8 Lesser-Known Gender-Affirming Care Options Providers Should Know

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Sep 4, 2025

8 Lesser-Known Gender-Affirming Care Options Providers Should Know

Beyond HRT, top surgery, and bottom surgery, these are just a few other gender-affirming care options to consider when helping patients with their care plans

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson

Transgender Bathroom Bans are a Growing Public Health Issue

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Sep 19, 2025

Transgender Bathroom Bans are a Growing Public Health Issue

Trans youth study reveals bathroom avoidance can cause serious health problems. How anti-trans bathroom ban laws create trauma and medical complications.

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson

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Research in Crisis: replication, RCTs, and un(der)funding

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Nov 21, 2025

Research in Crisis: replication, RCTs, and un(der)funding

Licensed psychologist and therapist Luke R. Allen, PhD, discusses his recent research on suicidality following the initiation of gender-affirming HRT for trans youth, including the crisis of replication and the untenable demand for randomized controlled trials.

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Why physician voices matter in the fight against anti-LGBTQ+ laws

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Jul 16, 2025

Why physician voices matter in the fight against anti-LGBTQ+ laws

In a time when anti-LGBTQ+ legislation is proliferating across the United States, targeting everything from gender-affirming care to inclusive science education, many physicians are facing a new ethical frontier. More than ever, the duty to protect patient health extends beyond the clinic walls.

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Genocide scholars issue a warning about US actions against transgender people, and the scope of the trans refugee crisis is revealed, while the DOJ takes aim at professionals providing legal care.

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Building for Bodies, Not Bots: What Sextech Teaches Us About Clinical Care

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Building for Bodies, Not Bots: What Sextech Teaches Us About Clinical Care

Giovanni Trimble for Queer in Practice on designing for nervous systems, not for profit machines. A performance artist turned therapist turned UX designer talks about what healthcare has to learn.

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There is no time like the present: call your representatives to tell them what their support for transgender healthcare means to you.

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Speaking for Ourselves: Trans Voice Care Beyond the Clinic

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Dec 13, 2025

Speaking for Ourselves: Trans Voice Care Beyond the Clinic

When traditional healthcare models fail your community, do you wait for the system to catch up—or build something new? Nicole Gress tells Well Beings NEWS about building a voice training program from the ground up.

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Anti-trans NDAA provisions stripped, Georgia care ban blocked, plus HHS disrespects Admiral Levine—here's your Monday Roundup.

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8 Lesser-Known Gender-Affirming Care Options Providers Should Know

Transgender Bathroom Bans are a Growing Public Health Issue