RT Book, Section
A1 Gaddis, Monica L.
A1 Grimstad, Frances W.
A2 Tintinalli, Judith E.
A2 Ma, O. John
A2 Yealy, Donald M.
A2 Meckler, Garth D.
A2 Stapczynski, J. Stephan
A2 Cline, David M.
A2 Thomas, Stephen H.
SR Print(0)
ID 1167031931
T1 The Transgender Patient
T2 Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 9e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260019933
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1167031931
RD 2023/03/28
AB A  transgender  person  is  someone  whose  gender  identity  differs  from  their  sex  assigned  at  birth.  Sex  is  an  assignment  of  “male”  or  “female”  based  on  birth  assessment  of  genitalia.  An  intersex  assignment  can  also  be  made  at  birth  based  on  ambiguous  genitalia.  Unlike  sex,  gender  identity  is  self-identified,  not  assigned,  and  may  or  may  not  be  congruent  with  sex.  Thus,  transgender  persons  include  those  who  were  assigned  as  being  of  male  sex  at  birth  but  who  identify  as  female  and  those  who  were  assigned  as  being  of  female  sex  at  birth  but  who  identify  as  male.  Further,  some  individuals  identify  outside  the  male–female  binary,  including  those  who  identify  as  both,  neither,  or  in  between,  and  may  identify  with  terms  such  as  gender  nonbinary,  gender  nonconforming,  or  gender  fluid.1  Approximately  0.5%  of  people  in  the  United  States  identify  as  transgender.2  Not  all  transgender  patients  desire  physical  alignment.