WHO Reclassifies Trans People: From Mental Disorder to Sexual Health
By Penny Robo When it comes to medical care, trans people have long been trapped between a rock and a…
Colorado Signs Pro-Trans Bills Into Law
By Penny Robo Two pieces of LGBT-friendly legislation were introduced in Colorado. Today, Governor Jared Polis signed them into law.…
Yes, the shirt is real
By Penny Robo The Trump Administration has gone full bore on anti-LGBT initiatives, and trans people are feeling the bulk…
New data on measures of bone health in trans people taking hormone therapy
If you’ve spent just about any time being exposed to what the general public believes about transgender medicine, you’ve likely…
A closer look at trajectories of childhood social gender transitions
I’ve previously covered certain popular misuses of figures on the proportion of gender-dysphoric children whose dysphoria desists or persists into…
Boston Children’s Hospital establishes a framework for gender-affirming surgeries on minors
Throughout the past decade, there’s been no shortage of popular alarmism surrounding the spectre of “children being given sex changes”…
Michael Laidlaw and friends still misunderstand the basics of affirming care for trans youth
I’ve previously covered Dr. Michael K. Laidlaw et al.’s (2019) remarkable feat of fitting so many inaccuracies and distortions about…
Gender-affirming chest reconstruction surgery is highly effective for nonbinary patients
Even in the context of transgender identities and gender-affirming care and medical treatments, gender norms and stereotypes received from a…
A measured look at lactation and breastfeeding by trans women
While public awareness of transness and visibility of trans people have grown substantially in recent years, many people are still…
Dr. Michael Laidlaw et al. publish anti-trans letter with more errors than paragraphs (part 4)
Previously in Part 1: Endocrine aspects, cardiovascular risk, and sexual functioning. Previously in Part 2: Desistance, persistence, and “objective tests”…