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- “Still dreaming of running over the trans activists”: Sharon Beck, leader of anti-trans parent group Cardinal Support Network and wife of SEGM’s cofounder, “guided” Ohio Rep. Gary Click on his trans care ban
- Counterpoint: Ohio trans youth care ban veto was a victory for a gatekeeping surveillance state targeting trans adults
- New trial exhibits in Doe v. Ladapo: DOH worked with Genspect leaders Stella O’Malley and Joe Burgo in July 2022; Hilary Cass met SEGM’s Patrick Hunter to discuss Florida’s anti-trans report; Jamie Reed’s attorney Vernadette Broyles chose the lineup of detransitioners speaking at the Board of Medicine
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Author Archives: Zinnia Jones
Starting puberty blockers at the onset of puberty is standard care for trans youth. Starting HRT could be, too.
Disclaimer: I am not a medical professional and this is not medical advice. If a transgender or gender-questioning youth is experiencing the distress of gender dysphoria about changes to their growing body, when – if at all – should they … Continue reading
“Conveyer belt” fallacy against youth transition is missing a crucial piece: all the off-ramps before transitioning
Previously: Do all trans youth on puberty blockers go on to transition? (August 2017) Why gender-questioning youth continue or discontinue puberty blockers (March 2020) Anti-trans advocates have spent years attempting to popularize a folk notion of the process by which … Continue reading
Posted in Gender dysphoria, Hoaxes, Trans youth, Transphobia and prejudice
Tagged media, puberty blockers, transphobia, youth, youth transition
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Second report of trans man undergoing successful fertility preservation without stopping testosterone – this time producing a viable embryo and live birth
Previously: Update on ovarian stimulation after testosterone use: Successful fertility preservation with less than a month’s interruption of HRT (April 2020) First report of trans man having successful fertility preservation without interrupting HRT (February 2021) Over the past few years, … Continue reading
Posted in Biology of transition, Endocrinology, Fertility and reproduction, Transmasculine
Tagged HRT, medicine, transition
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Additional data confirms 10mg of cyproterone acetate (CPA) is effective for testosterone suppression in trans women
Previously: Lower doses of cyproterone acetate may be similarly effective for blocking testosterone, with a lower risk of adverse effects (August 2020) Study of entire French population offers further data on cyproterone acetate and meningioma risk (February 2021) Disclaimer: I … Continue reading
Posted in Antiandrogens, Endocrinology, Oncology, Progestogens, Transgender medicine
Tagged HRT, medicine, transition
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Three decades and hundreds of transfeminine breast augmentations show rare regret and trends toward larger implants
Trans women and transfeminine people seeking breast augmentation as part of medical transition face certain concerns distinct from cis women who may receive this surgery. Our anatomical baseline is very different from that of adult cis women, with a recent … Continue reading
Posted in Breast, Oncology, Outcomes of transition, Surgery, Transfeminine, Transgender medicine
Tagged medicine, transition
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