LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — The recently released 2015 National Center for Transgender Education (NCTE) Transgender Survey findings are in short, a confirmation of earlier surveys and other research findings — things are as dire as we’ve been saying… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — I had an opportunity to look at a new transgender care article for pharmacists to be published this January in the medical journal The American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. It urges pharmacists to educate… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Anyone can create a “medical” (or “professional”) organization. All it takes is a website and the creation of a legit-sounding name. People do this all the time to either oppose or support a pet… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — And that’s a conservative estimate. Previous numbers ran from 500,000 to 700,000 or up to 0.3 percent of the population. Now it’s 0.6, or nearly 1 trans person per 140 people. This according to… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Fifteen-year-old trans youth Jazz Jennings, no stranger to this space or the trans community, was invited to participate in the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists’ annual meeting which included a symposium titled: “Transgender Medicine:… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — That’s right, a simple face-to-face conversation with a stranger will have a far more lasting positive impact, even if the stranger is exposed to fear mongering by opponents. In addition, the person conducting the… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — While the findings of a new study is of no surprise to anyone who is transgender or to professionals with a hand in the trans community, it does provide tangible evidence that can be… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Really, it doesn’t get simpler than this: parents who let their transgender kids chose their names and express their preferred gender identity results in good mental health outcomes says a new study published in… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — On the heels of the announcement of a transgender studies degree program at the University of Arizona last month, word comes of the establishment a chair of transgender studies at a Canadian university. This… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Proponents of “Bathroom Bills” are primarily using a “predator-in-a-dress” fear mongering tactic to scare parents and citizens into supporting anti-transgender legislation — something many would not otherwise support had they known they were being… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — A notorious center for anti-trans reparative therapy in Canada has been shut down, curtailing decades of harmful treatment. The closure of Dr. Kenneth Zucker’s Child, Youth, and Family Gender Identity Clinic at Toronto’s Centre… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Research findings from a Dutch study on trans youth indicates puberty blockers (aka hormone therapy) indicates a significant increased “opportunity to develop into well-functioning young adults.” The study finds the quality of life for… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — In this space over the past few years, I’ve reported on a number of research studies on transgender youth and virtually all of them have the same findings — trans kids who are allowed… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Major finding from the new research study: trans kids’ gender identity is deeply held — not pretense or the result of confusion. From the researchers as reported in Medicalxpress: “. . . our results… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Detractors are attempting to derail the well-being of trans people with false rhetoric in the media about “rampant regret” after undergoing medical treatment. By using out of context quotes in their rhetoric from unlinked… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Another study? Some of you may be asking once again how many studies do we need? The answer: As many as possible. What seems obvious to us, may not be the case for those… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — A new study confirms further the huge negative impact discriminatory practices by medical professionals have on the health of trans Americans. Commenting on her findings, Dr. Daphna Stroumsa, urges that all federally funded medical… Read More ›
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — The Lancet, a peer-review medical journal, published a study earlier this year that suggested transgender women are upwards of 50 times more vulnerable to the HIV virus than the general public. In addition, Harvey Makadon,… Read More ›
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — The National Center for Transgender Equality’s (NCTE) new study is reporting higher rates of physical or sexual abuse to undocumented trans workers than to the trans population in general, and they’re also getting short shifted… Read More ›
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Of course, if you’re a regular reader of this space, you already knew that. But now, we have more research backing these stats up. The new study by the Organization of American States (OAS) used… Read More ›
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — New paradigm shifting research shows that gonads (testicles and ovaries) have to actively prevent some sex cells from switching to the other gender throughout one’s entire life. In Medical Xpress, Dr David Zarkower of University… Read More ›
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — The gist: 70% of transgender people surveyed reported harassment or discrimination in trying to use a restroom — and the survey area was one of the more progressive part of the country in enacting laws… Read More ›
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Trans people living with the HIV virus today are experiencing a reversal from mostly dismal conditions. A new research study points towards conditions near parity with non-trans people living with the disease. Past studies showed… Read More ›
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — I’ve no reason to doubt the claim, especially since the researcher’s earlier papers touched on the same topic. However, the study by George Brown has not been released yet, nor do we even have a… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — (This article was edited March 1, 2017 to remove tags and other identification from people in the story due to harassment by a third party. The story remains factual as first written. Thank you.)… Read More ›
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