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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

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“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

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Early use of masculinizing steroid oxandrolone in trans boys can add 2 more inches of height compared to testosterone

Last year, I briefly covered an abstract by gender clinicians at Children’s Mercy Hospital describing the use of oxandrolone rather than testosterone as a part of masculinizing hormone therapy for adolescent trans boys, with the intention of both producing physical … Continue reading

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Transmasculine adolescent fertility breakthrough: Successful egg retrieval following puberty blockers since Tanner 2 and direct continuation to testosterone

Trans people who choose to transition medically may wish to maintain their reproductive potential following cross-sex hormone therapy or transition surgeries that remove the testes or ovaries. Trans adolescents who medically transition with GnRH agonist puberty blockers at the onset … Continue reading

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What parents don’t know: Trans youth study reveals fatal flaw at the heart of “rapid-onset gender dysphoria” (ROGD) pseudo-diagnosis (2 of 3)

Part 1 — Part 2 — Part 3 A recent study fills in ROGD’s missing pieces, joining trans youth and parent reports of gender milestones Sorbara et al. (2021) surveyed trans youth receiving care at a youth gender clinic as … Continue reading

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