Transgender people may have a higher burden of both medical and mental health problems
The rates of sexually transmissible infections (STIs) in transgender people are reported to be far higher than for cisgender individuals,1,2,3 but the factors underlying the higher numbers are not known. Possibilities include lack of access to quality health care4 and greater assumption of risk by transgender people because of their relatively precarious life circumstances.5
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I served on an advisory panel for Endo Pharmaceuticals in June 2018.