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Table 2.

Search strategy for MEDLINE (PubMed).

Concept	Search strategy
Concept 1:Transgender women	MeSH terms: "Transgender Persons"[Mesh] OR “Transsexualism”[Mesh] OR “Gender Identity”[Mesh] OR “Gender Dysphoria”[Mesh] OR Free text words: “gender variant”[TIAB] OR “gender-variant”[TIAB] OR “gender queer”[TIAB] OR “gender-queer”[TIAB] OR genderqueer[TIAB] OR “gender nonconforming”[TIAB] OR “2 spirit person”[TIAB] OR “2-spirit person”[TIAB] OR “two spirit person”[TIAB] OR “two-spirit person”[TIAB] OR “male to female transsexual”[TIAB] OR “male-to-female transsexual”[TIAB] OR MTF[TIAB] OR M2F[TIAB] OR “M-To-F transsexual”[TIAB] OR AMAB[TIAB] OR “assigned male at birth”[TIAB] OR “TG girl”[TIAB] OR "male-to-female-transgender"[TIAB] OR genderidentity[TIAB] OR "gender identity"[TIAB] OR "gender-identity"[TIAB] OR genderdysphoria[TIAB] OR "gender-dysphoria"[TIAB] OR “gender dysphoria”[TIAB] OR “gender minorit”[TIAB] OR transgend[TIAB] OR “trans-gend”[TIAB] OR transsex[TIAB] OR “trans-sex”[TIAB] OR transex[TIAB] OR transvest[TIAB] OR “gender non-conforming”[TIAB] OR “gender ambiguous”[TIAB] OR “gender bender”[TIAB] OR transfem[TIAB] OR transwoman[TIAB] OR transwomen[TIAB] OR “trans woman”[TIAB] OR “trans women”[TIAB] OR “trans female”[TIAB] OR “trans feminine”[TIAB] OR “trans-feminine”[TIAB] OR transfeminine[TIAB] OR transfemale[TIAB] OR “trans people”[TIAB] OR transpeople[TIAB] OR “male to female”[TIAB] OR “sex reassign”[TIAB] OR “sex change”[TIAB] OR “gender reassign”[TIAB] OR “gender confirm”[TIAB] OR “gender chang”[TIAB] OR “gender transition”[TIAB] OR “gender disorder”[TIAB] OR GLB[TIAB] OR GLBQ[TIAB] OR GLBT[TIAB] OR GLBTQ[TIAB] OR LGB[TIAB] OR LGBT[TIAB] OR LGBQ[TIAB] OR LGBTQ[TIAB] OR "LGBTQ-people"[TIAB] OR “sexual identit”[TIAB] OR “sexual minorit”[TIAB]
Concept 2: Speech therapy	MeSH terms: “Rehabilitation of Speech and Language Disorders”[Mesh] OR “Speech-Language Pathology”[Mesh] OR Free text words: voice[TIAB] OR voicetherapy[TIAB] OR "vocal therapy"[TIAB] OR "vocal rehabilitation"[TIAB] OR feminization[TIAB] OR feminization[TIAB] OR pitch[TIAB] OR intonation[TIAB] OR prosody[TIAB] OR "verbal communication"[TIAB] OR "oral communication"[TIAB] OR "verbal behavior"[TIAB] OR "verbal behavior"[TIAB] OR speech[TIAB] OR logopedic[TIAB] OR logopaedic*[TIAB] OR logopedics[TIAB] OR logopedica[TIAB] OR logotherapy[TIAB] OR logotherapies[TIAB] OR "language pathologist"[TIAB] OR "language pathologists"[TIAB] OR “speech-language”[TIAB] OR "language pathology"[TIAB]

Concept

Search strategy

Concept 1:Transgender women

MeSH terms:
"Transgender Persons"[Mesh] OR “Transsexualism”[Mesh] OR “Gender Identity”[Mesh] OR “Gender Dysphoria”[Mesh] OR
Free text words:
“gender variant*”[TIAB] OR “gender-variant*”[TIAB] OR “gender queer”[TIAB] OR “gender-queer”[TIAB] OR genderqueer[TIAB] OR “gender nonconforming”[TIAB] OR “2 spirit person”[TIAB] OR “2-spirit person”[TIAB] OR “two spirit person”[TIAB] OR “two-spirit person”[TIAB] OR “male to female transsexual*”[TIAB] OR “male-to-female transsexual*”[TIAB] OR MTF[TIAB] OR M2F[TIAB] OR “M-To-F transsexual*”[TIAB] OR AMAB[TIAB] OR “assigned male at birth”[TIAB] OR “TG girl*”[TIAB] OR "male-to-female-transgender"[TIAB] OR genderidentity[TIAB] OR "gender identity"[TIAB] OR "gender-identity"[TIAB] OR genderdysphoria[TIAB] OR "gender-dysphoria"[TIAB] OR “gender dysphoria”[TIAB] OR “gender minorit*”[TIAB] OR transgend*[TIAB] OR “trans-gend*”[TIAB] OR transsex*[TIAB] OR “trans-sex*”[TIAB] OR transex*[TIAB] OR transvest*[TIAB] OR “gender non-conforming”[TIAB] OR “gender ambiguous”[TIAB] OR “gender bender”[TIAB] OR transfem*[TIAB] OR transwoman[TIAB] OR transwomen[TIAB] OR “trans woman”[TIAB] OR “trans women”[TIAB] OR “trans female”[TIAB] OR “trans feminine”[TIAB] OR “trans-feminine”[TIAB] OR transfeminine[TIAB] OR transfemale[TIAB] OR “trans people”[TIAB] OR transpeople[TIAB] OR “male to female”[TIAB] OR “sex reassign*”[TIAB] OR “sex change”[TIAB] OR “gender reassign*”[TIAB] OR “gender confirm*”[TIAB] OR “gender chang*”[TIAB] OR “gender transition”[TIAB] OR “gender disorder”[TIAB] OR GLB[TIAB] OR GLBQ[TIAB] OR GLBT[TIAB] OR GLBTQ[TIAB] OR LGB[TIAB] OR LGBT[TIAB] OR LGBQ[TIAB] OR LGBTQ[TIAB] OR "LGBTQ-people"[TIAB] OR “sexual identit*”[TIAB] OR “sexual minorit*”[TIAB]

Concept 2:
Speech therapy

MeSH terms:
“Rehabilitation of Speech and Language Disorders”[Mesh] OR “Speech-Language Pathology”[Mesh] OR
Free text words:
voice[TIAB] OR voicetherapy[TIAB] OR "vocal therapy"[TIAB] OR "vocal rehabilitation"[TIAB] OR feminization[TIAB] OR feminization[TIAB] OR pitch[TIAB] OR intonation[TIAB] OR prosody[TIAB] OR "verbal communication"[TIAB] OR "oral communication"[TIAB] OR "verbal behavior"[TIAB] OR "verbal behavior"[TIAB] OR speech[TIAB] OR logopedic[TIAB] OR logopaedic*[TIAB] OR logopedics[TIAB] OR logopedica[TIAB] OR logotherapy[TIAB] OR logotherapies[TIAB] OR "language pathologist"[TIAB] OR "language pathologists"[TIAB] OR “speech-language”[TIAB] OR "language pathology"[TIAB]