Gender dysphoria
Another look at androgen receptor gene variants in trans women
Gender identity, including in trans people, appears to have a physical basis and a biological underpinning, and the Endocrine Society…
One Month Left
As we approach the end of 2019, a meme has been circulating around Twitter: “there’s only ONE MONTH left in…
Contra “ROGD”: A recent cohort of youth evaluated at Amsterdam’s gender clinic does not have less intense gender dysphoria or greater psychological issues
Attempts to legitimize the lay anti-trans narrative-slash-conspiracy theory of “rapid onset gender dysphoria” as a genuine health condition are risky…
Lisa Littman cites Edwards-Leeper & Spack (2012) in her “rapid onset gender dysphoria” study – but did she read it?
Lisa Littman’s now-notorious study on an alleged new “rapid onset gender dysphoria” condition occurring in adolescents as a result of…
Transgender depersonalization testimonies around the web, 2018
Previously: Depersonalization in gender dysphoria: widespread and widely unrecognized Throughout numerous articles, I’ve covered many aspects of the experience of…
Debra Soh is really bad at trans science (part 3)
Her alarmist claims of affirming care for trans youth functioning as anti-gay “conversion therapy” present a scenario wildly at odds…
Debra Soh is really bad at trans science (part 2)
Her alarmist claims of affirming care for trans youth functioning as anti-gay “conversion therapy” present a scenario wildly at odds…
“Everyone feels that way”: Are gender dysphoric symptoms a near-universal experience in cisgender adolescents?
Previously: “Rapid onset gender dysphoria” study: An impossibly wide net of alternative etiologies "Everyone wonders about being the other gender."…
Depersonalization and sensitivity to fluorescent lighting: Have other trans people experienced this?
As a teenager, I was often profoundly uncomfortable with the fluorescent lights used in schools, businesses, and other settings. From…
What the “rapid onset gender dysphoria” study missed: Timing of identity development and disclosure in LGBT youth
Previously: Meet the unbiased, reliable, not-at-all-transphobic parents from the “rapid onset gender dysphoria” study Since the publication of Lisa Littman’s…