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www2.macleans.ca – by Roberta Staley
Cormac O’Dwyer entered Grade 8 in Vancouver as a girl named Amber. All traces of femininity stopped with the name; Amber looked, dressed and acted like a boy. “It was awkward,” admits Cormac, sleeves rolled up to…
baywindows.com – by Emilia Dunham – Program Associate, Network for LGBT Health
When you think of transgender* health, what do you think of? Hormones, surgeries? Is women’s health just breast cancer walks and pro-choice debates? Clearly there’s more …
dallasvoice.com – Tammye Nash – Senior Editor
Say the phrase “transgender health benefits,” and most people immediately think insurance coverage that pays at least some of the costs of sexual reassignment surgery. But there’s a lot more to it than t…
boxturtlebulletin.com – Jim Burroway
In 1970, a well-known expert on homosexuality and transgender issues appeared on a local television talk show in Los Angeles to talk about feminine boys. He described how very young boys who behaved in a feminine…
esciencenews.com – Source: North Carolina State University
A new study from North Carolina State University shows that talking about safer sex is a complicated process for individuals in the transgender community. The finding may help efforts to pro…
windycitymediagroup.com – by Kate Sosin, Windy City Times
AIDS service providers tend to agree: When it comes to fighting HIV infection rates among transgender populations, one of the biggest obstacles might just be connecting them with health servi…
abcnews.go.com
There are two components of Gender Identity Disorder, both of which must be present to make the diagnosis. There must be evidence of a strong and persistent gross-gender identification, which is the desire to be, or the insistence tha…
onlineathens.com – By Lee Shearer
University of Georgia researchers didn’t find what they expected when they went out to Georgia rivers and lakes looking for transgender bass – male fish that also have female qualities, specifically eggs in their go…
windycitymediagroup.com – by Yasmin Nair, Windy City Times
Howard Brown Health Center (HBHC) hosted a panel, “Opportunities for Holistic Trans Health: Inside and Outside the System,” May 6 that addressed the healthcare needs of the trans community.
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huffingtonpost.com – Joanne Herman – Transgender advocate and author of “Transgender Explained For Those Who Are Not”
Last week saw the release of a very important new resource for medical providers serving transsexual and gender-variant patients. T…