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U.S. Office of Population Affairs . 2022. Gender-affirming care and young people fact sheet. Rockville, MD: Office of Population Affairs, 2 pp.

Annotation: This factsheet from Health and Human Services emphasizes the benefit of gender-affirming care on the mental health of adolescents. In two pages it informs the reader on gender identity, types of gender-affirming care, and how early gender-affirming care can improve the mental health of young people. Resources include links to more comprehensive documents and article references.

Keywords: Adolescents, Gender identity, Gender-affirming care, LGTBQ, Nonbinary persons, Transgender persons

U.S. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. 2012. Healthy People 2020 webinar on transgender health. [Rockville, MD]: U.S. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion,

Annotation: This webinar focuses on the new objective in Healthy People 2020's lesbian, gay, bisexual,and transgender topic area; transgender health; the development of gender identify; and health issues specific to transgender individuals. The webinar also discusses how the Affordable Care Act of 2010 affects individuals who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) and how the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion is working to including LGBT issues in its health research. Efforts to increase access to care and improve the health of individuals with HIV/AIDS are also discussed.

Keywords: AIDS, Access to health care, Discrimination, Gender discrimination, HIV infected patients, Health insurance, Health promotion, Healthy People 2020, High risk groups, Homosexuality, Legislation, Prevention, Research, Sexual identity
   

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