Category: Scientific American
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GenderMenace.net Media Rankings for November 2023
Here at GenderMenace.net, we review a lot of media stories that address gender issues each month. For each story, we provide a rating of “Transsupportive”, “Transneutral”, or “Transphobic”. These labels make it possible to perform an article count for each media source that gives a sense of how to rank them from most transsupportive to…
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Transgender People’s Neurological Needs Are Being Overlooked
Rating: Transsupportive, Scientific American, November 17, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary NOVEMBER 17, 2023 5 MIN READ Transgender People’s Neurological Needs Are Being Overlooked Migraine, stroke and epilepsy disproportionately affect members of the transgender community—but neurologists are often unprepared to respond BY Z PAIGE L’ERARIO Neurology As a transgender neurologist, I…
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How did testosterone become so criminalized? The ’90s Olympic bribery scandal that started it all.
Rating: Transsupportive, LGBTQ Nation, October 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary How did testosterone become so criminalized? The ’90s Olympic bribery scandal that started it all. Throughout the late 80s, 90s, and early 2000s, Americans became obsessed with anabolic steroid doping – i.e., hormonally altering one’s body to win…
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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…