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Category Archives: Biology of transition
Additional details on the connection between transgender HRT and migraine headache patterns
Previously: Migraine headaches, trans people, and hormone therapy (September 2018) More on the relationship between hormone therapy and migraine in trans people (December 2019) Disclaimer: I am not a medical professional and this is not medical advice. A migraine headache … Continue reading
Posted in Biology of transition, Endocrinology, Trans youth, Transfeminine, Transgender medicine, Transmasculine
Tagged HRT, medicine, science, transition
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Trans men and transmasculine people on testosterone can grow prostate tissue
The general public’s knowledge of the nature of the physical changes induced by medical transition can be surprisingly spotty: trans women’s breasts are often wrongly assumed to be implants; our long-healed neovaginas are cruelly mischaracterized as “open wounds”; HRT is … Continue reading
Posted in Biology of transition, Endocrinology, Transmasculine
Tagged HRT, science, transition
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“Biological sex”, empirical backfire: How transphobes gambled on COVID-19 – and lost
As the pandemic coronavirus has spread around the globe, the growing numbers of infections have revealed a surprising pattern: from China to Italy to the United States, men are more likely than women to contract the virus. And among those … Continue reading
Posted in Biology of transition, COVID-19, Philosophy and language, Transphobia and prejudice
Tagged biology, media, transphobia
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Migraine headaches, trans people, and hormone therapy
From age 3 or 4, which is as far back as I can remember, I experienced chronic, frequent migraine headaches, just as my mother and her father have had throughout their lives. These episodes of severe pain would often happen … Continue reading
Your mileage may vary: Trans women and erectile function
One common question asked by trans women considering hormone therapy is how this may affect their ability to have penetrative sex. Antiandrogens and estrogen can impair erectile function, reducing spontaneous erections, responsiveness to sexual arousal, and nocturnal erections — an … Continue reading
Posted in Biology of transition, Endocrinology, Sexuality
Tagged HRT, medicine, sex, transition
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