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Key Texts:
- CMDA Ethics Statement: Transgender Identification. 2021. Full text here.
- Herman JL, Brown TNT, Haas AP. Suicide Thoughts and Attempts Among Transgender Adults: Findings from the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey. Williams Institute, 2019. Full text here.
- Legato M (ed). Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine: Gender in the Genomic Era, 3rd ed. Academic Press, 2017. Non-affiliate link.
- Barrett, Ruth. Female Erasure: What You Need to Know About Gender Politics’ War on Women, the Female Sex and Human Rights. Pacific Palisades, CA: Tidal Time Publishing 2016. Non-affiliate link.
- Flores AR, Herman JL, Gates GL, Brown TNT. How Many Adults Identify as Transgender in the United States? Williams Institute, 2016. Full text here.
- Anderson RT. When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment. New York: Encounter Books, 2019. Non-affiliate link.
- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-5. Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Association, 2013. Non-affiliate link.
- Jones RE, Lopez KH. Human Reproductive Biology, 4th ed. Academic Press, 2013. Non-affiliate link.
Key Abstracts:
- Singh D, Bradley SJ, Zucker KJ. A Follow-Up Study of Boys With Gender Identity Disorder. Front Psychiatry. 2021 Mar 29;12:632784. Full text here.
- Mayer LS, McHugh PR. Sexuality and Gender: Findings from the Biological, Psychological, and Social Sciences. The New Atlantis. 2016 50:4-116. Full text here.
- Steensma TD, McGuire JK, Kreukels BP, Beekman AJ, Cohen-Kettenis PT. Factors associated with desistence and persistence of childhood gender dysphoria: a quantitative follow-up study. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2013 Jun;52(6):582-90. Abstract here.
- Dhejne C, Lichtenstein P, Boman M, Johansson AL, Långström N, Landén M. Long-term follow-up of transsexual persons undergoing sex reassignment surgery: cohort study in Sweden. PLoS One. 2011 Feb 22;6(2):e16885. Full text here.
- Asscheman H, Giltay EJ, Megens JA, de Ronde WP, van Trotsenburg MA, Gooren LJ. A long-term follow-up study of mortality in transsexuals receiving treatment with cross-sex hormones. Eur J Endocrinol. 2011 Apr;164(4):635-42. Full text here.
- Murad MH, Elamin MB, Garcia MZ, Mullan RJ, Murad A, Erwin PJ, Montori VM. Hormonal therapy and sex reassignment: a systematic review and meta-analysis of quality of life and psychosocial outcomes. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2010 Feb;72(2):214-31. Abstract here.
- Kuhn A, Bodmer C, Stadlmayr W, Kuhn P, Mueller MD, Birkhäuser M. Quality of life 15 years after sex reassignment surgery for transsexualism. Fertil Steril. 2009 Nov;92(5):1685-1689.e3. Full text here.
- Bostwick JM, Martin KA. A man’s brain in an ambiguous body: a case of mistaken gender identity. Am J Psychiatry. 2007 Oct;164(10):1499-505. Full text here.
- Segal NL. Two monozygotic twin pairs discordant for female-to-male transsexualism. Arch Sex Behav. 2006 Jun;35(3):347-58. Abstract here.
- Clements-Nolle K, Marx R, Guzman R, Katz M. HIV prevalence, risk behaviors, health care use, and mental health status of transgender persons: implications for public health intervention. Am J Public Health. 2001 Jun;91(6):915-21. Full text here.
- Meyer JK, Reter DJ. Sex reassignment. Follow-up. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1979 Aug;36(9):1010-5. Abstract here.