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8 Lesser-Known Gender-Affirming Care Options Providers Should Know
Sep 04, 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
Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
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How to Start LGBTQ+ Support Groups: Essential Frameworks for Providers
Aug 29, 2025

How to Start LGBTQ+ Support Groups: Essential Frameworks for Providers

Why the best intentions often cause the most harm—and how to build truly supportive spaces for marginalized communities

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
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Behind Body Dissatisfaction, Discomfort, and Disordered Eating
Aug 22, 2025

Behind Body Dissatisfaction, Discomfort, and Disordered Eating

A practitioner's guide to understanding the complex intersections—and critical differences—between gender dysphoria and body dysmorphia

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
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I Used to Feel Fat
Aug 14, 2025

I Used to Feel Fat

How thirty years of diet culture kept me from understanding my own gender dysphoria, and what that means for the trans patients in your care.

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
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X Files: the Nonbinary Struggle with Healthcare Data Software
Aug 07, 2025

X Files: the Nonbinary Struggle with Healthcare Data Software

How outdated healthcare software creates barriers for transgender and nonbinary patients—and what developers and providers can do about it

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
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From Isolation to Organization
Jul 18, 2025

From Isolation to Organization

How healthcare workers can build collective power for patient advocacy beyond the ethical imperative of the individual.

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
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Flagging Safety Beyond the Flag
Jul 11, 2025

Flagging Safety Beyond the Flag

How design and content can signal safety and more, with examples from some truly kickass inclusive health and wellness websites

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
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Ohio Just Made It Nearly Impossible for Trans People to Receive Mental Health Care on Medicaid
Jul 03, 2025

Ohio Just Made It Nearly Impossible for Trans People to Receive Mental Health Care on Medicaid

Section 333.13 of HB96 threatens to cut Medicaid funding for any mental health provider who even so much as acknowledges a patient's gender identity or uses their correct pronouns.

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
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What Do Trans People Really Want from Providers?
Jun 29, 2025

What Do Trans People Really Want from Providers?

Transgender healthcare cultural competency is about so much more than pronouns—it’s about celebrating our joy, our stories, and our full humanity.

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
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In Visible Barriers: the PrEP Divide
Jun 20, 2025

In Visible Barriers: the PrEP Divide

More than 4 in 10 Black trans women in major US cities are HIV+. We need to change the way we think about prevention.

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
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Equity by Design?
Jun 13, 2025

Equity by Design?

The promises—and potential perils—of algorithmic healthcare

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
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No Safe Space
Jun 05, 2025

No Safe Space

disaster and displacement for LGBTQ+ communities

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson
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