Receipt of Gender-Affirming Surgeries Among Transgender and Gender Diverse Veterans.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gender-affirming surgery (GAS) can be an important part of comprehensive care for transgender and gender diverse (TGD) individuals, but this care is not provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) because of an exclusion in the medical benefits package.

Objective

To describe the receipt of GAS by veterans and assess the associations between key sociodemographic characteristics and receipt of chest ("top") and genital ("bottom") surgeries.

Design

Cross-sectional national survey (the GendeR Affirming Care Evaluation (GRACE)), among TGD Veterans conducted between September 2022 and July 2023.

Participants

A total of 6653 Veterans (54% response rate) completed the survey.

Main measures

Self-reported "top" and "bottom" GAS were key outcomes

SUBMITTER: Littman AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11576719 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature