What is natural? An indictment of the vitalist resurgence
by Heather McNamara Our globe is warming. Polar ice caps steadily drip into the ocean and wash up on the…
Real solutions for self-medication: Expanding access to transition care via family physicians and informed consent protocols
If you’ve perused the British press lately, you’ve probably noticed that mixed in with the daily barrage of cookie-cutter anti-trans…
Book review: “My Dinner with Andrea” by Jen Durbent
by Heather McNamara Overall: 4/5 Trans Narrative: 5/5 “My Dinner With Andrea” is mostly a love story. Faith is a…
A new critical analysis of desistance research
Newhook et al. (2018) have recently published a review in the International Journal of Transgenderism of the state of the…
What Michael Laidlaw gets wrong about transgender youth
This month, endocrinologist Michael Laidlaw posted a lengthy review of the book I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel and trans…
Born dead: Learning how to live after depersonalization
Neo: Why do my eyes hurt? Morpheus: You’ve never used them before. From my earliest memories until starting HRT…
Book review: “Crash Override” by Zoë Quinn
by Heather McNamara Crash Override Overall: 4/5 Trans narrative: N/A Crash Override is going to be a different kind of…
New study: Hormone therapy appears to be safe in trans youth
It’s common to encounter uninformed claims online about the supposed toxicity, carcinogenicity, or outsized health risks of medical treatment for…
Nonbinary Visibility
by Heather McNamara Happy Transgender Day of Visibility! 2018 marks the 9th year of the holiday, first celebrated in 2009…
On our radar: Textured breast implants linked to anaplastic large-cell lymphoma
Breast augmentation is a procedure sought by a substantial number of trans women who medically transition: 11% of trans women…