The Science of Being Transgender: With Wendy Zukerman. Recently they've been hearing a lot about transgender identity. That made them wonder... what makes you the gender that you are? And what should you do if your kid doesn't fit the mold? To find out,
14 In a Brazilian study, 32% of surveyed transgender women and men who have sex with men reported childhood sexual experiences with an older partner, with mean age at first experience being 9 years, and partners’ average age of 19 years.15 Little is known about pregnancy rates among U.S...
The practice of science is far from perfect. We are acutely aware of unethical conduct (think The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment [Jones,1981]) or questionable conduct. Consider, for example, the 2018 resignation of Brenda Fitzgerald as the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
Being Transgender in the Era of Trump: Compassion Should Pick Up Where Science Leaves OffRobin Fretwell Wilson
The goal of sex and gender analysis is to promote rigorous, reproducible and responsible science. Incorporating sex and gender analysis into experimental design has enabled advancements across many disciplines, such as improved treatment of heart disease
care, such as a lessening of depression, anxiety and stress, along with improvement in mood, cognitive functioning, emotional stability and overall well-being.51 These points should help lead the health care provider in discussing guidance and support to parents and families with transgender ...
The Science Of Being Transgender Science Vs Recently we’ve been hearing a lot about transgender identity. That made us wonder… what makes us the gender that we are? And what should you do if your kid doesn’t fit the mold? To find out, we talked with endocrinologist Dr. Joshua Saf...
In the United States, some 10% of people who wish to have children struggle with infertility. It’s especially common in the African American community, and fertility preservation can be difficult for transgender individuals as well. But why is this? And what can be done about it? NOVA explo...
Caring for Transgender Kids: Is Clinical Practice Outpacing the Science? In the year leading up to March 2018, the Tavistock Centre—the United Kingdom's only National Health Service (NHS)–funded clinic to treat gender dysphoria in children—received a record number of referrals: 2500, a 25%...
(2022). Biased science: The Texas and Alabama measures criminalizing medical treatment for transgender children and adolescents rely on inaccurate and misleading scientific claims. https://tinyurl.com/2p8dejef Branje, S., De Moor, E. L., Spitzer, J., & Becht, A. (2021). Dynamics of ...