Brittany M. Charlton

Jan 11, 2025 | jamanetwork.com | Brittany M. Charlton

Gender-Affirming Medications Among Transgender Adolescents in the US, 2018-2022 More than 300 000 adolescents aged 13 to 17 years (1.4%) identify as transgender and gender diverse (TGD) in the US.1 Some adolescents who identify as TGD require medical interventions, including gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists to delay gender-incongruent puberty and gender-affirming hormones (testosterone/estrogen), which are associated with improved psychological functioning.2 Despite its safety...

Jun 25, 2024 | bostonglobe.com | Brittany M. Charlton

Pride Month is a welcome opportunity to celebrate the LGBTQ community’s diversity and unyielding spirit. But the community needs more than parades and rainbow flags. Ongoing discrimination and an unprecedented wave of legal, political, and societal threats are inflicting damage on the mental and physical health of LGBTQ people.

Apr 25, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Sarah McKetta |Bethany G. Everett |Sebastien Haneuse |Brittany M. Charlton

Key PointsQuestion  Do bisexual and lesbian women have higher risks of premature mortality than heterosexual women? Findings  Bisexual and lesbian participants in the Nurses’ Health Study II died an estimated 37% and 20% sooner, respectively, than heterosexual participants. Meaning  Lesbian, gay, and bisexual women experienced earlier all-cause mortality, highlighting the need to address upstream individual and structural determinants of health disparities.