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Continue reading →: No, You Can’t Substitute Therapy for HormonesI try to keep an eye on the world of transphobia, and, as an autistic person, I was particularly drawn to a Daily Wire (a right wing, transphobic website with dubious connections to truth created by Ben Shapiro) article on how autistic adolescents were helped with psychotherapy and no medical…
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Continue reading →: The transphobic “Gender Critical” war-on-inclusivity harms cis people, too.You’ve seen the tweets [edit for 2023: “tweets” were messages on Twitter, a defunct platform which often tolerated transphobia]. Some brand, hospital, medical association, or influencer on social media talks about “pregnant people,” “people with cervices,” or “people who menstruate.” Immediately after the post goes live, an army of transphobic…
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Continue reading →: What is wrong with a few symbols of queer oppression at SF Pride?This year [2022], at San Francisco Pride, organizers decided that cops can march in the parade, but not in uniform. That has, unsurprisingly, angered some, who point out that gay cops should be able to celebrate pride, accusations of non-inclusivity towards the Pride organizers, and condemnation by politicians who are…
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Continue reading →: What Do You Mean It Isn’t About Sex?A while ago, I mentioned to another trans person, in passing, that I did not medically transition for sexual reasons. As someone who was transitioning in large part to have sex in ways that matched her gender, she was kind of shocked: why would another woman go through all of…
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Continue reading →: “Facts” Without Knowledge: How Many Trans Women Have HIV?If you are active in trans advocacy, you’ve seen various estimates for HIV in trans women: 42% (CDC)! 14% (Also CDC)! 24–28% (Baral, et. al.)! I suspect none of these are right, and I think all over-estimate HIV prevalence among trans women. I recognize that’s a minority position — advocacy groups who…
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Continue reading →: Researching Trans Bodies…Without Trans BodiesTransgender people have never had a great relationship with medical care. Most trans people have stories about being mistreated while obtaining medical care — not just for trans-related healthcare, but also for general healthcare. It’s not unusual to be refused treatment by transphobic doctors, to be misgendered and dead-named by providers, to…
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Continue reading →: What Cancer Screenings do Trans People Need?My doctor suggested a mammogram. That caused me to dig into the research. I admit I wasn’t looking forward to doing a mammogram, so I was probably really looking for excuses not to do it. I was concerned about how I would be treated. Would I be treated as a…
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Continue reading →: What Does Transgender Research Really Say?The UK news organization, Daily Mail, reported that seeing trans people on TV caused young people to seek out medical transition. Except, no, the actual research didn’t. First, let me link to what I’m talking about: Science reporting is notoriously awful (ironically the linked paper also mentions the Daily Mail’s…
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Continue reading →: Throw a Brick for Me — I’m Worth More than a WindowIf transphobia kills me, as it kills too many of my trans siblings, I want my friends to write my name on a brick and throw it through a window. I’ll leave it up to them as to which window they throw it through, but suspect it’ll be a political…
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Continue reading →: The Sad Math of Transgender Hair RemovalI’ve always loved the verifiable, objective truth of math, and how math can help us understand our world. As a teenage girl, I particularly enjoyed statistics and game theory, at least at the level I could understand them (limited by my age!). But I don’t like what that same math…
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Hello! I’m a trans+autistic blogger with a background in tech, who writes about trans rights, disability justice, feminism, and scientific research that intersects these things. That’s a lot, I know, but these things connect in fascinating ways, and I hope to share the connections I see!
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