Testosterone therapy is often essential for the health and well-being of transmasculine people. The choice to stop it to pursue pregnancy can be a difficult one.
‘They/them’ are among the most popular pronouns, but many students are devising new pronouns to identify their gender.
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Jess Ho’s acerbic, sad, funny memoir of combines a compelling critique of the Melbourne food scene that became her family with memories of a traumatic childhood.
Gender-affirming care and social support can help trans youth thrive.
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A wealth of evidence supports the protective mental health effects of gender-affirming care, despite ongoing legislation that asserts otherwise.
Workers congregate in a meeting room at the headquarters of BlueCity, the parent company of Blued, China’s most popular dating app for gay men.
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The Common Application now lets students indicate their gender identities and pronouns when applying to college. But is that enough to make trans students feel welcome? A scholar weighs in.
Many surveys aren’t designed in a way that captures the true diversity of gender identification.
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The proportion was the largest the study’s authors had ever seen.
Studies show that family acceptance or rejection has a big impact on a trans child’s mental health and happiness.
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A psychologist and expert on gender diversity explains strategies for creating a healthy environment for trans or nonbinary kids.
The pandemic has made it difficult for trans people to support one another in person, or celebrate important physical changes with friends.
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Trans Day of Visibility, celebrated March 31, is a day to honor the trans community and counter transphobia.
Parents and caregivers can shop all the aisles of toy and clothing stores to show children that gendered norms are arbitrary and can be crossed.
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Mattel created a new line of dolls because of research suggesting kids don’t want toys ‘dictated by gender norms’ – but supplanting those norms will take a lot more than that.
Associate Professor of Social Work, Affiliate Faculty in Sociology and the Center for Gender in Global Context, and Director of the Consortium for Sexual and Gender Minority Health, Michigan State University