Trans youth
Recent progress in height management for trans adolescents
The widespread adoption of puberty-blocking medications for transgender youth has been life-changing, for the first time allowing trans people who…
Quelle horreur? Parents of trans kids attending gender clinics are overwhelmingly… satisfied!
Media coverage of transgender children, adolescents, and young adults can at times tend toward giving undue credence to parents who…
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…
How soon can AFAB trans adolescents expect physical changes from testosterone?
As of this month, it’s been seven years since I started HRT, and I can still recall the excitement, anticipation,…
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…
New study on trans women’s developmental milestones: Self-awareness precedes disclosure by several years
I’ve previously criticized Lisa Littman’s study of the alleged condition of “rapid onset gender dysphoria” – since corrected as “perceived…
Transphobic and homophobic attitudes are so highly correlated they might be the same thing
Within the baseless anti-trans claim that gender-affirming care for trans youth constitutes a form of anti-gay “conversion therapy” applied to…
Why anti-trans parents’ testimonies are unreliable as evidence: a response to Jay Keck and the Kelsey Coalition
A recent opinion piece in USA TODAY by parent Jay Keck of the anti-trans Kelsey Coalition offers a disturbing picture…
Minnesota Mom is Just… Terrible. Really Awful.
By Penny Robo Already self-sufficient for years due to parents dealing with substance abuse issues, 13 year old “EJK” came…
How trans youth and their parents decide to start medical transition
The process by which trans adolescents seek out and access medical transition treatment, including puberty blockers and/or cross-sex hormones, is…