Category Archives: Biology of transition

Additional details on the connection between transgender HRT and migraine headache patterns

Posted on March 31, 2021 by Zinnia Jones

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 →

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Trans men and transmasculine people on testosterone can grow prostate tissue

Posted on October 31, 2020 by Zinnia Jones

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 →

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“Biological sex”, empirical backfire: How transphobes gambled on COVID-19 – and lost

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Zinnia Jones

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 →

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Migraine headaches, trans people, and hormone therapy

Posted on September 30, 2018 by Zinnia Jones

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 →

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New clinical findings from Dr. Will Powers: Role of estradiol/estrone ratio in the efficacy of feminizing HRT

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Zinnia Jones

(Epistemic status: Extremely tentative.) Dr. Will Powers, an HRT provider in Michigan who has possibly the coolest name ever, has recently posted a slideshow outlining findings from his practice on the most effective approaches to feminizing hormone therapy for trans … Continue reading →

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