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Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson

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

Taryn Sinclaire of Ravenwise Consulting
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Provider POV

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Feb 6, 2026

Taryn Sinclaire of Ravenwise Consulting

For our very last Provider POV column, Taryn Sinclaire talks to me about equality, adaptability, and treating clients like humans first

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
Monday Roundup | February 2, 2026

Roundup

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Feb 2, 2026

Monday Roundup | February 2, 2026

What are you doing to take care of yourself? When you are well-resourced, what inspiration can you take from other movement leaders, and what will you do with it?

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
Dr. Harry Barbee on the Moral Panic Targeting Trans Youth

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Jan 31, 2026

Dr. Harry Barbee on the Moral Panic Targeting Trans Youth

The co-author of an American Sociological Association report discusses the disconnect between research and restrictive policies, and the historical patterns that help explain this moment.

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
Queer Trans Folks Are Getting Guns, While They Still Can

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Jan 30, 2026

Queer Trans Folks Are Getting Guns, While They Still Can

How care providers can support gun-owning or gun-curious LGBTQ+ clients or patients with safety planning and mental health awareness.

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
Monday Roundup | January 26

Roundup

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Jan 26, 2026

Monday Roundup | January 26

The Democrats fight for trans people and win. The DOJ licks its wounds. Florida ramps up their attempts to criminalize all gender affirmation. The US threatens to withdraw international aid from anyone who acknowledges that trans people exist. And more in the fight for our humanity.

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
Negligent by Design: anti-Blackness in American medicine and how to address it

Buy the Book?

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Jan 24, 2026

Negligent by Design: anti-Blackness in American medicine and how to address it

Dr. Vanessa Grubbs exposes how anti-Blackness isn't a bug in American healthcare—it's the design. Essential reading for providers working across marginalized communities.

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
Monday Roundup | January 19, 2026

Roundup

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Jan 19, 2026

Monday Roundup | January 19, 2026

From surgical travel risks to Medicaid restrictions and Supreme Court cases, this issue tracks how policy and distance are reshaping access to trans health care.

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
Traveling for Gender-Affirming Surgery: Patient & Caregiver Guides
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Jan 17, 2026

Traveling for Gender-Affirming Surgery: Patient & Caregiver Guides

Practical resources for planning, recovery, and support when care requires travel.

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
I Traveled for Top Surgery

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Jan 16, 2026

I Traveled for Top Surgery

What health professionals and caregivers need to know about the risks and challenges of traveling for gender-affirming care

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
Monday Roundup | January 12, 2026

Roundup

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Jan 12, 2026

Monday Roundup | January 12, 2026

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.

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

Queer in Practice

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Jan 9, 2026

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.

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
Monday Roundup | January 5, 2025

Roundup

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Jan 5, 2026

Monday Roundup | January 5, 2025

2026 opens with RFK's "nuclear option" ban, hospital surrenders, and the legal battles fighting back

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
The Monday Scattering | December 29, 2025

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Dec 29, 2025

The Monday Scattering | December 29, 2025

The opposite of a roundup. A scattering of seeds, of hope and dreams, plans and opportunities.

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
Monday Roundup | December 15, 2025

Roundup

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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
Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
Speaking for Ourselves: Trans Voice Care Beyond the Clinic

Queer in Practice

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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.

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
Monday Roundup | December 8, 2025

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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
Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
Provider POV: Ivy Lai of ACRC Global

Provider POV

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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
Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
Trans Sports Bans Are a Public Health Crisis

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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
Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
Monday Roundup | December 1, 2025

Roundup

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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
Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
What's Next for Well Beings News

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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
Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
Black Friday + Indie Media Monday Sale!

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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
Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
Monday Roundup | November 24, 2025

Roundup

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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
Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
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.

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
Complicating and Conversing on Fertility Preservation Timelines

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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
Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
Monday Roundup | November 17, 2025

Roundup

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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
Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
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