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The following link will take you to the latest U.S Trans Survey documenting the present condition of U.S. transgenders.
What is the U.S. Trans Survey (USTS)?
The U.S. Trans Survey (USTS) is the new name of the largest survey ever devoted to the l…
glaad.org – GLAAD Media Reference Guide – Transgender Issues
UCLA’s Williams Institute estimates there are 700,000 transgender people in the United States. But according to a 2013 Pew poll, only 8% of Americans say they personally know someone who i…
advocate.com – By Nicholas R. Eaton and Kristina Olson and Aidan Key
No one knows what percentage of the population is transgender, but it is likely less than 1 percent. Even still, transgender issues have risen to a place of prominence in public di…
medicalxpress.com
A study with 32 transgender children, ages 5 to 12, indicates that the gender identity of these children is deeply held and is not the result of confusion about gender identity or pretense. The study, led by psychological scientist…
commonhealth.wbur.org – Martha Bebinger
Massachusetts is drafting rules that will define the transgender services insurers will be required to cover. The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) has just released guidance on training doctors…
deepseanews.com
If you can think of anything involving sex, from group sex to monogamy for life to males with penises on their heads, you can probably find good examples in fishes. Here I want to focus on a particularly interesting and bizarre aspect …
medpagetoday.com – By Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today
Chicago — Simply giving estrogen to male-to-female transgender patients won’t completely suppress testosterone levels, researchers reported here.
In a study from a single-center e…
surgery.about.com – By Jennifer Heisler, RN
“Top surgery” is the term most often used to describe a bilateral mastectomy performed as part of a female to male sex reassignment surgery. The mastectomy is a procedure where one (unilateral) or both (b…
tech.mit.edu – By Austin Hess – Editor In Chief
The MIT Medical Transgender Health FAQ website now lists a “Surgery” benefit of up to $50,000 per year as part of coverage available to transgender patients under the MIT Student Extended Insurance Pla…
blogs.psychcentral.com – By Jeff Zacharias, LCSW, CAADC, BRI-I
It is estimated that 30 percent of the LGBT population struggles with some form of addiction whether drugs, alcohol, sex or gambling. Contrast that figure with the estimate that approxi…