Monthly Archives: September 2018

Migraine headaches, trans people, and hormone therapy

Posted on September 30, 2018 by Zinnia Jones

From age 3 or 4, which is as far back as I can remember, I experienced chronic, frequent migraine headaches, just as my mother and her father have had throughout their lives. These episodes of severe pain would often happen … Continue reading →

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“Everyone feels that way”: Are gender dysphoric symptoms a near-universal experience in cisgender adolescents?

Posted on September 30, 2018 by Zinnia Jones

Previously: “Rapid onset gender dysphoria” study: An impossibly wide net of alternative etiologies “Everyone wonders about being the other gender.” “How many hours a day?” —brainsaysgirl Lisa Littman’s study on a proposed new condition called “rapid onset gender dysphoria” occurring … Continue reading →

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Depersonalization and sensitivity to fluorescent lighting: Have other trans people experienced this?

Posted on September 30, 2018 by Zinnia Jones

As a teenager, I was often profoundly uncomfortable with the fluorescent lights used in schools, businesses, and other settings. From age 13 onward, it was impossible for me not to notice the unnerving light and color they cast onto everything, … Continue reading →

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What the “rapid onset gender dysphoria” study missed: Timing of identity development and disclosure in LGBT youth

Posted on September 28, 2018 by Zinnia Jones

Previously: Meet the unbiased, reliable, not-at-all-transphobic parents from the “rapid onset gender dysphoria” study Since the publication of Lisa Littman’s paper on an alleged new condition called “rapid onset gender dysphoria” emerging among adolescents and young adults (Littman, 2018), many … Continue reading →

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Gender Analysis in Slate: An interview on trans depersonalization and “rapid onset gender dysphoria”

Posted on September 16, 2018 by Zinnia Jones

Previously: “Rapid onset gender dysphoria” study misunderstands trans depersonalization, ends up blaming Zinnia Jones My letter to the Brown Daily Herald on “rapid onset gender dysphoria”, and Lisa Littman’s response I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed by Evan … Continue reading →

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