Sex and Gender Identification and Implications for Disability Evaluation

by Health and Medicine Division

Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) people and people with variations in sex traits (VSTs) can experience serious health challenges and often have a greater burden of disability or greater morbidity from chronic disease compared with the general population.

"Transgender and gender diverse" refers to people whose gender identity differs from what is typically associated with their sex recorded at birth. "Variations in sex traits" refers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309719313
• ISBN13: 9780309719315
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 570 Pages