Gender-Affirming Surgical History, Satisfaction, and Unmet Needs Among Transgender Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Gender-affirming surgery (GAS) is an effective treatment for gender dysphoria among transgender, nonbinary, and gender diverse (TGD) individuals. Research is needed to assess GAS history, factors associated with GAS satisfaction, desired yet unobtained GAS, and barriers and facilitators to GAS access for TGD individuals.

Objective

To assess of the prevalence of GAS, surgical satisfaction, and encountered barriers among TGD adults and the factors associated with these outcomes.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study, conducted from October 2024 to June 2025, used baseline electronic survey data from TGD adult primary care patients enrolled in LEGACY, a longitudinal cohort study. Data were collected from February 2019 to March 2021.

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SUBMITTER: Pletta DR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12447237 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature