Daphna Stroumsa, MD, MPH, MSC

Halley Crissman, MD, MPH, and Daphna Stroumsa, MD, MPH, discuss cisnormativity and the damage it can have on patient care. 

 People whose gender identity and/or gender expression aligns with the gender typically associated with their sex assigned at birth.

The assumption that all individuals are cisgender and the ways the social world is constructed to address the needs of cisgender people and to encourage conformity with such norms.

Read the full, peer-reviewed article from Drs. Crissman and Stroumsa now: 

Gynecologic care considerations for transmasculine people

Terminology for ob/gyns to use when treating transgender patients

Videos

Halley Crissman, MD, MPH, shares her insight on the ways in which hospital systems reinforce cisnormativity and focal points to address for a more welcoming environment.

How health care systems and providers can address cisnormativity

In this video interview, Senior Editor Angie DeRosa interviews Halley Crissman, MD, MPH, and Daphna Stroumsa, MD, MPH, MSC, as a follow up to their article, 

“Gynecologic Care Considerations for Transmasculine People,”

 which appears in the August print issue of 

. Both doctors are practicing ob/gyns at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

During the video, the speakers reference videos and training modules offered through the University of Michigan. The first 

 is for training for front line staff via a video series on caring for transgender/gender nonconforming patients and visitors.

 will take you to video modules for training ob/gyns in the care of transgender and gender nonconforming patients.

Contemporary OB/GYN Senior Editor Angie DeRosa sat down with Halley Crissman, MD, MPH, and Daphna Stroumsa, MD, MPH, MSC, to discuss gynecologic care considerations for transmasculine people.

Gynecologic care considerations for transgender and nonbinary patients

Below are additional resources from a peer-reviewed article, '

,' that appeared in this year's August issue of Contemporary OB/GYN. The following information has been provided by 

Drs. Halley Crissman, MPH and Daphna Stroumsa, MD, MPH, MSC

Guidelines for the primary and gender affirming care of transgender and nonbinary people

UCSF Transgender Care, Dept of Family and Community Medicine, University of California San Francisco; 2nd ed. Deutsch MB, ed. June 2016.

New clinical guidelines for contraceptive counseling

Society of Family Planning clinical recommendations: Contraceptive counseling for transgender and genderdiverse people. Contraception. 102(2): 70-82. August 2020.

 with Drs. Crissman and Stroumsa where they will expand upon the topics discussed in the above article. 

Articles

Find additional resources for providing high-quality sexual and reproductive healthcare to transmasculine people, transgender men, and nonbinary people, whose sex assigned at birth was female. 

Resources for transgender care 

Drs. Crissman and Stroumsa authored a feature story that discussed the needs of transgender and nonbinary people. 

"Ob/gyns have the opportunity to play a significant role in improving access to quality gynecologic and reproductive care for transgender and nonbinary people. This can be done with relative ease, with compassion, gender-inclusive practices, sensitivity to patients’ lived experiences, and a modest expansion of the traditional baseline knowledge regarding hormones and gender-affirming medical interventions."

The following are terms and definitions Drs. Crissman and Stroumsa provided to help ob/gyns use correct and appropriate terminology when caring for patients.

Terms & Definitions

Slideshows

Transgender and nonbinary people face disproportionate rates of stigma and discrimination in seeking healthcare—and may encounter additional unique barriers in attaining gynecologic and reproductive care.