25 results for "trans health"
Testosterone causes red blood cells to become larger, denser, and more numerous, which is exactly what happens in any body running on testosterone. For trans…
Even without hormones, the steps you can take right now, your clothes, your hair, your name, your pronouns, and the way you present yourself to the world, can…
I'm Dr Helen Webberley. I'm a doctor, a mum, and a gender specialist, and for the last decade and more I've spent most of my waking hours learning everything I…
Non-binary people are entitled to the same quality of gender-affirming healthcare as anyone else, and international guidelines including the WPATH Standards of…
World Laughter Day. Share with me your stories about trans people, about trans healthcare, about trans beautiful lives, and how they made you laugh with joy.…
I'm Dr Helen Webberley, a doctor, a mum, and a gender specialist. Over the last ten years I've learned everything I can about gender identity and what it means…
Listen to yourself. Listen to how you feel, what lands right when someone uses a particular name or pronoun, what feels good in the mirror, what clothes feel…
Coming into a gender identity takes a long time. There is years of soul-searching, self-questioning, research, and quiet planning before any visible step,…
Trans patients in NHS hospitals are protected under the Equality Act 2010 through the characteristic of gender reassignment, and that includes the right to…
The EHRC's draft code of practice, published after the Supreme Court's ruling in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers, is built on the premise that…
The government's own Equality Impact Assessment warns that directing trans women away from women's services creates a disproportionate risk of violence and…
Trans women are women, and the refusal to recognise them as such follows a well-documented historical pattern. Angela Y Davis has shown how Black women were…
The real dangers women face are domestic abuse, sexual violence, street harassment, and coercive control, not trans people in bathrooms. Trans people make up…
She hadn't slept the night before, convinced that walking into a restaurant would give her away. Then the waitress asked what she could get the ladies, and a…
Robyn was fourteen and terrified of her own voice breaking while she sat on a waiting list years long, and her mother Nadia refused to let her wait alone.
Dani stood at her front door for eleven minutes before she finally stepped outside as herself, and what she found on the other side was sunshine, a dog…
A person waits years on a public list before the kitchen-table sums finally tip: they go private, and arrive at relief and anger at exactly the same moment.
Medical record-sharing systems are being designed without trans people in mind, and that omission causes real harm. Outdated names, mismatched gender markers,…
The New Jersey Senate has approved a bill protecting transgender and reproductive healthcare, shielding residents and providers from out-of-state prosecution.…
Belgium has announced that its government will fund gender-affirming surgery through its public health system, treating trans healthcare as a legitimate and…
Northern Ireland has long been among the worst-served parts of the UK for gender-affirming healthcare, with no commissioned adult gender identity service. The…
Seven medical ethicists explain why restricting access to gender-affirming care contradicts core ethical principles and professional guidance.
A practical guide to the key questions trans patients should raise with their healthcare provider to ensure they receive informed, respectful, and appropriate…
Dr Scott Leibowitz argues that trans healthcare decisions must remain in the consulting room, not in the hands of politicians presenting false choices.