IntroductionGender-affirming surgery became eligible for public medical insurance in Japan in 2018. However, the diagnostic ...
Eating disorders are complicated illnesses that interrupt a person’s relationship to eating and significantly affect their overall functioning. Recovery is possible and is typically found through ...
The LGBT Understanding Promotion Act, enacted in 2023, is not a law that stipulates insurance coverage for gender-affirming ...
On January 8, 2024, the United States Department of Justice filed a statement of interest, explaining that gender dysphoria can be a covered disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA” ...
A key strategy in the Trump administration’s crackdown on gender medicine is identifying and prosecuting insurance fraud. A common form of potential billing fraud involves use of the diagnosis ...
A bill has been filed by a GOP lawmaker in Kentucky’s General Assembly that would prohibit some people with “gender identity disorders” from getting a teaching license. The bill is sponsored by Sen.
There are significant mental health disparities between sexual and gender minority (SGM) populations and cisgender heterosexual populations (non-SGM), according to a study published online Jan. 29 in ...
Most research about eating disorders is conducted with cisgender women. Cisgender is used to indicate when one’s current gender identity matches the sex they were assigned at birth. In contrast, ...