Our latest for JGIM highlights that while #transgender veterans have a higher burden of heart disease compared to cisgender veterans, hormone therapy is associated with LOWER risk of developing heart disease among trans veterans. Hormones improve health.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

I’m not sitting back while this administrations destroys my career and the careers of my colleagues and mentees. #LGBTQI+

Overheard on our flight to Chicago:
This is the only way to make friends in Boston, on a flight to Chicago over the holidays. “Oh you’re from the Midwest?! Good people.”

‘The new data shows that about 4.5% of all Australians 16 years and older are #LGBTI+; that’s over 900,000 people.’

‘Younger Australians are more likely to be LGBTI+. Nearly 10% of Australians aged 16 to 24 years are LGBTI+.’

www.abs.gov.au/media-centre...

Redo, eh?

You want to know one totally doable action step you can take before the next administration? Get vaccinated. Seriously. Check your immunization history right now and see if you're up to date. One you've been putting off? Don't. You taking that step now may save someone's life in the next few years.

I'm looking forward to the 2025 GLMA conference in Minneapolis, MN #LGBTQ

www.glma.org/glmas_annual...

Healthcare professionals must be vigilant against implicit bias, particularly racial bias, which can lead to delayed diagnosis and poorer outcomes for marginalized patient populations. @cjstreed.bsky.social closler.org/lifelong-lea...

I offer no more or less protection to people who disagree with me as agree with me.

Policy affects data: "when a 'something else' response option is provided for sexual identity, survey respondents in states w worse policy protections may be more inclined to select this option, possibly for reasons of negative stigmas in these environments." #LGB
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Latest from the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology: Endocrine management of #transgender and gender diverse adolescents: expert opinion of the ESPE Working Group on Gender Incongruence and the Endo-ERN main thematic group on Sexual Development and Maturation.

karger.com/hrp/article-...

Highlighted what we know and what we should actually be focusing on re: gender-affirming care.

@washingtonpost.com

www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/...

Provided some background review for this article. @asssociatedpress.bsky.social

What medical care for transgender minors is at stake in Supreme Court case?

apnews.com/article/tran...

Using natural language processing (NLP) to explore veteran health, we found that #LGB vets had greater odds of #CVD than straight peers even adjusting for traditional risk factors & mental health.

Minority stress is killing us.

www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...

A highly edifying experience

BREAKING: Expert consensus of the french society of pediatric endocrinology and diabetology working group.

This is yet another set of guidelines consistent with WPATH standards of care.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I’m a Midwestener at heart; I deflect compliments better than Wonder Woman deflects bullets.

Ha. I am not that delulu. I hope for discussion at best.

#LGBTQ health: An Evidence-Based Framework for Supporting Older LGBTQ+ Adults in Rural Communities: Findings From the LGBTQ+ Social Networks, Aging, and Policy Study

We need to address diminishing community support and increasing social isolation among older folks

academic.oup.com/ppar/advance...

Working on a few NIH grants today.

Mug: Dorothy saying “No, no, I will not have a nice day!”
T-shirt: gay but not happy

#professionalgay
#LGBTQsky

Boots getting #thanksgiving biscuits together. #cats

Omg, Mr. Worcester is adorable!

#SCOTUS watch for next week's Skrmetti case re: access to evidence-based care for youth.

www.kff.org/other/issue-...

Most telling is the inclusion of a review of conversion therapy, which reviewers note is consistently associated with increased suicidality.