Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson

BJ (he/they) is a queer trans journalist with 10+ years experience writing about LGBTQ+ health.

Roundup

Dec 16, 2025

Monday Roundup | December 15, 2025

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

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson

Speaking for Ourselves: Trans Voice Care Beyond the Clinic

Queer in Practice

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.

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson

Roundup

Dec 8, 2025

Monday Roundup | December 8, 2025

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

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson

Provider POV

Dec 5, 2025

Provider POV: Ivy Lai of ACRC Global

On empathy without assumptions, treating every journey as unique, and the power of showing people they belong.

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson

Trans Sports Bans Are a Public Health Crisis

Reporting

Dec 3, 2025

Trans Sports Bans Are a Public Health Crisis

Legislative exclusion from athletics removes a proven suicide prevention intervention from children who need it most.

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson

Roundup

Dec 1, 2025

Monday Roundup | December 1, 2025

Which institutions are resisting federal overreach, where access is shrinking, and what's happening with trans youth research globally.

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson

Update

Nov 29, 2025

What's Next for Well Beings News

Video content, original reporting, conference coverage, and a massive research project. Here's what I'm building—and why I need your support to do it.

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson

Update

Nov 27, 2025

Black Friday + Indie Media Monday Sale!

Building what we need, supporting each other through it: big discounts and little changes at Well Beings News

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson

Roundup

Nov 25, 2025

Monday Roundup | November 24, 2025

Courts block DOJ medical record seizures, HHS report authors exposed as anti-trans activists, and global puberty blocker restrictions expand

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson

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

Free

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.

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson

Complicating and Conversing on Fertility Preservation Timelines

Reporting

Nov 19, 2025

Complicating and Conversing on Fertility Preservation Timelines

Standard protocols prioritizing the fertility of transgender youth may be delaying necessary gender-affirming care

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson

Roundup

Nov 17, 2025

Monday Roundup | November 17, 2025

This week: Teen Vogue's closure and why indie media matters, Trans Day of Remembrance mortality data, how detransition drives policy despite low rates, and why anti-trans rhetoric failed at the ballot box.

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson

Dr. Shanéa Thomas on Death, Legacy, and What We Leave Behind

Queer in Practice

Nov 14, 2025

Dr. Shanéa Thomas on Death, Legacy, and What We Leave Behind

A former morgue worker turned organizational change expert on why LGBTQ+ health professionals need to think about legacy now—before the good people are gone.

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson

Resource

Nov 12, 2025

Essential Evidence: Your Complete Resource Guide to Gender-Affirming Care

Two evidence-based tools healthcare providers need when parents arrive with questions: a comprehensive research compendium and a quick-reference fact sheet

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson

Roundup

Nov 11, 2025

Monday Roundup | November 10, 2025

California Supreme Court protects trans elders, ruling that intentional misgendering is discrimination, not free speech

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson

Provider POV

Nov 8, 2025

Provider POV: Dr. Alice Hoang of Brooklyn Mint Dental

On building trust through intentional intake forms, continuous learning, and neighborhood care

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson

Reporting

Nov 5, 2025

Taking Feedback Like a Pro

What Neuroscience—and Well Beings News Experts—Teach Us About Receiving Criticism

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson

Roundup

Nov 3, 2025

Monday Roundup | November 3, 2025

A judge blocks DOJ overreach, new research on provider biases in contraceptive care, plus your guide to using the resource library.

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson

Roundup

Oct 28, 2025

Monday Roundup | October 27, 2025

Fenway abandons trans youth, CHOP fights DOJ subpoenas, Harvard postpones trans health course, and McMaster students prove sustained organizing works.

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson

Meeting Parents Where They Are: Strategies for Affirming Trans Youth Care

Reporting

Oct 23, 2025

Meeting Parents Where They Are: Strategies for Affirming Trans Youth Care

Practical strategies and a comprehensive guide for healthcare providers to support transgender youth mental health outcomes when parents resist gender-affirming care.

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson

Roundup

Oct 21, 2025

Monday Roundup | October 21, 2025

Federal health programs dismantled, NHS denies HRT to hundreds, 7 million march for democracy, and new research on coming out, political trauma, and youth mental health trends.

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson

Building Ethical Frameworks for International Queer Coaching

Queer in Practice

Oct 17, 2025

Building Ethical Frameworks for International Queer Coaching

In this edition of Queer in Practice, meet Lonay Halloum, a relationship coach in Germany serving primarily US-based clients—and what his international practice reveals about the gaps in local LGBTQ+ care and the ethical challenges of providing wellness support across borders.

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson

Roundup

Oct 13, 2025

Monday Roundup | October 13, 2025

Families flee Alberta, Fenway Health abandons trans youth, and 26 Senate Democrats vote for military care restrictions—plus Supreme Court cases, federal privacy violations, and research on provider training, mental health, and cancer screening disparities.

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson

Provider POV

Oct 10, 2025

Affirming Fertility Practices

Dr. Carrie Bedient on building trust, staying flexible, and making fertility services available and accessible for all.

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson

Government Shutdown Holds Trans Healthcare Rights in the Balance

Free

Oct 8, 2025

Government Shutdown Holds Trans Healthcare Rights in the Balance

In what could potentially be the longest government shutdown in history, Republicans are trying to force Democrats to agree to Trump's anti-trans agenda, using government employees, grant-funded research, and SNAP recipients as collateral.

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson