When Gender Identity Doesn’t Equal Sex Recorded at Birth: The Role of the Laboratory in Providing Effective Healthcare to the Transgender Community

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2017
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Oxford University Press

This article explores gender incongruence, the clinical changes associated with gender transition, and systemic barriers that maintain a gender/sex binary. The article emphasizes the role of laboratories in improving physiological understanding, electronic medical system recognition, and overall social awareness of the transgender community.

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