Tag Archives: depersonalization

Bad trip: What trans people should know about cannabis and depersonalization

Posted on November 30, 2018 by Zinnia Jones

Previously: Depersonalization in gender dysphoria: widespread and widely unrecognized Substance abuse is highly prevalent in the transgender population, and is known to be associated with psychosocial risk factors such as stigma, discrmination, and trauma (Glynn & van den Berg, 2017). … 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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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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How the WSJ handles the inconvenient facts of “rapid onset gender dysphoria”

Posted on September 12, 2018 by Zinnia Jones

Previously: Rapid onset gender dysphoria study misunderstands trans depersonalization Meet the unbiased parents behind the rapid onset gender dysphoria study I was recently consulted on an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal about the dispute over Lisa Littman’s study of … Continue reading →

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My letter to the Brown Daily Herald on “rapid onset gender dysphoria”, and Lisa Littman’s response

Posted on September 11, 2018 by Zinnia Jones

Previously: “Rapid onset gender dysphoria” study misunderstands trans depersonalization This weekend, I wrote in to the Brown Daily Herald on the controversy over a recent study on “rapid onset gender dysphoria” by Brown assistant professor Lisa Littman: I am writing … Continue reading →

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