Module 2: Direct Comprehensive Primary Care in the LTC Setting
21 2.2.3 Caring for Gender-Diverse Individuals
Gender diversity refers to identities and expressions that differ from cultural gender norms and includes gender identities such as:
- Transgender
- Nonbinary
- Genderqueer
- Agender
- Other genders that a person identifies as
- Gender Inclusive Care
- Organ Inventory
- Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy
- Goals of Therapy: Feminizing Therapy or Masculinizing Therapy
- Decisions about hormone therapy in older adults should be individualized following a thorough discussion of risks and benefits[1]
- Sherbourne Health, 2019 ↵