Transgender news, issues and stories related to health
Trans Health Australia had moved from simply a Facebook-based information and news group to a national organization that advocates for transgender equality in Australia. Created in 2012, its founders include Melody Moore, journalist Jesse Jones, […]
The Fenway Health of the Fenway Institute issued the guidelines in a policy brief called Retaining transgender women in care: Best practices in the field. It contained best practices and treatment programs that would cater […]
A transgender man who had hormone therapy but did not pursue sex reassignment surgery gave birth to a baby, stirring a debate regarding existing laws on infertility as a prerequisite for gender change. On hormone […]
Portugal has approved a law recently that removes medical requirement in granting individuals legal gender recognition. According to ILGA-Europe, a network of LGBT groups, it became the latest nation in Europe that allowed legal gender […]
The study, published in the March edition of a journal on sexual exploitation and violence also shed light on the stigma and prejudice confronting trans Cambodians that pushed them to the margins. Roughly four out […]
Researchers interviewed trans adolescents between ages 15 and 21 and gathered their responses on whether or not they were able to use their chosen name when attending school, at home, at work, or among friends. […]
New guidance in treating transgender patients with dementia at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) is believed to be the first of its kind in the country. The institution would also include policies that would […]
Researchers from the University of Sao Paulo’s medical school gathered data by comparing the brain structure of people who identified as transgender and cisgender. In particular, they discovered that the volume of the insula, a […]
Kenny Jones, model and transgender man, became the face of the I’M ON campaign, an initiative launched in United Kingdom to open discussions surrounding female periods. Launched by the period subscription service Pink Parcel, the […]
The researchers of the study, which was published in JAMA Surgery and the first of its kind, found that the number of sex-reassignment surgeries increased four times from the years 2000 to 2014. The study, […]
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