"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.
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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.777.500
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| 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
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2021 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2024 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Transgender Persons" by people in Profiles.
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Oles N, Fontenele R, Abi Zeid Daou M. Transgender History, Part II: A Brief History of Medical and Surgical Gender-Affirming Care. Behav Sci Law. 2025 Jul-Aug; 43(4):351-356.
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Copeland LA, Wolfe HL, Jackson SS, Buljubasic N, Kauth MR, Hashemi L. Treating Transgender and Gender-Diverse Veterans in the Veterans Health Administration: 23 Years of Findings. LGBT Health. 2025 Jul; 12(5):363-371.
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Fontenele R, Abi Zeid Daou M. Transgender History, Part I: An Anthropology of Gender-Nonconformity Across Ages and Cultures. Behav Sci Law. 2025 May-Jun; 43(3):323-328.
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Leder SM, McConnell AA, Lamba S, Sonnier C, Matza AR, Meriwether WE, Brown GR, Shipherd JC, Kauth MR, Jones KT. Impact of Gender Identity Field in the Veterans Health Administration Electronic Health Record, 2016?2023. Am J Public Health. 2025 Mar; 115(3):403-413.
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Barr WB, Fleischer S, Peterson LE. Family Medicine Residents Intentions to Provide Gender Affirming Care. J Am Board Fam Med. 2024 Sep-Oct; 37(5):974-975.
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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 07 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 07 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.