Category: medical
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We never pass — even if we do
A friend of mine started her transition in her twenties. She had always had narrow shoulders, small hands, a feminine face, full hair, and a slender body. She lives stealth, but although she passed by even the strictest norms of today’s society, she wasn’t happy with her face. So she had facial feminization surgery (FFS)…
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Texas attorney general declares gender-affirming medical care for transgender kids ‘child abuse’
Rating: Transneutral, Texas Newsroom, February 22, 2022 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Texas attorney general declares gender-affirming medical care for transgender kids ‘child abuse’ By Joseph Leahy | The Texas Newsroom Published February 22, 2022 at 1:35 PM CST Ken Paxton’s legal opinion issued Monday defines certain gender-affirming medical treatments for minors…
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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:…
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What is Gender?
Rating: Transsupportive, Anarchist Library, 2020 (PDF archive A4) (PDF archive Letter) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Title: What is Gender? Author: sub.media Topics: Breadtube, gender, primer Date: 2020 Source: https://sub.media/video/what-is-gender/ sub.media What is Gender? Gender is one of the most fundamental stories humans have created. It is a story about each one of us that begins being told even…
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Born in the wrong body?
I’m trying to take a break from getting hammered on social media by people who can’t or (much more likely) prefer not read what trans people have to say for ourselves. In the meantime I’ve been watching transphobes continue the cycle of re-affirming their radicalisation through repeating lies about “trans ideology” to each other while…
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Meet the Woman Making It Easier for Trans People Around the Country to Get Hormones
After her challenging road to finding the resources she needed, Erin Reed felt inspired to help others. Rating: Transsupportive, Rewire News Group, October 16, 2019 (PDF archive)
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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)