The health of transgender (trans) people (those with a gender identity which differs from the sex assigned to them at birth) is a major equity issue worldwide, with trans people experiencing poorer health outcomes than cis (non-trans) people.1 Data science approaches are improving public health, but trans people are at risk of not benefitting from these advances. Furthermore, specific ethical concerns regarding the application of such approaches to trans people's data will require careful communication and engagement with the trans community.
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Thomson et al. (2019) studied this question.