TY - JOUR
T1 - Proceedings of the Working Group Session on Fertility Preservation for Individuals with Gender and Sex Diversity
AU - Finlayson, Courtney
AU - Johnson, Emilie K.
AU - Chen, DIane
AU - Dabrowski, Elizabeth
AU - Gosiengfiao, Yasmin C
AU - Campo-Engelstein, Lisa
AU - Rosoklija, Ilina
AU - Jacobson, Jill
AU - Shnorhavorian, Margarett
AU - Pavone, Mary Ellen
AU - Moravek, Molly B.
AU - Bonifacio, Herbert J.
AU - Simons, Lisa
AU - Hudson, Janella
AU - Fechner, Patricia Y.
AU - Gomez-Lobo, Veronica
AU - Kadakia, Rachel Bulbul
AU - Shurba, Angela
AU - Rowell, Erin
AU - Woodruff, Teresa K.
PY - 2016/1
Y1 - 2016/1
N2 - Children and adolescents with gender and sex diversity include (1) gender-nonconforming and transgender individuals for whom gender identity or expression are incongruent with birth-assigned sex (heretofore, transgender) and (2) individuals who have differences in sex development (DSD). Although these are largely disparate groups, there is overlap in the medical expertise necessary to care for individuals with both gender and sex diversity. In addition, both groups face potential infertility or sterility as a result of desired medical and surgical therapies. The Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago (Lurie Children's) gender and sex development program (GSDP) provides specialized multidisciplinary care for both transgender and DSD patients. In response to patient concerns that recommended medical treatments have the potential to affect fertility, the Lurie Children's GSDP team partnered with experts from the Oncofertility Consortium at Northwestern University to expand fertility preservation options to gender and sex diverse youth. This article summarizes the results of a meeting of experts across this field at the annual Oncofertility Consortium conference with thoughts on next steps toward a unified protocol for this patient group.
AB - Children and adolescents with gender and sex diversity include (1) gender-nonconforming and transgender individuals for whom gender identity or expression are incongruent with birth-assigned sex (heretofore, transgender) and (2) individuals who have differences in sex development (DSD). Although these are largely disparate groups, there is overlap in the medical expertise necessary to care for individuals with both gender and sex diversity. In addition, both groups face potential infertility or sterility as a result of desired medical and surgical therapies. The Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago (Lurie Children's) gender and sex development program (GSDP) provides specialized multidisciplinary care for both transgender and DSD patients. In response to patient concerns that recommended medical treatments have the potential to affect fertility, the Lurie Children's GSDP team partnered with experts from the Oncofertility Consortium at Northwestern University to expand fertility preservation options to gender and sex diverse youth. This article summarizes the results of a meeting of experts across this field at the annual Oncofertility Consortium conference with thoughts on next steps toward a unified protocol for this patient group.
KW - disorders of sex development
KW - fertility
KW - gender dysphoria
KW - intersex
KW - transgender
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U2 - 10.1089/trgh.2016.0008
DO - 10.1089/trgh.2016.0008
M3 - Article
C2 - 28111635
SN - 2380-193X
VL - 1
SP - 99
EP - 107
JO - Transgender Health
JF - Transgender Health
IS - 1
ER -