Before the late 20th century, overweight and obesity were not considered population-wide health risks, but the advent of weight loss drugs in the 1990s accelerated hypermedicalization via BMI use. 

This article shares one transgender person’s numerous health care encounters over 20 years, as both a patient and a professional.

Tension between realistic goals and unrealistic views about how to achieve them is compounded when patients are eager to revise a prior surgeon’s gender-affirming procedure.

Body mass index cutoffs are routinely used to assess eligibility for gender-affirming surgeries, yet they are not empirically based.

PROM data can contribute to evidence-based, shared decision making and just access to gender-affirming surgical care.

The political landscape surrounding trans adolescents’ care access remains hostile, and this issue considers clinicians’ roles as protectors of patient-centered, inclusive care.

Our letter objects to the inclusion, in the April issue, of "Answers to Patient, Student, and Clinician Questions About How Animals Are Slaughtered and Used for Food," by Temple Grandin.

While transgender health care has moved beyond “gender identity disorder” and “gender dysphoria” as mental illnesses, gender incongruence continues to be a source of oppression.

This letter responds to readers’ recent letter to the editor.

Trust is a social condition that positions science to beneficially contribute to democratic societies.