Contra social contagion: Why online community among trans people saves our lives and terrifies our enemies
“Trans vlogs made me feel like I wasn’t a problem.” “It just makes me feel that it’s okay to be…
The Matrix Resurrections analysis: More trans than ever, this bold and messy dysphoric nightmare will thrill and unnerve (part 2)
< Continued from Part 1. Assigned roles and binaries fracture easily and often. These conversations and moments of dysphoric self-recognition…
The Matrix Resurrections analysis: More trans than ever, this bold and messy dysphoric nightmare will thrill and unnerve (part 1)
Spoilers/prerequisites: All of The Matrix Resurrections. Previously: The Matrix is about transgender depersonalization, a dissociative “feeling of unreality” that can…
The Matrix is about transgender depersonalization, a dissociative “feeling of unreality” that can be treated by transitioning
An unofficial transgender depersonalization companion guide to The Matrix. Hi, I’m Zinnia. I’ll be your operator. Warning: Exposure to information…
What happened, proxalutamide? New antiandrogen for COVID-19 is entangled in clinical data irregularities and human rights violations
Disclaimer: I am not a medical professional and this is not medical advice. From the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic,…
The fall, and fall, and fall of “rapid-onset gender dysphoria”: New study does not find evidence of a distinct “ROGD” population of gender-diverse youth
Previously: Trans youth study reveals fatal flaw at the heart of “rapid-onset gender dysphoria” pseudo-diagnosis (April 2021) Contra “ROGD”: A…
Recent report of potential fertility preservation in an early-transitioning trans girl: A new nuance, but no breakthrough yet
Disclaimer: I am not a medical professional and this is not medical advice. Previously: Transmasculine adolescent fertility breakthrough: Successful egg…
The Trans Mammogram Gap: Large numbers of trans people aren’t receiving their recommended screenings for breast cancer. Are you?
Disclaimer: I am not a medical professional and this is not medical advice. Routine screenings for breast cancer using regular…
Zinnia’s notes on college: The queer campus is all right
Previously: Zinnia goes to college, gets more knowledge (June 2019) Zinnia’s continued college adventures: summer 2019 (August 2019) Notes on…
Contrary to Abigail Shrier’s “Irreversible Damage”, testosterone use in trans men is not associated with increased reproductive cancers
Irreversible Damage by Abigail Shrier has become one of the most celebrated books among anti-trans advocates for its popular and…