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tidyturnip · 8 months

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#ftm #transmasc #trans boy #trans man #trans #trans guy #transgender #trans resources #trans health #trans research #science #trans healthcare

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kyrianne · 7 months

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Hey fyi any other ppl on T, this is apparently a thing, where T makes some cells turn into prostate cells???

So this is throwing another wrench in my health stuff because I have a gene mutation for prostate cancer and none of my providers have been aware of this as a thing and have actually told me it’s irrelevant to me because I “don’t have a prostate.” But apparently it very much is a possibility that I have enough prostate cells that the cancer would still be a thing.

Yet another piece of evidence for how severely the medical system is letting down trans patients, how little research there is on our bodies, and how providers aren’t approaching trans patients differently from cis patients.

#transgender #transmasc #transmasculine #testosterone #HRT #trans healthcare #trans issues #transmasc healthcare #trans research

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she-is-ovarit · 4 months

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Written by Dr. Anne Lawrence, a researcher and moderately self-aware AGP transwoman himself.

Shame and Narcisssistic Rage in Autogynephilic Transsexualism

#trans research #transgender research #mtf #gender identity #gender identity research #LGBTQ #transfemme #transfeminine #transmasc #transmasculine #transsexual research #radblr #gender critical

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uncanny-tranny · 6 months

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how old were you when you started testosterone? i want to start before i’m 18 so i don’t have to deal with that while applying to/starting college. i want to have it all figured out by the time i leave home. i thought 16 would be a good age because i also want to start while i’m in high school so i can catch up to the other boys and pass better. but my mom has been reading studies and she says it interrupts brain development and doesn’t want me starting hormones until i’m at least 18. but i don’t know if i can make it that long and i really don’t want to have to wait.

I started when I was an adult since it can be simpler, so I don't know on that end if it will be easy for you.

However, it is odd to me to say it will interrupt brain development as though hormones can stop your brain's development. Your brain will still develop, and indeed, it will continue to do so even after you are over eighteen. I won't contest that hormones might alter your brain in the way it responds to stimuli, but it won't be stunted. Like... you've already got testosterone in your body, and what HRT does it raise those levels to what is more "typical" as if you were a cisgender, perisex (i.e., not intersex) man.

Here's a 2020 metastudy I found about this if you want to read on your own, which includes studies done on those seeking both testosterone and estrogen treatment.

Much of these discussions are hindered by small sample sizes. However, with data, it seems as though hormone treatment isn't drastically reducing cognitive abilities, as much as I've seen people act as though it does. Your brain will continue to develop well after any puberty because that's what brains do. Hormones can surely influence your brain, but it is not like it will kill it.

#ask #anon #trans #transgender #lgbt #lgbtq #ftm #mtf #nonbinary #trans resources #trans research #i will say it's complicated and nuanced and we need to be both prepared for that but also let this topic be nuanced #and as i'm on testosterone i personally attest that i'm able to have more cognitive clarity because i feel right in myself #i'm able to focus on things that i couldn't pre-testosterone because i was MISERABLE #and personally? even if that were the case it's better than if i were dead or worse y'know?#lmao appreciate this post because my hand joints were LOCKED because it's cold (lighthearted)

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chaseross · 1 year

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Hi Everyone! I work with Project AFFIRM (part of Columbia University) on a research project that looks at trans/non-binary people and cardiovascular risk.

We are looking for 600 participants to take part in this research:

You MUST live in NYC, San Francisco, or Atlanta!

You MUST be over 18

You MUST Identify as Trans and/or Non-Binary

You WILL be compensated!

Here is the link:

https://rc-1.nyspi.org/surveys/?s=4NTKPLYJN3

Feel free to share this post everywhere! Even if you don’t live in those 3 places, I’m sure you have friends or contacts that do and you sharing this post could help the state of trans health care in the future! Thank you!

#ftm #mtf #trans #transgender #research #academic #trans research #researcher #female to male #project AFFIRM #AFFIRM

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butch-reidentified · 7 months

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"The original study of 44 children, who all took the controversial drugs for a year or more, found no mental health impact - neither benefits nor harm. But a re-analysis of that data now suggests 34% saw their mental health deteriorate, while 29% improved."

#trans research

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ohheyidothat · 4 months

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So far this is a really good-looking read! I'm especially appreciative of this table:

I can't tell you how hard I looked for this exact information in the past. It's such a hassle to find a decent source for these reference range!

Also I'm *excited* beyond belief that I'm seeing a research paper begin to use the terms "estrogen dominant" and "testosterone dominant" to describe the endocrine systems of cis women/trans masc people not on T/trans women on E, versus cis men/trans fem people not on E/trans men on T.

I've been wishing the medical field would categorize bodies in terms of endocrine system rather than anatomy. It's much more informative of the conditions within the body! I don't think it's entirely functional categorization, and it needs a way to better address individuals who aren't on the ends of a "hormone binary*" of sorts, but it's still a big step up from having trans individuals misrepresented by archaic binary notions of sex and hormones.

*I am making up this term as far as I know lol

#ohheyisaidthat #trans healthcare #trans research #idk what to tag this tbh? anyways i love it so far.

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gastromancer · 1 year

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clearing out my tabs so here’s some rlly neat publications & reports documenting detailed research into transmisia + queer/trans ppl <3

Stonewalled – Still Demanding Respect: Police abuses against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the USA. Amnesty International Publications, 2006.

LGBT Youth Facts/Statistics. From: End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin & Milwaukee LGBT Community Center, 2013(?).

2015 U.S. Transgender Survey: Report on the Experiences of Black Respondents. by Sandy E. James, Carter Brown, and Isaiah Wilson, 2017*. (Report published in 2017; data is from 2015 USTS).

LGBT Poverty in The United States: A study of differences between sexual orientation and gender identity groups. UCLA Williams Institute, October 2019.

Disparities in Childhood Abuse Between Transgender and Cisgender Adolescents. Thoma et al. in AAP Publications, August 2021.

Social Ecological Correlates of Polyvictimization among a National Sample of Transgender, Genderqueer, and Cisgender Sexual Minority Adolescents. Sterzing et al., May 2017.

Health Implications of Housing Assignments for Incarcerated Transgender Women. Ledesma & Ford, 2020.

Unequal Treatment of Transgender Individuals in Domestic Violence and Rape Crisis Programs. Seelman, 2015.

#trans #lgbt #gay #trans youth #transfeminism #transphobia #trans rights #trans research #trans resources #lgbt resources #transmisia #ref

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q-u-a-rantine-high-school · 8 months

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So my dad is transphobic and so obviously doesn't approve of me. I've tried to explain thing but , my mom has tried to explain things, but he just refuses to listen and learn.

He thinks he knows how it all works, he's got these ideas in his head that are the opposite of how it actually, and he watches and listens to b*n sh*p!ro and m*tt w*lsh.

I am starting on the track to start my transition, my mom is helping, and in my state, I'm old enough to make my own medical decisions so while I don't need his permission, I don't doubt he'll try to get in the way.

Because of this I would like to compile a list of facts, statistics, and just general information about trans people, the trans experience, and how the medical side of it works, all with as many, and as accurate sources as possible, because when I tell him thing he keeps going "wHaTs YoUr sOuRcE? tIk ToK? dOnT bElIeVe eVeRyThInG yOu SeE oN tHe InTeRnEt" even though that's actually what he does, and tiktok is honestly a way more accurate news source than any news channel or any other form of media, *cough*facebook*cough* at least the side of it that I'm on.

I'm asking for help with this because I've honestly never really been taught how to do proper research. I know I can just use google, but I don't know what exactly to search for, and I don't know how to tell if the sources I'm using are correct or not.

I'll of course do my own research but It'd be really helpful and anybody who sees this and knows some stuff could reblog or reply with some links, articles, and websites that I could look at. Thanks.

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wenamedthedogkylo · 2 years

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Hey my trans brethren, the US Trans Survey for 2022 is up now and is the best time for major trans rights and research groups to get information on the community as it currently stands.

The more of us that contribute to the overall data, the more effective it will be, so if you have some time during the next month, please consider taking it. More info about it can be found below. ✌

https://www.ustranssurvey.org/about

#us trans survey #usts #trans rights #trans health #trans research

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elvencryptid · 10 months

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Does anyone have articles for gender affirming voice therapy in America? ( within the last 10 years )

Peer reviewed articles about evidence based practices, for gender affirming voice therapy specifically

#trans #trans research #voice therapy #trans information #trans science

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endusviolence · 1 month

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Rowling isn't denying holocaust. She just pointed out that burning of transgender health books is a lie as that form of cosmetic surgery didn't exist. But of course you knew that already, didn't you?

I was thinking I'd probably see one of you! You're wrong :) Let's review the history a bit, shall we?

In this case, what we're talking about is the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, or in English, The Institute of Sexology. This Institute was founded and headed by a gay Jewish sexologist named Magnus Hirschfeld. It was founded in July of 1919 as the first sexology research clinic in the world, and was run as a private, non-profit clinic. Hirschfeld and the researchers who worked there would give out consultations, medical advice, and even treatments for free to their poorer clientele, as well as give thousands of lectures and build a unique library full of books on gender, sexuality, and eroticism. Of course, being a gay man, Hirschfeld focused a lot on the gay community and proving that homosexuality was natural and could not be "cured".

Hirschfeld was unique in his time because he believed that nobody's gender was either one or the other. Rather, he contended that everyone is a mixture of both male and female, with every individual having their own unique mix of traits.

This leads into the Institute's work with transgender patients. Hirschfeld was actually the one to coin the term "transsexual" in 1923, though this word didn't become popular phrasing until 30 years later when Harry Benjamin began expanding his research (I'll just be shortening it to trans for this brief overview.) For the Institute, their revolutionary work with gay men eventually began to attract other members of the LGBTA+, including of course trans people.

Contrary to what Anon says, sex reassignment surgery was first tested in 1912. It'd already being used on humans throughout Europe during the 1920's by the time a doctor at the Institute named Ludwig Levy-Lenz began performing it on patients in 1931. Hirschfeld was at first opposed, but he came around quickly because it lowered the rate of suicide among their trans patients. Not only was reassignment performed at the Institute, but both facial feminization and facial masculization surgery were also done.

The Institute employed some of these patients, gave them therapy to help with other issues, even gave some of the mentioned surgeries for free to this who could not afford it! They spoke out on their behalf to the public, even getting Berlin police to help them create "transvestite passes" to allow people to dress however they wanted without the threat of being arrested. They worked together to fight the law, including trying to strike down Paragraph 175, which made it illegal to be homosexual. The picture below is from their holiday party, Magnus Hirschfeld being the gentleman on the right with the fabulous mustache. Many of the other people in this photo are transgender.

[Image ID: A black and white photo of a group of people. Some are smiling at the camera, others have serious expressions. Either way, they all seem to be happy. On the right side, an older gentleman in glasses- Magnus Hirschfeld- is sitting. He has short hair and a bushy mustache. He is resting one hand on the shoulder of the person in front of him. His other hand is being held by a person to his left. Another person to his right is holding his shoulder.]

There was always push back against the Institute, especially from conservatives who saw all of this as a bad thing. But conservatism can't stop progress without destroying it. They weren't willing to go that far for a good while. It all ended in March of 1933, when a new Chancellor was elected. The Nazis did not like homosexuals for several reasons. Chief among them, we break the boundaries of "normal" society. Shortly after the election, on May 6th, the book burnings began. The Jewish, gay, and obviously liberal Magnus Hirschfeld and his library of boundary-breaking literature was one of the very first targets. Thankfully, Hirschfeld was spared by virtue of being in Paris at the time (he would die in 1935, before the Nazis were able to invade France). His library wasn't so lucky.

This famous picture of the book burnings was taken after the Institute of Sexology had been raided. That's their books. Literature on so much about sexuality, eroticism, and gender, yes including their new work on trans people. This is the trans community's Alexandria. We're incredibly lucky that enough of it survived for Harry Benjamin and everyone who came after him was able to build on the Institute's work.

[Image ID: A black and white photo of the May Nazi book burning of the Institute of Sexology's library. A soldier, back facing the camera, is throwing a stack of books into the fire. In the background of the right side, a crowd is watching.]

As the Holocaust went on, the homosexuals of Germany became a targeted group. This did include transgender people, no matter what you say. To deny this reality is Holocaust denial. JK Rowling and everyone else who tries to pretend like this isn't reality is participating in that evil. You're agreeing with the Nazis.

But of course, you knew that already, didn't you?

Edit: Added image IDs. I apologize to those using screen readers for forgetting them. Please reblog this version instead.

#transgender #trans history #transsexual #transphobia #Magnus Hirschfeld #holocaust #holocaust denial #book burning #j.k. rowling #jk rowling #just in case you missed what i mean by all this: go fuck yourself anon :)#trans people have always existed #and we will always exist #if you really wanna pick a fight with me over well-documented history then you better bring in some sources to back your shit #queer history #queer #lgbt+#lgbta+#lgbt #lgbt history #edit: i finally got around to those damn image IDs. i am so very sorry for totally forgetting that's my bimbo moment of the month #also real quick i thought about adding an image of the actual building but the only one i can find has a Nazi parade in front of it #it was taken the day of the book burning raid and honestly if i were to include it then i'd add it to the first few paragraphs #and i think the story's better told when you uphold the hope Magnus Hirschfeld and all the researchers he worked with had #also keeps being brought up: yes Hirschfeld was a eugenicist. it was a popular belief set that was only discredited after WW2 #Hirschfeld died in 1935. he literally didn't live long enough to see science turn against those beliefs and practices #considering how he changed his mind on transitions i like to think he would've changed his mind on eugenics too if he'd lived

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plague-and-creatures · 5 months

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You know those fake bills religious people make that have bible verse n shit on em? Someone should print fake bibles that have credible studies about trans people inside instead of scripture. Could even throw in some queer resources and charity information as well in case someone struggling in those environments picks it up.

I'd totally leave one for my mom to find or at her church or even at her homophobic pastor's house

#transgender #trans rights #trans gender #trans research #trans resources #payback for the pretentious fake bills #god I hate those things so much #please grow and change as a person (derogatory)#religion #bible #you've heard of queer baiting #get ready for religion baiting #trans

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as-traeus · 1 year

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Oppurtunity to take part in important transgender research if you were transitioning between 2000-2010. More details in images below!