohen AJ, Tsai J. Moving Beyond International Classification of Diseases Codes for the Retrospective Identification of Gender Diverse Veterans. LGBT Health. 2025 Jan; 12(1):71-76.

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Wolfe HL, Jeon A, Goulet JL, Simpson TL, Eleazer JR, Jasuja GK, Blosnich JR, Kauth MR, Shipherd JC, Littman AJ. Non-affirmation minority stress, internalized transphobia, and subjective cognitive decline among transgender and gender diverse veterans aged 45 years and older. Aging Ment Health. 2024 Oct; 28(10):1357-1363.

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Singh RS, Landes SJ, Abraham TH, McFrederick P, Kauth MR, Shipherd JC, Kirchner JE. Recruitment tools for transgender and gender diverse veterans in health care research. Psychol Serv. 2024 Nov; 21(4):908-915.

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Godwin EG, Moore LM, Sansfa?on AP, Nishman MM, Rosal MC, Katz-Wise SL. Experiences of cisgender youth with a transgender and/or nonbinary sibling. Fam Process. 2024 Jun; 63(2):1025-1045.

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Janamnuaysook R, Guo Y, Yu YJ, Phanuphak N, Kawichai S, MacDonell K, Jupimai T, Rongkavilit C, Wang B. Lived experiences with pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake and adherence among transgender women in Thailand: a qualitative study. Sex Health. 2024 Jan; 21.

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