An Overview of Neovaginal Reconstruction Options in Male to Female Transsexuals by Marta Bizic, Vladimir Kojovic, Dragana Duisin, Dusan Stanojevic, Svetlana Vujovic, Aleksandar Milosevic, Gradimir Korac, Miroslav L. Djordjevic

“…Historically, beginnings of the neovaginal creation have their roots in the treatment of Mayer-Rokitansky syndrome and conditions such as cloacal anomalies, certain intersex disorders, vaginal malignancies, or severe vaginal trauma, but have more recently found great purpose in male to female sex reassignment surgery. …”
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Diversity and inclusion for the All of Us research program: A scoping review. by Brandy M Mapes, Christopher S Foster, Sheila V Kusnoor, Marcia I Epelbaum, Mona AuYoung, Gwynne Jenkins, Maria Lopez-Class, Dara Richardson-Heron, Ahmed Elmi, Karl Surkan, Robert M Cronin, Consuelo H Wilkins, Eliseo J Pérez-Stable, Eric Dishman, Joshua C Denny, Joni L Rutter, All of Us Research Program

“…Based on these efforts, All of Us emphasizes enrollment of racial and ethnic minorities, and has formally designated the following additional groups as historically underrepresented: individuals-with inadequate access to medical care; under the age of 18 or over 65; with an annual household income at or below 200% of the federal poverty level; who have a cognitive or physical disability; have less than a high school education or equivalent; are intersex; identify as a sexual or gender minority; or live in rural or non-metropolitan areas. …”
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Gender-Inclusive Language in Public-Facing Labor and Delivery Web Pages in the New York Tristate Area: Cross-Sectional Study by Sarah Mohsen Isaac, Mark Dawes, Emily Ruth Howell, Antonia Francis Oladipo

“…“Fully inclusive” websites explicitly acknowledged lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual plus other gender- and sexual-oriented (LGBTQIA+) parents, “inclusive” websites did not use gendered terminology for parents, and “noninclusive” websites used gendered terms at least once in the text reviewed. …”
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Creation and evaluation of a gender diversity focused cultural competency training for phlebotomists: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial by Henrietta Maku, Christina C. Pierre, Dina N. Greene, E. Henderson, Camille L. Rogers, Cameron Whitley, Gabrielle N. Winston-McPherson

“…Background: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual (LGBTQIA+) patients face unique challenges when navigating the healthcare system. …”
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Gene drive-based population suppression in the malaria vector Anopheles stephensi by Xuejiao Xu, Jingheng Chen, You Wang, Yiran Liu, Yongjie Zhang, Jie Yang, Xiaozhen Yang, Bin Chen, Zhengbo He, Jackson Champer

“…Our results show that the drive was recessive sterile in both females and males, with various intersex phenotypes in drive homozygotes. Both male and female drive heterozygotes show only moderate drive conversion, indicating that the nanos promoter has lower activity in A. stephensi than in Anopheles gambiae. …”
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An expert perspective on diversity-oriented standards for assessing sex and gender in clinical research by Hannah R. Hambruch, Nora M. Laskowski, Robert-Paul Juster, Georg Halbeisen, Georgios Paslakis

“…Sex should be assessed with “Please specify your sex assigned at birth” and the answer categories “female”, “male”, “intersex”. Gender identity should be assessed with “I identify as…” and the answer categories “woman”, “man”, “nonbinary”, “trans woman”, “trans man”, “genderqueer”, “genderfluid”, “agender”, “two spirit”. …”
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A Newborn with Genital Ambiguity, 45,X/46,XY Mosaicism, a Jumping Chromosome Y, and Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia by Lei Zhang, Linda D. Cooley, Sonal R. Chandratre, Atif Ahmed, Jill D. Jacobson

“…Disorders of sex development (DSD), formerly termed “intersex” conditions, arise from numerous causes. CAH secondary to 21-hydroxylase deficiency is the most common cause of DSD. …”
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Exploring parenthood intentions and perceptions of infertility and assisted reproductive technology among 2SLGBTQIA + young adults in Ontario, Canada: a mixed methods study by Caitlin I. T. Ennis, Nurasha G. Fernando, Karen P. Phillips

“…Abstract Background As Generation Z two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/trans, queer, intersex, asexual and others who identify as part of sexual and gender diverse communities (2SLGBTQIA +) enter adulthood, contemplation of family creation may be challenged by biological and/or social infertility. …”
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