#transgender health

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Erin Reed at Erin In The Morning:

On Tuesday, Gov. Janet Mills of Maine signed LD 227, a sanctuary bill that protects transgender and abortion providers and patients from out-of-state prosecution, into law. With this action, Maine becomes the 16th state to explicitly protect transgender and abortion care in state law from prosecution. This follows several bomb threats targeting state legislators after social media attacks from far-right anti-trans influencers such as Riley Gaines and Chaya Raichik of Libs of TikTok. An earlier version of the bill failed in committee after similar attacks in January. Undeterred, Democrats reconvened and added additional protections to the bill before it was passed into law.

The law is extensive. It asserts that gender-affirming care and reproductive health care are "legal rights" in Maine. It states that criminal and civil actions against providers and patients are not enforceable if the provision or access to that care occurred within Maine’s borders, asserting jurisdiction over those matters. It bars cooperation with out-of-state subpoenas and arrest warrants for gender-affirming care and abortion that happen within the state. It even protects doctors who provide gender-affirming care and abortion from certain adverse actions by medical boards, malpractice insurance, and other regulating entities, shielding those providers from attempts to economically harm them through out-of-state legislation designed to dissuade them from providing care.

The bill also explicitly enshrines the World Professional Association of Transgender Health’s Standards of Care, which have been the target of right-wing disinformation campaigns, into state law for the coverage of transgender healthcare.

The bill is said to be necessary due to attempts to prosecute doctors and seek information from patients across state lines. In recent months, attorneys general in other states have attempted to obtain health care data on transgender patients who traveled to obtain care. According to the United States Senate Finance Committee, attorneys general in Tennessee, Indiana, Missouri, and Texas attempted to obtain detailed medical records "to terrorize transgender teens in their states… opening the door to criminalizing women’s private reproductive health care choices." The most blatant of these attempts was from the Attorney General of Texas, who, according to the Senate Finance Committee, "sent demands to at least two non-Texas entities." 

[...] Despite these threats, legislators strengthened both the abortion and gender-affirming care provisions and pressed forward, passing the bill into law. Provisions found in the new bill include protecting people who "aid and assist" gender-affirming care and abortion, protections against court orders from other states for care obtained in Maine, and even protections against adverse actions by health insurance and malpractice insurance providers, which have been recent targets of out-of-state legislation aimed at financially discouraging doctors from providing gender-affirming care and abortion care even in states where it is legal.

Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) signs gender-affirming care and abortion sanctuary state bill LD227 into law despite the best efforts of right-wing anti-trans extremists such as Riley Gaines, Courage Is A Habit, and Libs of TikTok who sought to thwart its passage and signature into law.

#Maine LD227 #Maine #Janet Mills #Transgender Safe Refuge #Transgender Sanctuary State #Abortion Sanctuary State #Abortion #Gender Affirming Healthcare #LGBTQ+ #Transgender Health #Transgender #WPATH

[uirukii]

Some good news to add onto the scores of judges blocking the ban and families and teens suing for illegal discrimination.

You can’t say you’re protecting kids when 1) the healthcare is backed with decades of proven research it’s safe and effective and 2) you know this because you will allow cis children to access this medical care, just not the children you dislike.

#lgbtq #trans healthcare #good news #lgbtq community #lgbtq+ #lgbt+ #lgbt #transgender health

[she-is-ovarit]

Trans research and scientific consensus

(2020) - Study of 139,829 students finds that in comparison to other students, transgender identity, especially non-binary identity, is associated more with perpetrating bullying than being bullied. Non-binary identity was most strongly associated with involvement in bullying, followed by [transgender] opposite sex identity and cisgender identity. 

(2023) 21 leading experts on pediatric gender medicine from 8 countries wrote a letter to Wall Street Journal expressing disagreement over how gender dysphoria in youth is treated, voicing concerns against things such as the affirmative model and research conducted outside of the US has found hormonal interventions for gender dysphoria to be without reliable evidence. Among these international experts is Dr. Rita Kaltiala, chief psychiatrist at Tampere university gender clinic and author of several peer-reviewed studies on trans medicine and Finland's top authority on pediatric gender care.

(2023) Landmark study from Denmark on 3,800 transgender patients pulled data from hospital records and applications from legal gender changes and discovered 43% of this group had a psychiatric illness compared with 7% of non-trans group, and despite "gender affirming care" and legal gender changes, still had 7.7 the rate of suicide attempts and 3.5 times the rate of suicide deaths. Researchers state this rate is likely even higher due to missing data.

(2016) Study finds association with increased risk of multiple sclerosis for trans women taking estrogen/reducing testosterone levels.

(2023) Metadata study shows, at best, no improvement for patients in gender-affirming care. "The conclusions of the systematic reviews of evidence for adolescents are consistent with long-term adult studies, which failed to show credible improvements in mental health and suggested a pattern of treatment-associated harms. Three recent papers examined the studies that underpin the practice of youth gender transition and found the research to be deeply flawed. Evidence does not support the notion that “affirmative care” of today’s adolescents is net beneficial."

(2011) Long term follow up of 324 transgender people having undergone sex reassignment surgery in Sweden, found that trans women retained male patterned incidents and rates of violence and had a greater significance and rate of rape and sexual violence than cisgender men. The study also found, "Persons with transsexualism, after sex reassignment, have considerably higher risks for mortality, suicidal behaviour, and psychiatric morbidity than the general population. Our findings suggest that sex reassignment, although alleviating gender dysphoria, may not suffice as treatment for transsexualism, and should inspire improved psychiatric and somatic care after sex reassignment for this patient group."

(2020) Largest study to date on 641,860 people finds association with autism and "gender diversity", "Gender-diverse people also report, on average, more traits associated with autism, such as sensory difficulties, pattern-recognition skills and lower rates of empathy — or accurately understanding and responding to another person’s emotional state".

(2022) US study examining 10 years of data on 952 people finds large percentages of young adults prescribed hormones for trans identity no longer getting the drugs 4 years later. Discontinuation rate for both sexes combined = 30%. Female discontinuation rate as high as 44%. The standard disinformation pushed is that only 1-2% of people who begin medical transition end up desisting. But these figures show that in this cohort of young adults, the overall rate of discontinuing hormone treatment ranged from a low of 10% to a high of 44% within a space of just 4 years.

Abruzzese et al. 2023 'The Myth of “Reliable Research” in Pediatric Gender Medicine: A critical evaluation of the Dutch Studies—and research that has followed'

More to come.

#trans #transgender research #transgender health #trans health care #gender critical #detrans #desistance #detransition #FTM #MTF #non binary #gender studies #gender identity #LGBTQ #trans identity #gender diverse #autism #gender dysphoria #gender affirming care #gender affirmation #transitioning #protect trans kids #protect trans youth

[sueeeeesworld]

Hello,

My name is Xue Yan. I am a Ph.D. student in Applied Health Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. My academic advisor, Dr. Liza Berdychevsky, and I conduct a study titled “Sex Views and Sexual Self-concept”.

If you are currently 18 years old or older and willing to share your opinions about sexual-related topics, please allow me to invite you to participate in this study.

If you agree to participate, you will take part in a survey, taking approximately 20 minutes. All information collected from this survey is anonymous and will be treated as strictly confidential. Your name will not appear on this survey and the information you provided will be grouped with other participants’ information to protect your identity. Please click on the link below or scan the QR code to participate:

Your participation would be much appreciated and extremely important, as it would provide valuable insights to contribute to people’s sexual justice and effective sexual health education.

Thank you very much for your time and consideration!

Xue Yan

Department of Recreation, Sport and Tourism Management

College of Applied Health Sciences University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

[email protected]

#trans community #trans pride #trans women #transgender health #transgender sex #transgender #trans men #trans man #transgenresworld #lgbtq #nonbinary #sex ed #education #leisure #mtf trans #transisbeautiful #trans nonbinary #transmasc #tranmasc #masculine #feminism #genderfluid #gender queer #gender equality #queer community #queer #queer pride #gayboy #bisexual

[t4t-pathogen]

⚠️TRANS PEOPLE WITH CALIFORNIAN HEALTHCARE: YOUR SURGERIES ARE FREE⚠️

This official page from the California Department of Insurance states "health insurance policies are prohibited from arbitrarily excluding coverage for gender affirmation services including (but not limited to) hormone therapy, mental health services and surgical services."

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS!

#trans heathcare #healthcare #california #american healthcare #american health insurance #american health system #transgender tips #transgender health #trans health #trans issues #trans law #trans laws #trans legislation #transgender laws #top surgery #top surgeon #bottom surgery #transgender

[texasobserver]

This piece by Texas Observer Digital Editor Kit O'Connell was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award in the category of Outstanding Online Journalism Article.

With this investigation, Kit pushed back against harmful and inaccurate coverage of trans healthcare for kids, published by The New York Times. The original Times article was used in court by the state of Texas in their attempt to redefine gender-affirming healthcare as "child abuse," and this was our attempt to correct the record.

We're honored to be nominated for the 34th #GLAADMediaAwards, alongside so many other important creative works.

From the article:

“The reality is that gender-affirming medical care for trans youth is not controversial within mainstream medicine,” said Jack Turban, a medical doctor and incoming assistant professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of California San Francisco. “There is broad consensus from all major medical organizations that legislation outlawing it is dangerous.”

#media criticism #glaad awards #LGBTQIA #transgender health #transgender #journalism #new york times

[crossdreamers]

New study shows that the “regret rate” for gender-affirming surgery is less than 1%.

Three researchers from Johns Hopkins University presents new research in the Journal of the American Medical Association. They conclude that the “regret rate” for gender-affirming surgery is less than one percent:

"This rate of surgical regret among TGD [transgender and gender-diverse ] patients appears to be substantially lower than rates of surgical regret following similar procedures among the broader population, including cisgender individuals. In fact, one systematic review found that the average prevalence of surgical regret was 14.4% among all research studies analyzed, which the authors suggested was relatively low."

In other words: The regret rate for surgery in general (all types) is around 14 percent, which is considered low. That makes the regret rate for trans people having surgery extremely low.

Harry Barbee, Bashar Hassan, and Fan Liang: Postoperative Regret Among Transgender and Gender-Diverse Recipients of Gender-Affirming Surgery

See also News Medical: Johns Hopkins researchers find minimal regret after gender affirming surgery

Photo: Shapecharge

#transgender #trans #lgbt #lgbtqa #srs #lgbtq #transgender health #health #science

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Alberta’s proposed transgender youth policies have the potential to increase anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts in the 2SLGBTQ+ community, according to a group representing the province’s psychiatrists. Citing a handful of American studies, the Alberta Psychiatric Association (APA) says the proposed policies “have the potential to lead to significant negative mental health outcomes amongst an identifiable, already marginalized population.” The APA says similar legislation passed in the U.S. “increased levels of anxiety, depression and suicide” among 2SLGBTQ+ individuals, as well as the number of hospital visits.

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Tagging @politicsofcanada @abpoli

#cdnpoli #canada #canadian politics #canadian news #transgender health #transgender youth #alberta #transphobia #lgbtqia+

[robynochs]

Long COVID Is More Common in Bisexual and Trans People. The Reasons Why Are Complicated

"There is nothing inherent about being queer or trans that predisposes people to chronic illness, including long COVID. Yet the interlocking network of structural healthcare disparities that queer and trans people face — such as lower access to doctors or stigma regarding their gender or sexuality — could partly explain the higher rates, alongside other LGBTQ+ health disparities faced by the community."

#bi health month #bihealthmonth #bi health #bi+ health #transgender health #trans health #long covid #covid #chronic illness #disability

[frameacloud]

Harriet Williamson (April 29, 2023). "Trans-inclusive cervical cancer campaign defies anti-LGBTQ+ hate: ‘We deserve to be screened.’" PinkNews. https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/04/29/cervical-cancer-screening-smear-test-lgbtq-inclusive-remove-the-doubt/

Update: This news article is about a campaign for cervical cancer screening, called Remove The Doubt. The UK charity running the campaign was called Live Through This. Later, the charity changed its name to OUTpatients, so the campaign moved to their new site. Since then, you can visit the Remove The Doubt site here, which explains to anyone who has a cervix what they need to know about cervical cancer screening and HPV vaccines.

#cervical cancer #trans men #trans masculine #FTM #cisgender women #AFAB #HPV #transgender health #transgender #UK #HPV vaccine #sexually transmitted infections #relevant for transgender men and trans masculine nonbinary people and others on the female to male spectrum #relevant for cisgender women and transgender men and others who were assigned female at birth #queue #cancer #pelvic exam #vaccine #i'm not sure why the link displays with a different title than the article... i didn't do that

[sueeeeesworld]

My name is Xue Yan. I am a Ph.D. Student in Applied Health Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. My academic advisor, Dr. Liza Berdychevsky, and I conduct a study titled, “Sexual Justice is Social Justice: Transgender People’s Views on Sex and Sexual Health Education”.

If you are currently 18 years old or older and self-identify as a transgender person, please allow me to invite you to participate in this study.

If you agree to participate, you will take part in an individual interview (taking approximately one hour) via Zoom and during the time convenient for you.

Your permission would be asked to audio record the interview. Recording the interviews is important so we can get a better understanding of your experiences. However, no names or any other identifying information would ever be shared in any research report and only the research team will have access to the recordings and transcripts. In other words, I would like to emphasize that your responses will be held confidential.

Your participation would be much appreciated and extremely important, as it would provide valuable insights to contribute to sexual justice and effective sexual health education tailored to the needs of transgender people.

Thank you very much for your time and consideration! If you are interested in this project, feel free to email contact me via email [email protected].

#transgender #trans women #trans pride #trans man #transgender health #trans community #transgender sex

[halfd3af]

For any trans Ohioans that may have to consider leaving the state to continue obtaining transgender healthcare due to upcoming potential laws restricting it…

Virginia does NOT have any transphobic bills targeting healthcare. The only transphobic “law” we have that I am aware of is the 2022-2023 “Model Policy” that must be created every year and affects K-12 public school students (due to Virginia code 22.1-22.3 Treatment of transgender students; policies). While it's obviously not good (here is a paper showcasing the differences between our last governor's policy, which was amazing, and our current governor's), it's not set in stone as it can be remade with future, different governors and many school districts are NOT following it. Our state Senate is now controlled for the next 4 years by Democrats, and the state House for the next 2, and this is important because in 2023, the state Senate's Democrats are a huge reason that 12 transphobic bills died in committee once they passed the state House floor. We even have Danica Roem joining the Senate this year, who became the first openly transgender representative of a state legislature in 2018 and is now our first openly trans state senator. I don't know where things will go heading forward, but as of the next few years...

#transgender #trans #transgender health #trans healthcare #halfd3aftextposts #reblogs are encouraged bc I want people to know about their options #also ANY southern queer people--not just Ohioans--are welcome to flock here

[theamphibianmen]

Hey quick question why can't a dysphoric trans girl donate her dick to me? This is not a bit I'm genuinely furious about this

#transgender #transgender health #bottom surgery

[crossdreamers]

Top surgery is being included in a leading breast surgery textbook for the first time ever – and for Ioannis Ntanos, one of the UK’s leading gender affirmation surgeons, this moment plugs a “massive hole” in education for healthcare professionals to properly care for the trans population. 

The presentation is included in Breast Surgery, part of the Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice series.

Pink News has more.

#transgender #trans #lgbt #queer #breast surgery #top surgery #health #transgender health

[thatheathen]

"Gender identity is real."

ErinInTheMorn | Erin Reed Substack | SB254 Bill

#gender identity is real #florida #SB254 #anti trans bill blocked #anti trans bill #fuck yes #florida sucks #no fascism #fuck fascists #fuck ron desantis #desantis is a fascist #trans rights #lgbtq rights #queer liberation #trans liberation #trans rights are human rights #human rights #trans healthcare #gender affirming care #transgender health #fuck terfs #fuck transphobes #transphobia #state violence #fuck Republicans #erin reed #unconstitutional #freedom of expression #make bigots feel unsafe #make terfs feel unsafe