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ArticleInternational journal of MS care2025

Unspoken Challenges: Sexual Health in Sexual and Gender Minority People With Multiple Sclerosis.

Alexandra Balshi, Maya Behn, Tamara B Kaplan

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Article in International journal of MS care, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Alexandra BalshiHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3202-6921
Maya BehnHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA Lucille Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford Medicine, Palo Alto, CA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9515-8438
Tamara B KaplanHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Brigham, Boston, MA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6262-6960

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sexual health is an integral part of overall well-being, encompassing emotional, psychological, and physical aspects that profoundly influence quality of life. Despite the prevalence of sexual dysfunction (SD) among people with multiple sclerosis (MS), it is too frequently underreported and undertreated. Sexual and gender minority (SGM) people with MS, in particular, may face stigma, discrimination, and clinician hesitancy that can bar access to necessary sexual health care. Recognizing SGM identity can help clinicians deliver more inclusive general and sexual health care, including but not limited to family planning and gender-affirming care. The 8 Ps model can aid in taking a nonjudgmental sexual history that allows for recognition of sexual dysfunction regardless of identity.

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gender minorityhealth disparitieshealth equitysexual dysfunctionsexual healthsexual minority

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PMID42903004
PMCPMC13629421

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