Endocrine Abstracts

Introductions: Gender Identity Disorder (GID) occurs when a person’s gender identity differs from their biological sex, causing distress (gender dysphoria). GID presenting in childhood can dissipate at puberty. If it persists, they may progress to physical interventions. This involves the use of a GnRH analogue (GnRHa) for one year followed by cross sex hormones.Methods: As part of the clinical assessments, adolescents have body composition measurem...

Introduction: Gender minorities, including transgender and gender diverse (TGD) individuals face health disparities and significant barriers in accessing healthcare. Lack of access to providers knowledgeable in TGD health needs is the single greatest barrier to care. Existing literature on TGD care has almost exclusively focused on physicians and there is scant literature on the role of nurses. We aimed to describe exemplars of nurse-led TGD care internationally to better unde...

Introduction: The destination of young people referred from the NHS Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) to the two paediatric endocrine centres covering England and Wales has not been analysed previously.Methods: 1151 young people identifying as gender variant were referred from GIDS for an endocrine opinion: 827 patients to University College London Hospital (UCLH) from 2008; 324 to Leeds Children’s Hospital (LCH) from 2013. Outcomes were no...