Statistics and demographics
Many trans men on HRT may not show testosterone levels in the “target range” – and that can be okay
Disclaimer: I am not a medical professional and this is not medical advice. Blood tests and monitoring are a standard…
We the Mudbloods: J. K. Rowling and the Trans-Exterminationists (Book 1)
As a published work by perhaps the most famous author in the world, J. K. Rowling’s muddled, meandering, hastily-assembled essay…
Swedish study, meet the Dutch study: Suicide rates among trans people are elevated, but not by “20 times”
Ask anti-trans activists to provide sources for their assertions that trans people’s identities are inauthentic or that transition treatment is…
The American Enterprise Institute’s statistical fumbles: Misusing linear regression for short-term COVID-19 trends
Disclaimer: I am not a medical professional, an expert in statistics or epidemiology, or a former FDA commissioner. Since the…
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…
Even more data confirms: Trans people’s awareness of their gender long precedes disclosure to others
Last month, I looked at the findings of Restar et al. (2019) in Transgender Health, which examined the developmental trajectories…
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…
Large study of trans people in the Netherlands shows growing numbers seeking treatment, low regret rates
Medical transition by trans people, its prevalence and demographics, and rates of regret of treatment are perennial subjects of public…
“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."…
Transgender surgical reversal statistics: A clearer picture emerges
October 2017 saw a spate of fearmongering articles alleging a rise in demand for surgical reversal of transgender genital surgeries.…