Malek Rana, Sarmiento Mauro, Lamos Elizabeth
University of Maryland School of Medicine, 800 Linden Avenue, 8th Floor UMCDE, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
YesCare Corporation, 7240 Parkway Drive, Suite 350, Hanover, MD 21076, USA.
Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 2023 Dec;52(4):677-687. doi: 10.1016/j.ecl.2023.05.007. Epub 2023 Jun 7.
Social and health disparities among transgender people may result in increased rates of incarceration, particularly among Black transgender women. The World Professional Association for Transgender Health states that all recommendations for gender-affirming care made in the Standards of Care-8 be applied equally to people living in institutions. Understanding the structural challenges to gender-affirming care in the corrections environment will allow the endocrinologist to navigate the complex correctional health care system. The barriers to gender-affirming care and surgery will be highlighted in this article.
跨性别者之间的社会和健康差异可能导致监禁率上升，尤其是在黑人跨性别女性中。世界跨性别健康专业协会指出，《护理标准-8》中提出的所有性别肯定性护理建议应平等适用于生活在机构中的人群。了解惩教环境中性别肯定性护理面临的结构性挑战，将有助于内分泌学家在复杂的惩教医疗系统中开展工作。本文将重点介绍性别肯定性护理和手术的障碍。
