"Transgender Persons" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Persons having a sense of persistent identification with, and expression of, gender-coded behaviors not typically associated with one's anatomical sex at birth, with or without a desire to undergo SEX REASSIGNMENT PROCEDURES.
| Descriptor ID |
D063106
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.777.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Transgender Persons- Transgender Persons
- Person, Transgender
- Persons, Transgender
- Transgender Person
- Transgenders
- Transgender
- Transgendered Persons
- Person, Transgendered
- Persons, Transgendered
- Transgendered Person
Intersex Persons- Intersex Persons
- Intersex Person
- Person, Intersex
- Persons, Intersex
Gender-Variant Persons- Gender-Variant Persons
- Gender Variant Persons
- Gender-Variant Person
- Person, Gender-Variant
- Persons, Gender-Variant
- Genderqueer Persons
- Genderqueer Person
- Person, Genderqueer
- Persons, Genderqueer
Two-Spirit Persons- Two-Spirit Persons
- Person, Two-Spirit
- Persons, Two-Spirit
- Two Spirit Persons
- Two-Spirit Person
Transsexual Persons- Transsexual Persons
- Person, Transsexual
- Persons, Transsexual
- Transsexual Person
- Transexuals
- Transexual
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Transgender Persons" by people in Profiles.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Testing an HIV/STI Prevention Intervention Among People Leaving Incarceration Who Were Assigned Male at Birth, Have Sex with Men and A Substance Use Disorder. AIDS Behav. 2025 Dec; 29(12):3806-3821.
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Randomized Trial of Individualized Texting for Adherence Building (iTAB) Plus Motivational Interviewing for PrEP Adherence in Transgender Individuals: The iM-PrEPT Study. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2022 12 15; 91(5):453-459.
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Gender-Based Violence and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms Predict HIV PrEP Uptake and Persistence Failure Among Transgender and Non-binary Persons Participating in a PrEP Demonstration Project in Southern California. AIDS Behav. 2023 Feb; 27(2):745-759.
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Barriers and Facilitators to PrEP Initiation and Adherence Among Transgender and Gender Non-Binary Individuals in Southern California. AIDS Educ Prev. 2020 12; 32(6):472-485.
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Characteristics of a cohort of high-risk men who have sex with men on pre-exposure prophylaxis reporting transgender sexual partners. Medicine (Baltimore). 2019 Dec; 98(50):e18232.
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Racial/ethnic and HIV risk category disparities in preexposure prophylaxis discontinuation among patients in publicly funded primary care clinics. AIDS. 2019 11 15; 33(14):2189-2195.
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'My Tablets are on Top of the Fridge': The Roles of Relationship Desire and Medical Mistrust in ART Adherence for HIV-Positive MSM and Transgender Women Living in Rural South Africa. AIDS Behav. 2019 Oct; 23(10):2849-2858.
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Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Bone Turnover Markers During HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Using Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate-Emtricitabine in Men Who Have Sex with Men. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2019 07; 35(7):608-614.
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Sexual Risk Compensation in a Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Demonstration Study Among Individuals at Risk of HIV. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2019 01 01; 80(1):e9-e13.
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Randomized Controlled Trial of Daily Text Messages to Support Adherence to Preexposure Prophylaxis in Individuals at Risk for Human Immunodeficiency Virus: The TAPIR Study. Clin Infect Dis. 2018 05 02; 66(10):1566-1572.