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Category Archives: Transmasculine
Lesbocalypse Now: Elliot Page took nothing from you
“Where have all the lesbians gone?” This is the assertion recently made by a spate of anti-trans commentators in the wake of Elliot Page’s coming out as a nonbinary trans man: that the number of cisgender lesbians is diminishing, being … Continue reading
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 component of prescribed feminizing or masculinizing hormone therapy, with these tests typically including measurements of testosterone levels and estrogen levels … Continue reading
Posted in Endocrinology, Outcomes of transition, Statistics and demographics, Transmasculine
Tagged HRT, medicine, statistics, transition
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Trans men and transmasculine people on testosterone can grow prostate tissue
The general public’s knowledge of the nature of the physical changes induced by medical transition can be surprisingly spotty: trans women’s breasts are often wrongly assumed to be implants; our long-healed neovaginas are cruelly mischaracterized as “open wounds”; HRT is … Continue reading
Posted in Biology of transition, Endocrinology, Transmasculine
Tagged HRT, science, transition
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Open questions: Trans men and transmasculine people can experience abdominal and pelvic pain after starting testosterone
Collaboration between the transgender community and health researchers plays an essential role in ensuring that our population’s knowledge and interests are acknowledged and represented in medicine. When researchers neglect to reach out and utilize the community’s collected experiences and shared … Continue reading
Posted in Endocrinology, Transgender medicine, Transmasculine
Tagged HRT, medicine, science, transition
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Update on ovarian stimulation after testosterone use: Successful fertility preservation with less than a month’s interruption of HRT
Contrary to widespread misconceptions, medical transitioning does not necessarily produce sterility in trans people. Provided that a trans person hasn’t undergone gender-affirming surgeries that involve the removal of the ovaries or testes, even the use of cross-sex hormone therapy that … Continue reading