Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.
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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Health care for lesbian, gay, and other sexual minority populations".)
International
●World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH): Standards of care for the health of transgender and gender diverse people, version 8 (2022)
●Endocrine Society (ES) and Pediatric Endocrine Society (PES): Position statement on transgender health (2020)
●ES: Clinical practice guideline on endocrine treatment of gender-dysphoric/gender-incongruent persons (2017)
●International Medical Advisory Panel (IMAP): Statement on hormone therapy for transgender people (2015)
●World Health Organization (WHO): Guidance on oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for serodiscordant couples, men, and transgender women who have sex with men at high risk of HIV – Recommendations for use in the context of demonstration projects (2012)
Canada
●Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS): Position statement on an affirming approach to caring for transgender and gender-diverse youth (2023)
●CPS: Practice point on comprehensive sexual health assessments for adolescents (2020)
●Canadian Psychiatric Association (CPA): Position paper on mental health care for people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and (or) queer (2014)
United States
●Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM): Recommendations for promoting the health and well-being of sexual and gender-diverse adolescents through supportive families and affirming support networks (2022)
●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Policy statement on office-based care for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth (2013, reaffirmed 2021)
●American College of Obstetrician and Gynecologists (ACOG): Committee opinion on health care for transgender and gender diverse individuals (2021)
●Endocrine Society (ES) and Pediatric Endocrine Society (PES): Position statement on transgender health (2020)
●SAHM: Position paper on promoting health equality and nondiscrimination for transgender and gender-diverse youth (2020)
●AAP: Policy statement on ensuring comprehensive care and support for transgender and gender-diverse children and adolescents (2018)
●ACOG: Committee opinion on marriage and family building equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and gender nonconforming individuals (2018)
●AAP: Clinical report on sexual and reproductive health care services in the pediatric setting (2017)
●Pediatric Endocrine Society (PES): Statement on gender-affirmative approach to care (2017)
●American College of Physicians (ACP): Fenway guide to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender health, 2nd edition (2015)
●American Geriatrics Society (AGS): Care of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender older adults position statement (2015)
●American Psychological Association (APA): Guidelines for psychological practice with transgender and gender nonconforming people (2015)
●American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM): Access to fertility services by transgender persons – An ethics committee opinion (2015)
United Kingdom
●National Health Services (NHS) England: Clinical commissioning policy – Prescribing of cross-sex hormones as part of the Gender Identity Development Service for children and adolescents (2016)
Australia–New Zealand
●Royal Children's Hospital (RCH): Australian Standards of Care and Treatment Guidelines for trans and gender diverse children and adolescents (2018)
