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Journal Club: The Health Impacts of Anti-Trans Legislation
A 2024 paper explores the mental health impacts of anti-trans legislation on trans people.
Journal Club: The Most Misused Paper in Trans Healthcare Research
A 2011 paper exploring the mental health of trans people is commonly misused by anti-trans individuals and organizations to make points the paper doesn’t support.
Researcher Describes New Term That Expands Understanding of Gender Identity
New terms may seem daunting, but ‘gender modality’ may just fill a needed role.
Journal Club: Informed Consent in Trans Healthcare
A 2019 paper by stef shuster found providers often substituted gatekeeping for informed consent in the practice of transgender healthcare.
What Does the Research Say About Top Surgery for Trans Youth?
The politicization of surgery for minors has made discussing this evidence deeply taboo.
New Study Shows Stopping Medical Transition is Not the Same as Detransition
Of those who discontinued medical treatments such as hormone therapy, a new study found that 80 percent continued to endorse a trans identity.
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Transgender Brains
Research into the brains of transgender people might illuminate some of the deepest mysteries of gender, transness, and sex differences.
J. K. Rowling and the Dreaded Pee Squirts
We’re talking about the importance of gynecological care and pelvic floor health and no third-rate children’s author can stop us.
The Questions in Gender-Affirming Medicine Aren’t What You Think
We asked providers and researchers what the open questions in gender-affirming medicine were. Their answers might surprise you.
Study Finds Employers Discriminate Against They/Them Pronouns
A new study looked at job applicants who included pronouns with their information and found those who used they/them pronouns were discriminated against.
It’s Time for Science to Move Past the Sex Binary
A paper in the journal Hormones and Behavior calls on researchers to move beyond the binary.
Matt Walsh’s 2014 Iran Study Says Most Trans People Have Personality Disorders. Do We?
You’ll be shocked to learn Matt Walsh is cherry picking his research papers.
Researchers Ask Why Regret is So Rare for Trans Patients, What Can Be Learned
Are there lessons that can be learned to help cisgender patients understand and prepare for their surgeries?
The New Lisa Littman Study on ROGD and Detransition is a Total Mess
It starts by claiming there are three types of gender dysphoria (there aren’t) and goes downhill from there.
Your Preferred Narrative on Detransition Needs Complicating
The two questions everyone has about detransition, definitively answered for all time.
News of Youth Suicides Devastate the Trans Community. Is Anyone Listening?
Viral stories of tragedy are what the cis mainstream wants. For the trans community these stories take a deep emotional toll, and it’s not clear if they will have a broader impact.
The Reason Gender-Affirming Care is Controversial is Base Prejudice
Viewed as medicine, the treatments are remarkable only in their ability to give hope to patients with no other evidence-based treatment.
Daily Caller Misrepresents Denmark Findings on Suicide Rates
A Denmark study showed that as the country grew more tolerant and more trans people came forward, suicides rates among trans people decreased.
Washington Post Data Spun by Tabloid to Justify Opposing Trans Healthcare
This Daily Mail spin really has to be seen to be believed.
When Research Contradicts Ideology
A study that contradicts the right’s position on gender affirming care provides a useful example of how right wing writers hand-wave away transphobia’s many contradictions.