Incorporating Transition-Affirming Language into Anatomical Pathology Reporting for Gender Affirmation Surgery

Abstract

Abstract Background: The use of inclusive terminology in health records continues to be a challenge for transgender, gender-diverse, and nonbinary peoples. When patients access electronic health records, laboratory results, including pathology reports, are among the most frequently viewed items. There has been limited discussion of transgender care within laboratory medicine, despite its role in providing written pathology reports after gender-affirming surgery. Proposal: This group proposes inclusive diagnostic terminology for pathology reporting and puts forward recommendations for procedural descriptions in the pathology report. Finally, we highlight pathological information that should be included in a report that has future cancer screening or diagnostic consequences.