Current Guidelines for Gender Affirming Care for Transgender Individuals

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shervin Shadianloo ◽  
Ida Dancyger ◽  
Victor Fornari
Keyword(s):  
Standard Of Care ◽  
Professional Association ◽  
Sociocultural Factors ◽  
Team Approach ◽  
Transgender Health ◽  
Medical Needs ◽  
The World ◽  
Professional Health ◽  
New Research ◽  
Current Guidelines

Background and goals: The guidelines for transgender care are evolving and incorporate a multidisciplinary team approach. These roadmaps entail an understanding of gender development, mental health, and sociocultural factors in individual and family lives, as well as the specific medical needs in the process of transitioning and ongoing treatment. New research is continuing to update the best evidence-based practice. Multiple professional health organizations have published guidelines. The World Professional Association of Transgender Health has pioneered the Standard of Care, currently version seven. Other leading organizations have their own publications with an emphasis on specific relevant medical needs. In this paper, The World Professional Association of Transgender Health Standard of Care and the recommendation of multiple psychiatric and pediatric organizations are reviewed to provide an overview. Discussion: Most current guidelines have similar recommendations in providing care for transgender individuals. The more recent data has shown the benefits of medical transitioning in youth and updated recommendations in this age group. Healthcare professionals are encouraged to stay up to date with these current guidelines. Further research is recommended.

“What do you want us to call you?”

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 100-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamison Green ◽  
Dallas Denny ◽  
Jason Cromwell
Keyword(s):  
Focus Groups ◽  
Gender Dysphoria ◽  
Professional Association ◽  
Language Usage ◽  
Transgender Health ◽  
The World

Abstract In 1998 the authors circulated a questionnaire asking transgender respondents their reactions to various and assorted terminology and usage, including information about what the respondents did and did not wish to be called (N = 134). The authors followed up with focus groups at two trans conferences and presented their results at the 2001 symposium of the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association. In 2011, to see how language usage had evolved, the authors circulated a similar questionnaire (N = 2,633) and presented those results at the 2011 symposium of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health. These results are now presented in print.

scholarly journals Identity recognition statement of the world professional association for transgender health (WPATH)

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 355-356
Author(s):  
Gail Knudson ◽  
Jamison Green ◽  
Vin Tangpricha ◽  
Randi Ettner ◽  
Walter Pierre Bouman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Association ◽  
Identity Recognition ◽  
Transgender Health ◽  
The World

A Brief Overview of the WPATH Companion Document on Voice and Communication

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 66-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shelagh Davies
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Professional Association ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
Standing Committee ◽  
Transgender Health ◽  
Link Type ◽  
The World ◽  
Language Pathology ◽  
The Voice

Transgender voice and communication is an emerging area of practice within the scope of speech-language pathology. The evidence that informs this practice is still sparse, but is rapidly expanding. To support clinicians, the Voice and Communication Standing Committee of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) has recently prepared a document that summarizes the evidence-based literature up to 2013 and offers suggestions to guide clinical practice. This paper is a brief outline of that document, which will be available in an upcoming issue of the International Journal of Transgenderism and also, free of charge, on the WPATH website at http://www.wpath.org .

The Evidence Behind the Practice: A Review of WPATH Suggested Guidelines in Transgender Voice and Communication

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (10) ◽  
pp. 64-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shelagh Davies
Keyword(s):  
Professional Association ◽  
Standards Of Care ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
Transgender Health ◽  
The World ◽  
Language Pathology

Voice and communication change for gender-divergent people is a rapidly growing specialty within the practice of speech-language pathology. In 2015, the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) published an article to support clinicians, researchers and educators in this emerging field. This “Companion Document” expands on WPATH's Standards of Care in Transgender Voice and Communication. What follows here is a brief summary of the document's content.

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