"Transgender Persons" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Persons having a sense of persistent identification with, and expression of, gender-coded behaviors not typically associated with one's anatomical sex at birth, with or without a desire to undergo SEX REASSIGNMENT PROCEDURES.
| Descriptor ID |
D063106
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.777.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Transgender Persons- Transgender Persons
- Person, Transgender
- Persons, Transgender
- Transgender Person
- Transgenders
- Transgender
- Transgendered Persons
- Person, Transgendered
- Persons, Transgendered
- Transgendered Person
Intersex Persons- Intersex Persons
- Intersex Person
- Person, Intersex
- Persons, Intersex
Gender-Variant Persons- Gender-Variant Persons
- Gender Variant Persons
- Gender-Variant Person
- Person, Gender-Variant
- Persons, Gender-Variant
- Genderqueer Persons
- Genderqueer Person
- Person, Genderqueer
- Persons, Genderqueer
Two-Spirit Persons- Two-Spirit Persons
- Person, Two-Spirit
- Persons, Two-Spirit
- Two Spirit Persons
- Two-Spirit Person
Transsexual Persons- Transsexual Persons
- Person, Transsexual
- Persons, Transsexual
- Transsexual Person
- Transexuals
- Transexual
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2024 | 14 | 2 | 16 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Transgender Persons" by people in Profiles.
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Treating Transgender and Gender-Diverse Veterans in the Veterans Health Administration: 23 Years of Findings. LGBT Health. 2025 Jul; 12(5):363-371.
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Critiques of the Cass Review: Fact-Checking the Peer-Reviewed and Grey Literature. J Sex Marital Ther. 2025; 51(2):175-199.
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Impact of Gender Identity Field in the Veterans Health Administration Electronic Health Record, 2016?2023. Am J Public Health. 2025 Mar; 115(3):403-413.
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Sex and Gender Variables in Data Set Creation and Data Cleaning for Inclusive and Accurate Reproductive Health Research and Quality Improvement. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2025 Jan-Feb; 70(1):131-136.
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Technology-Based Interventions, with a Stepped Care Approach, for Reducing Sexual Risk Behaviors and Increasing PrEP Initiation Among Transgender and Gender Expansive Youth and Young Adults. AIDS Behav. 2024 Dec; 28(12):3956-3969.
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Provider Factors Likely to Impact Access and Uptake of Long-Acting Injectable Cabotegravir for Transgender Women in the United States: Results of a Qualitative Study. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2024 Sep-Oct 01; 35(5):437-449.
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Further Considerations on Gender-Affirming Care. JAMA Pediatr. 2024 Aug 01; 178(8):841.
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Improving Recruitment and Retention of Transgender Women in HIV Prevention Trials: Strategies to Make Trial Participation More Congruent with the Needs of Transgender Women. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2024 Dec; 40(12):680-689.
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Receipt of Gender-Affirming Surgeries Among Transgender and Gender Diverse Veterans. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Nov; 39(15):3042-3051.
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Developmental uterovaginal anomalies and histologic findings in transgender patients receiving gender-affirming hysterectomies: A large case series. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2024 Oct; 167(1):230-236.