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Life Update
Where has this blog been? Where have I been? Where am I going? Continue reading Life Update
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Patients & Providers: Top 5 Questions About Hormones
When considering hormones, there can be high variability in terms of individual goals, bodies, needs, risks, and reactions. I get a lot of questions from readers that I can’t always answer, so I reached out to Dr Kevin Hatfield for insight. Continue reading Patients & Providers: Top 5 Questions About Hormones
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Featured Voices: Husband and Wife
“What does it mean for her – for my wife – to be in love with someone who blurs the lines of gender?” A personal piece about the history of my relationship with the most significant person in my world. Continue reading Featured Voices: Husband and Wife
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Featured Voices: Male-Assigned NonBinary Medical Transition
fluffy talks about their experience with lower surgery as a male-assigned agender person. Continue reading Featured Voices: Male-Assigned NonBinary Medical Transition
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Featured Voices: Dysphoria as Malware
Can physical transition change your inner identity? Jay, who identifies as genderless, explores this question in Featured Voices. Continue reading Featured Voices: Dysphoria as Malware
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The Gender Playbook
What’s the secret to figuring out your gender? Choosing labels, coming out, non-binary or not, all these questions are overwhelming to untangle by yourself.
The Gender Playbook promises no definitive answers, only a few wise words to help you along your gender journey. Continue reading The Gender Playbook
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Be Yourself
One of the most commonly repeated phrases / acknowledgments / pieces of advice / soundbites of justification that we hear as transgender people is “Be Yourself.” But how do you know who “Yourself” is when that is exactly what you’re searching for? Continue reading Be Yourself
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Things I’ve learned from being transgender that aren’t about being transgender
After four years of hopping onto this transgender train, I’ve learned a lot about the world of gender and the world in general. Continue reading Things I’ve learned from being transgender that aren’t about being transgender
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5 Myths About Non-Binary Transition
Breaking down 5 common myths about non-binary transition. Continue reading 5 Myths About Non-Binary Transition
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Post-Transition Dissonance
A reader asks about experiencing dissonance after transitioning. “Somedays though, I don’t know what to do about being read as male more often than not. I mean, mostly that’s a good thing, I welcome it, I want it to happen. Sometimes, though, I want to scream I am not, I am neither gender, I don’t want a gender – but I remain quiet because I know the world can’t really conceptualize that.” Continue reading Post-Transition Dissonance
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Today’s Truth
When I told my dad I wanted surgery, it went something like this. We were at the Zócalo – Mexico City’s downtown district – shopping for my very first suit. He started talking about how the staff didn’t know whether I was a boy or a girl, how they were very confused by the whole situation. “You know I don’t care. I’m fine with that, … Continue reading Today’s Truth
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Low Dose Testosterone
An introduction to low dose testosterone: dosages, methods of delivery, why take low dose, and resources. Continue reading Low Dose Testosterone
Patients & Providers: The Mental Health Provider’s Role
Let’s move towards a patient-centered, collaborative model of care – one that ensures trans patients receive accurate information to help them understand what they are choosing and why. Continue reading Patients & Providers: The Mental Health Provider’s Role
Patients & Providers: Trans-Positive Collaboration Between Therapists & Clients
How do you create an empowering, collaborative therapist-patient relationship?
Gender therapist Dara Hoffman-Fox offers tips for both sides. Continue reading Patients & Providers: Trans-Positive Collaboration Between Therapists & Clients
Patients & Providers: 15 Tips For Talking About Sexuality with Transgender and Nonbinary Teens
Rachel Lynn Golden, a clinical psychologist, lays out a plan a provider or parent can follow to have a sex positive talk with teens across the gender and sexuality spectrum. Continue reading Patients & Providers: 15 Tips For Talking About Sexuality with Transgender and Nonbinary Teens
Transgender Patients & Research In Medical Transition
Charlie takes the stage at Stanford MedX conference on Sunday Sept 17th at 12pm PST to talk about trans health research. Watch the live stream online. Continue reading Transgender Patients & Research In Medical Transition
Patient Perspectives: What It’s Like To Finally Find A Trans-Friendly Doctor
Sarah turned to social media to find a trans-friendly provider, and realized what a difference having someone competent in trans health can make. Continue reading Patient Perspectives: What It’s Like To Finally Find A Trans-Friendly Doctor
Patients & Providers: Gender in Research Surveys
How can survey questions be more inclusive of gender? Continue reading Patients & Providers: Gender in Research Surveys
Patients & Providers: STRONG Evidence To Support Transgender Health
The STRONG study is the first of its kind to research long-term health outcomes of transgender patients in the US. The results will bolster the evidence used in developing standards of care and public policy. Continue reading Patients & Providers: STRONG Evidence To Support Transgender Health
Patients & Providers: The Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender Health
Electronic medical records were not designed with transgender people in mind. Clinicians at the Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender Health are working to change that. Continue reading Patients & Providers: The Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender Health
