Establishing Gender-Affirming Genetic Counseling Services
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Introduction
Transgender (trans) describes an individual whose gender identity differs from the sex they were assigned at birth. In the U.S., approximately 2.6 million people (~1% of the population) identify as transgender and this number is predicted to increase with growing awareness and societal acceptance of human gender diversity. Individuals whose gender identity falls outside of the gender binary (i.e., not exclusively man or woman) may use various labels to describe their gender, including but not limited to: non-binary, gender non-conforming, and genderqueer. We use the umbrella term “gender-diverse” here to describe these identities. It is important to recognize that while many gender-diverse people identify as trans, others do not.
In contrast, intersex refers to a variety of conditions in which a person is born with sexual/reproductive anatomy that does not fit the binary sex categories of male and female. It is estimated that ~1.7% of the world population is born with an intersex trait. Today, Differences of Sex Development (DSD) is the accepted term used by the medical community to describe congenital conditions involving atypical development…
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- To access the most up-to-date modules discussed in this study (Amplify/Sprouted: Evolved) enter the password Amplify2023 here.
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Suggested Citation
Powers, L. N., & Bennett, R. L. (2024). Establishing gender-affirming genetic counseling services. In ELSIhub Collections. Center for ELSI Resources and Analysis (CERA). https://doi.org/10.25936/wahm-6x11
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