Transgender (Exam 3)
Definitions of gender identity, gender expression, biological sex, sexual orientation,
transgender woman, transgender man - ANS-Gender Identity: how you think about your
self
Gender Expression: How you demonstrate your gender by the way you dress and act
Biological Sex: vagina, ovaries XX chromosome
Sexual orientation: who you are attracted to
Transgender woman - Male-to-female (MTF), assigned male at birth, lives
female/feminine/affirmed woman, transfeminine spectrum
Transgender man - Female-to-male (FTM), assigned female at birth, lives
male/masculine/affirmed man, transmasculine spectrum
What are the 5 P's of Transgender - ANS-Partner
Practices
Past history of STD
Protection from STD
Pregnancy Plans
Can transgender women be given Physiologic doses of estrogen as therapy option ? -
ANS-No, Physiologic doses of estrogen alone is insufficient to suppress testosterone
levels into the normal range, usually need adjunctive therapy
True or False Ethinyl estradiol is NOT recommended due inadequate hormone therapy
levels - ANS-False, Ethinyl estradiol is NOT recommended due to thromboembolic risk
Give a possible reason why oral routes of estrogen administration are more
thrombogenic - ANS-Possible that oral routes of estrogen administration are more
thrombogenic due to first pass metabolism, risk appears to be dose dependent
True or False: Injectable and sublingual estrogen can result in more rapid peaks with
less variability - ANS-False Greater variability
How often should MSM and transwomen be tested for Hep B. - ANS-one time
Definitions of gender identity, gender expression, biological sex, sexual orientation,
transgender woman, transgender man - ANS-Gender Identity: how you think about your
self
Gender Expression: How you demonstrate your gender by the way you dress and act
Biological Sex: vagina, ovaries XX chromosome
Sexual orientation: who you are attracted to
Transgender woman - Male-to-female (MTF), assigned male at birth, lives
female/feminine/affirmed woman, transfeminine spectrum
Transgender man - Female-to-male (FTM), assigned female at birth, lives
male/masculine/affirmed man, transmasculine spectrum
What are the 5 P's of Transgender - ANS-Partner
Practices
Past history of STD
Protection from STD
Pregnancy Plans
Can transgender women be given Physiologic doses of estrogen as therapy option ? -
ANS-No, Physiologic doses of estrogen alone is insufficient to suppress testosterone
levels into the normal range, usually need adjunctive therapy
True or False Ethinyl estradiol is NOT recommended due inadequate hormone therapy
levels - ANS-False, Ethinyl estradiol is NOT recommended due to thromboembolic risk
Give a possible reason why oral routes of estrogen administration are more
thrombogenic - ANS-Possible that oral routes of estrogen administration are more
thrombogenic due to first pass metabolism, risk appears to be dose dependent
True or False: Injectable and sublingual estrogen can result in more rapid peaks with
less variability - ANS-False Greater variability
How often should MSM and transwomen be tested for Hep B. - ANS-one time
