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Canadian Guidelines

Towards Optimized Practice (Alberta Medical Association): Transgender Health (2019)

These practice tools are designed to be used by primary care providers who encounter an adult patient who is seeking care for gender dysphoria and to facilitate discussion of transition-related surgery. These recommendations are systematically developed statements to assist practitioner and patient decisions about appropriate health care for specific clinical circumstances and are not exhaustive.

Best Practice Guideline Promoting 2SLGBTQI+ Health Equity (2021)
Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) tool to guide best practices and enhance decision making for nurses in support of service delivery for 2SLGBTQI+ community.
Guidelines for Gender-Affirming Primary Care with Trans and Non- Binary Patients (2019)
Rainbow Health Ontario. Evidence-informed guide to help clinicians in their day-to-day practice. The 2019 edition includes revisions and expansions of recently available evidence in both general primary care and trans health.
Gender-affirming Care for Trans, Two-Spirit, and Gender Diverse Patients in BC
It is the role of all health care providers to ensure that the care they deliver is responsive to the needs of their patients. It’s important to take time to understand and reflect on the ways we may need to evolve and adapt our own practice in order to create a welcoming, inclusive and affirming care experience for Indigenous patients and their families.
An affirming approach to caring for transgender and gender-diverse youth
Intended as a resource to guide paediatricians and PCPs in implementing an affirming approach to routine health care provision for all youth.
Primary Care Initiated Gender-Affirming Therapy for Gender Dysphoria: A Review of Evidence Based Guidelines
Evidence-based guidelines regarding primary care initiated gender-affirming therapy.
Guidelines for gender-affirming primary care with trans and non-binary patients
These guidelines reflect the current practice at Sherbourne Health in the management of trans patients. We do not present it as a ‘Standard of Care’ but instead as a guide to help clinicians in their day-to-day practice.

International Guidelines

Guidelines for the Primary and Gender-Affirming Care of Transgender and Gender Nonbinary People (2016)
University of California, San Francisco, Transgender Care.
World Professional Association for Transgender Health Standards of Care (2012)
Practice Guidelines for LGB Clients (2011)
American Psychological Association.
APA Policy Statement on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Concerns (2011)
American Psychological Association.
Guidelines Disorders of Sex Development (2006)
Intersex Society of North America.
Guidelines for Care of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Patients (2006)
Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLAM).

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