Author:  Kasey Champion, MD Educational Pearls:   Transgender populations are frequent victims of discrimination in healthcare Ask transgender patients what their preferred pronoun is It is sometimes important to ask about transition status (i.e. on hormones, surgery)     References: Chisolm-Straker M, Willging C, Daul AD, McNamara S, Sante SC, Shattuck DG 2nd, Crandall CS. Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming Patients in the Emergency Department: What Physicians Know, Think, and Do. Ann Emerg Med. 2018 Feb;71(2):183-188.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2017.09.042. Epub 2017 Nov 3. PubMed PMID: 29103796.