Category Archives: Transmasculine

Second report of trans man undergoing successful fertility preservation without stopping testosterone – this time producing a viable embryo and live birth

Posted on June 30, 2021 by Zinnia Jones

Previously: Update on ovarian stimulation after testosterone use: Successful fertility preservation with less than a month’s interruption of HRT (April 2020) First report of trans man having successful fertility preservation without interrupting HRT (February 2021) Over the past few years, … Continue reading →

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Early use of masculinizing steroid oxandrolone in trans boys can add 2 more inches of height compared to testosterone

Posted on May 31, 2021 by Zinnia Jones

Last year, I briefly covered an abstract by gender clinicians at Children’s Mercy Hospital describing the use of oxandrolone rather than testosterone as a part of masculinizing hormone therapy for adolescent trans boys, with the intention of both producing physical … Continue reading →

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Transmasculine adolescent fertility breakthrough: Successful egg retrieval following puberty blockers since Tanner 2 and direct continuation to testosterone

Posted on May 31, 2021 by Zinnia Jones

Trans people who choose to transition medically may wish to maintain their reproductive potential following cross-sex hormone therapy or transition surgeries that remove the testes or ovaries. Trans adolescents who medically transition with GnRH agonist puberty blockers at the onset … Continue reading →

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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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The Gayest Generation: Trans-hostile interpretations of changing LGBT demographics are baseless and backwards

Posted on March 1, 2021 by Zinnia Jones

Previously: Once more, with peer review: Transitioning is not anti-gay conversion therapy (January 2020) We the Mudbloods: J. K. Rowling and the Trans-Exterminationists (June 2020) Lesbocalypse Now: Elliot Page took nothing from you (December 2020) It’s fantastic news by any … Continue reading →

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