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  • 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

    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…

  • Doctors question aspects of Missouri transgender care limits

    Missouri’s attorney general has said he will issue an emergency regulation that at least temporarily puts strict limits on transgender medical treatment for youth. The planned rule comes as legislators in that state and many others seek bans or other restrictions on the treatment. Rating: Transneutral, Associated Press, March 21, 2023 (PDF archive)

  • 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…

  • CMDA Ethics Statement Transgender Identification

    A novel way of thinking about one’s body has entered into popular culture. “Transgender” individuals refer to their “gender” as a sexual identity that may be male or female, something in between, or neither. This self-identification differs from, and takes priority over, their biological sex as recognized in their chromosomal DNA and innate physical sexual…

  • Hormone Therapy, Mental Health, and Quality of Life Among Transgender People: A Systematic Review

    Hormone therapy was associated with increased quality of life, decreased depression, and decreased anxiety. Rating: Transsupportive, Journal of the Endocrine Society, February 2, 2021 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary J Endocr Soc. 2021 Apr 1; 5(4): bvab011.  Published online 2021 Feb 2. doi: 10.1210/jendso/bvab011 PMCID: PMC7894249 PMID: 33644622 Hormone Therapy, Mental Health, and Quality of Life Among Transgender People:…

  • Right-wing and evangelical media helped land anti-trans parent group the Kelsey Coalition in USA Today

    The Kelsey Coalition has been promoting harmful junk science in the media and to policymakers. Rating: Transsupportive, Media Matters, August 16, 2019 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)

  • What California Gets that England Doesn’t

    But what I want, no, need, to talk about today is the difference between my privileged transition from female to male in California, and what I discovered when I returned to England. Rating: Transsupportive, GenderGP, October 18, 2018 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)