Gender dysphoria
Learning to love and accept your body: Testosterone helps adolescent trans boys do that
Discussions of transgender issues among the general public often take an unproductive turn when the distress of gender dysphoria is…
“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…
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…
What parents don’t know: Trans youth study reveals fatal flaw at the heart of “rapid-onset gender dysphoria” (ROGD) pseudo-diagnosis (3 of 3)
Part 1 — Part 2 — Part 3 If ROGD is fundamentally unsound, what about its related claims? Littman has…
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…
What parents don’t know: Trans youth study reveals fatal flaw at the heart of “rapid-onset gender dysphoria” (ROGD) pseudo-diagnosis (1 of 3)
Part 1 — Part 2 — Part 3 Origin and scope of the “rapid onset gender dysphoria” (ROGD) pseudo-diagnosis of…
No, not all trans people “always knew” since childhood
Previously: Timing of identity development and disclosure in LGBT youth (September 2018) New study on trans women’s developmental milestones: Self-awareness…
Four recent studies confirm benefits of medical transition for trans adolescents
Puberty-blocking medications are used in gender-dysphoric adolescents as a means of temporarily and reversibly inhibiting an undesired natal puberty. In…
The classic Utrecht Gender Dysphoria Scale gets a nonbinary-inclusive update
“Am I transgender?” This is a question that all trans people have faced at some point, or at many points,…
How long have you known you’re trans? Additional findings on gender identity development
The process of coming to self-awareness of our gender and putting a name to our identity takes a different course…