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Descriptor English: Transgender Persons
Descriptor Spanish: Personas Transgénero
Descriptor personas transgénero
Entry term(s) hombre transexual
mujer no genética
mujer transexual
mujeres no genéticas
personas de doble espíritu
personas trans
personas transexuales
personas transfemeninas
personas transmasculinas
tercer género
tercer sexo
transexual
transexual postop
transexual pré-op
transexuales
transexuales operados
transexuales post-operados
transexuales postop
transexuales preoperados
transexuales pré-operados
transgénero
transgéneros
Scope note: Personas que tienen una identificación y una expresión persistente de códigos de comportamiento asociados a un género que típicamente no se corresponden con los asociados al propio sexo anatómico al nacimiento; pueden o no tener el deseo de someterse a PROCEDIMIENTOS DE REASIGNACIÓN DE SEXO.
Descriptor Portuguese: Pessoas Transgênero
Descriptor French: Personnes transgenres
Entry term(s): Person, Trans-Feminine
Person, Trans-Masculine
Person, Transfeminine
Person, Transgender
Person, Transgendered
Person, Transmasculine
Person, Transsexual
Person, Two-Spirit
Persons, Transgender
Persons, Transgendered
Persons, Transsexual
Persons, Two-Spirit
Trans Feminine Persons
Trans Masculine Persons
Trans-Feminine Person
Trans-Feminine Persons
Trans-Masculine Person
Trans-Masculine Persons
Transexual
Transexuals
Transfeminine Person
Transfeminine Persons
Transgender
Transgender Person
Transgendered Person
Transgendered Persons
Transgenders
Transmasculine Person
Transmasculine Persons
Transsexual Person
Transsexual Persons
Two Spirit Persons
Two-Spirit Person
Two-Spirit Persons
Tree number(s): M01.270.988.750
M01.909
SP3.522.561.200.713
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D063106
Scope note: 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.
Annotation: index both MALE and FEMALE check tags
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
ED education
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
Previous Indexing: Transsexualism (2001-2012)
Public MeSH Note: 2016; see TRANSGENDERED PERSONS 2013-2015
History Note: 2016 (2013)
Related: Disorders of Sex Development MeSH
Gender Identity MeSH
Health Services for Transgender Persons MeSH
Transsexualism MeSH
DeCS ID: 55143
Unique ID: D063106
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2013/01/01
Date of Entry: 2012/07/03
Revision Date: 2023/05/31
Transgender Persons - Preferred
Concept UI M0571147
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Transgender Persons
Entry term(s) Person, Transgender
Person, Transgendered
Persons, Transgender
Persons, Transgendered
Transgender
Transgender Person
Transgendered Person
Transgendered Persons
Transgenders
Two-Spirit Persons - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000616949
Preferred term Two-Spirit Persons
Entry term(s) Person, Two-Spirit
Persons, Two-Spirit
Two Spirit Persons
Two-Spirit Person
Transsexual Persons - Narrower
Concept UI M0571148
Scope note Those individuals with gender dysphoria and with a persistent desire to undergo SEX REASSIGNMENT PROCEDURES.
Preferred term Transsexual Persons
Entry term(s) Person, Transsexual
Persons, Transsexual
Transexual
Transexuals
Transsexual Person
Transmasculine Persons - Narrower
Concept UI M000764473
Preferred term Transmasculine Persons
Entry term(s) Person, Trans-Masculine
Person, Transmasculine
Trans Masculine Persons
Trans-Masculine Person
Trans-Masculine Persons
Transmasculine Person
Transfeminine Persons - Narrower
Concept UI M000764474
Preferred term Transfeminine Persons
Entry term(s) Person, Trans-Feminine
Person, Transfeminine
Trans Feminine Persons
Trans-Feminine Person
Trans-Feminine Persons
Transfeminine Person



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