Lauren Beach, assistant professor of medical social sciences at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, were both part of the workgroup on the legal X at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago. - Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune/TNS
As a plastic surgeon at Northwestern Medicine, Dr. Sumanas Jordan knows transgender and nonbinary patients can have unique needs. About half of her patients come in for gender-affirming surgeries, and their tests and treatments often lead to deep conversations about gender identity. Now, conversations about gender at Northwestern Medicine are expanding to include patients’ medical records. As of Dec. 18, Northwestern Medicine patients can record their legal sex as “X” in electronic medical records. “X” is an alternate gender marker for those who do not identify as male or female. On legal reco...
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