Tag Archives: medicine

Evidence of health benefits of medical transition: Gender dysphoria, body image, sexual functioning, and quality of life

Posted on January 1, 2018 by Zinnia Jones

Medical transition for the treatment of gender dysphoria, including hormonal and surgical treatment, is linked to improvements in health in many areas of trans people’s lives. Transition is known to be effective in resolving gender dysphoria itself, and is associated … Continue reading →

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Why the “youth transition as anti-gay conversion therapy” myth doesn’t add up

Posted on November 30, 2017 by Zinnia Jones

Previously: Fresh trans myths of 2017: “rapid onset gender dysphoria” When “desisters” aren’t: De-desistance in childhood and adolescent gender dysphoria Do all trans youth on puberty blockers go on to transition? An increasing share of anti-trans discourse is now occupied … Continue reading →

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Dissecting denialism: How transphobia’s bad science turned a Washington hospital into a battleground

Posted on November 30, 2017 by Zinnia Jones

Previously: Counter-realities: The practice of denialism in transphobia This summer, Pullman Regional Hospital near the Washington-Idaho border became the site of a wholly unnecessary conflict over vaginoplasty for trans women. The Washington Post reported that after surgeon Geoff Stiller sought … Continue reading →

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Depersonalization in transgender autobiographies: Jamison Green, Imogen Binnie, and more

Posted on October 1, 2017 by Zinnia Jones

Previously: Themes of depersonalization in transgender autobiographies: Jan Morris Depersonalization in transgender autobiographies: Christine Jorgensen (Depersonalization is a dissociative symptom experienced as sensations of feeling “unreal”, distant from one’s emotions, separated from the real world, and robotically going through the … Continue reading →

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In our own words: Transgender experiences of depersonalization

Posted on September 1, 2017 by Zinnia Jones

Previously: Depersonalization in gender dysphoria: widespread and widely unrecognized “That was dysphoria?” 8 signs and symptoms of indirect gender dysphoria Introduction: Symptoms of depersonalization Depersonalization is a cluster of mental and emotional symptoms generally described as feelings of unreality, with … Continue reading →

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