The time is here! In just five days, over a thousand sexual health specialists from around the world will be gathering in Lisbon, Portugal to attend the World Meeting on Sexual Medicine, a joint event organized by the ISSM and the European Society for Sexual Medicine (ESSM).  The meeting runs from February 28 - March 3, 2018. 

Here are some quick links to help you get ready: 

Registration information

Hotel information 

Visiting Lisbon

Meeting venue

Keynote lecture

Scientific program

CME information

ISSM prizes

You can also find complete meeting details on the official meeting website. 

We look forward to seeing you soon!

Healthcare providers should acknowledge gender diversity among their patients and consider further training in gender identity, experts say. 

Their study, recently published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, examined the demographics of 415 transgender people in Germany and reported on their use of transition-related healthcare. 

Most of the participants identified themselves in binary terms. However, 18% were categorized as non-binary genderqueer (NBGQ) and used words like bigender, genderfluid, and agender to describe themselves. 

NBGQ individuals tended to be younger than binary participants. They also accessed healthcare less frequently. 

Please click here to learn more about the study, including the differences between the two groups and the authors' thoughts on working with binary and NBGQ patients.