LGBTQIA+ Resources for Health Professionals: Reproductive Health

Authors present best practices for reproductive healthcare professionals when caring for LGBTQIA+ patients. Recommendations include recognizing the unique healthcare needs of different gender and sexual minorities within the LGBTQIA+ community, developing inclusive intake processes, and using gender-neutral language throughout care.

The Mayo Clinic's best practices for treating the reproductive health needs of LGBTQ+ families, specifically related to pregnancy.

This committee opinion from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists provides inclusive and affirming care guidance for supporting transgender and gender diverse patients. This includes hormone therapy and preventive care.

LGBTQ+ people are often excluded from conversations around reproductive healthcare and abortion. The author discusses how threats to abortion rights in the United States impact LGBTQ+ people and how providers can best support this community's reproductive health needs.

The National Women's Law Center presents how abortion rights are inextricably tied to trans and intersex rights when considering reproductive healthcare.

Authors present important considerations for transgender men and their reproductive health including fertility planning, contraception, and pregnancy.

Articles and other resources, many of which are inclusive of gender and sexuality diversity, from Scarleteen on pregnancy.

This qualitative research paper presents findings from " in-depth interviews with a diverse sample of 39 female-assigned-at-birth individuals (ages 18-44) who also identified as lesbian, bisexual, queer, and/or genderqueer, or transmasculine." In reproductive health care, sexual and gender minorities have some health needs similar to cisgender and/or heterosexual patients but also unique needs associated with their LGBTQ+ identities.

This is a scoping review of reproductive health literature on transgender and gender diverse people assigned female at birth and assigned male at birth. Authors argue for more reproductive health research on trans and gender diverse populations in the Global South and who have other marginalized identities that impact reproductive health.

The authors present a narrative review of the reproductive health barriers and needs faced by LGBTQIA+ populations.

Authors discuss the lack of research and clinical guidelines for providing perinatal care to transgender men and gender-diverse individuals. Using a case study, the care team presents recommendations at systems and interpersonal levels of the health experience for trans men and gender diverse individuals when seeking perinatal care.

Transgender, non-binary, and gender expansive patients should be provided the same standard pregnancy-related care as cisgender patients - but the author presents additional clinical considerations for this patient populations. These include lactation/chest-feeding, postpartum mood disorders, and fertility preservation.

The authors present findings from focus groups with Black, Latinx, Asian, Native, and other transmasculine individuals of color aged 18-25. Transmasculine young adults of color experienced compounding forms of discrimination due to their gender, sexuality, and race which impacted their abilities to access sexual and reproductive health information and care.