Category: self-harm

  • As transgender health care draws patients to New Mexico, waitlists grow

    As transgender health care draws patients to New Mexico, waitlists grow

    Rating: Transsupportive, CBS News, October 31, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary As transgender health care draws patients to New Mexico, waitlists grow ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — This summer, Sophia Machado packed her bags and left her home in Oregon to move to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where her sister lived and…

  • Is this Emma or Oliver?: Rebuttal to Liberty Counsel Action

    Is this Emma or Oliver?: Rebuttal to Liberty Counsel Action

    Rating: Transsupportive, Gender Menace, September 19, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations In a recent email solicitation from Liberty Counsel Action, concerns were raised about the proposed Equality Act (HR 15) and gender-affirming care for transgender individuals. While it’s important to engage in constructive dialogue on these topics, it’s equally important to…

  • Alcohol Use Among Transgender and Gender-Diverse Youth

    Alcohol Use Among Transgender and Gender-Diverse Youth

    Rating: Transsupportive, Psychology Today, August 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Alcohol Use Among Transgender and Gender-Diverse Youth Alcohol Use Among Transgender and Gender-Diverse Youth Drinking to cope may do more harm than good. Posted August 30, 2023 |  Reviewed by Gary Drevitch KEY POINTS Source: pexels/free use/RDNE Stock project Transgender and gender…

  • Transgender and nonbinary patients have no regrets about top surgery, small study finds

    Transgender and nonbinary patients have no regrets about top surgery, small study finds

    Rating: Transsupportive, CNN, August 9, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Transgender and nonbinary patients have no regrets about top surgery, small study finds Some arguments in favor of laws that restrict gender-affirming care claim that patients may some day regret any irreversible or semi-irreversible part of their…

  • Pride sponsors, stand up for your trans employees in Missouri

    Pride sponsors, stand up for your trans employees in Missouri

    Show us that you value our community. Tell Attorney General Bailey and Governor Parsons that this will not stand. Spread the word! Share this petition with the hashtag #NOMODiscrimination and this link: https://chng.it/48GZHRPGzf See also: this update. Rating: Transsupportive, Change.org, April 24, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)

  • What the Science on Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Kids Really Shows

    What the Science on Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Kids Really Shows

    Laws that ban gender-affirming treatment ignore the wealth of research demonstrating its benefits for trans people’s health Rating: Transsupportive, Scientific American, May 12, 2022 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) Content Summary What the Science on Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Kids Really Shows Laws that ban gender-affirming treatment ignore the wealth of research demonstrating its…

  • Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, Version 8

    The overall goal of SOC-8 is to provide health care professionals (HCPs) with clinical guidance to assist TGD people in accessing safe and effective pathways to achieving lasting personal comfort with their gendered selves with the aim of optimizing their overall physical health, psychological well-being, and self-fulfillment. Rating: Transsupportive, World Professional Association of Transgender Health via International Journal…