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Monthly Archives: June 2018
Masterpiece Cakeshop ruling: When everything is a “sincere religious belief”
Last week’s Supreme Court ruling in favor of a homophobic Christian baker who refused to sell wedding cakes to same-sex couples is very disappointing, and not for the reasons you might think. This wasn’t a catastrophic blow against the LGBT … Continue reading
Posted in Faith and religion, Politics and law, Transphobia and prejudice
Tagged homophobia, law, religion, transphobia
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Nifty finds: Super-fast-acting hormone blockers used in Sweden
GnRH agonists are a class of drugs sometimes used as part of medical transition for trans people in order to block the sex hormones produced by their own bodies (Hembree et al., 2017). These are long-acting medications, typically given as … Continue reading
Posted in Endocrinology, Transgender medicine
Tagged biology, HRT, medicine, transition
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Is the “rapid onset gender dysphoria” hoax designed to misdiagnose trans kids?
One of the biggest pitfalls in the research on persistence and desistence of gender dysphoria in youth has been the shortcomings of DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for the condition, which were overly broad and resulted in studies wrongly including children who … Continue reading
Trans women with BRCA mutations: options for hormone therapy
The risk of breast cancer is a concern for trans women transitioning using estrogen and anti-androgens: they experience the growth of substantial breast tissue just as cis women do, and the use of estrogen could promote the growth of any … Continue reading
Posted in Endocrinology, Oncology, Trans youth, Transgender medicine
Tagged HRT, medicine, transition
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A Modest Proposal
A Modest Proposal For Preventing Mass Shootings and Victims Thereof From Being a Burden to Their Parents and Country and For Making Them Beneficial to Incels. by Heather McNamara In these dark times, I think we can all agree that … Continue reading