Well researched resource for cisgender adults: parents, other caregivers, teachers, therapists, and so on who are in the position of helping a young person who may or does want to transition.
"It's a trap: How to spot Anti-Trans Resources" by Sam Wall
https://www.scarleteen.com/read/culture/its-trap-how-spot-anti-trans-resources
#TransHealthCare
#Transitioning
#Trans
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
@alfiekohn Worcester Massachusetts deemed itself a sanctuary city for trans people. I’m not sure how long that will hold up with the feds deciding to punish the blue states, but as far as I know they still are.
Also the equity health center in Concord New Hampshire and the one in Greenland NH have sworn to protect trans people and provide care on a sliding scale basis. The Republican majority just recently made trans kids healthcare illegal (idk if the governor signed it yet) so that probably doesn’t help minors. But at least the middle-age trans people in this state won’t have to suffer.
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Protect trans*Youth!
Freitag waren wir bei bestem Wetter mit etwa 80 Leuten auf dem Europaplatz, um uns für trans*Rechte stark zu machen. Die Kundgebung fand in unmittelbarer Nähe zur Praxis des Psychotherapeuten Jorge Ponseti statt, der auf seiner Internetseite offen trans*feindlich auftritt. Er unterstützte auch schon die AfD im sächsischen Landtag, als er von ihnen eingeladen wurde, um für eine kleine Anfrage seine trans*feindlichen Takes rauszuhauen.
In den Redebeiträgen ging es immer wieder um die mangelhafte Gesundheitsversorgung von trans*Personen, aber auch um die erstarkende trans*Feindlichkeit im Rechtsruck und um die damit verbundenen Angriffe auf CSDs im letzten und diesem Jahr. Erst vor wenigen Tagen wurde der CSD in Wernigerode (Sachsen-Anhalt) von einer Anschlagsdrohung überschattet, in Gelsenkirchen war Mitte Mai der örtliche CSD aus ähnlichen Gründen abgesagt worden und in Mönchengladbach wurde ebenfalls aus Sicherheitsgründen die Demonstration in eine Kundgebung umgewandelt. Danke an die Fantifa Kiel queer students group kiel und Lava Khwahish Für die tollen Redebeiträge!
#Transrights #transrightsarehumanrights #Kiel #TransHealthcare
Gender-affirming care saves and improves lives, but transphobia often dissuades people from pursuing or continuing it when they need it most.
https://www.advocate.com/news/largest-trans-survey-transphobia-detransitioning #Trans #Transgender #GenderCare #Transphobia #LGBTQ #TransHealthcare
Bist du im Gesundheitssystem wirklich sichtbar?
Viele von uns kennen das Gefühl, in der Medizin nicht gehört oder ernst genommen zu werden. Aber für mehrfach marginalisierte Menschen sind die Hürden noch viel höher. ⬇️
#TransBrokenArmSyndrome #TransHealthcare #TransMedizin #Gatekeeping #Queer #LGBTQIA #Gesundheit #Gesundheitsversorgung #Injustice #Trans #Medizin #TransRightsAreHumanRights
SHORE CENTRE INTRODUCES CRUCIAL GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE CLINIC
SHORE Centre’s only location in the Waterloo Region is on Westmount Road north, with some satellite locations in Guelph. In SPECTRUM’s 2021 Waterloo Region Non-LGBTQ2+ Perception Survey, a significant portion of participants showed an unwillingness to consider transgender and/or non-binary people as potential romantic partners.
This expansion came as part of ongoing efforts to meet the growing demand for reproductive, sexual health and gender-affirming care and education in the Waterloo Region.
“I think about us as support for folks that may be on the margins when it comes to health care and for those who don’t have a place in health care,” Jess Huston, clinic manager at SHORE Centre, said.
The SHORE Centre’s gender-affirming care clinic opened on May 8, 2024. A soft launch for the event was available for a limited number of patients on Apr. 29, 2024. This comes after The Outlook Study prepared by the Rainbow Community Council in 2019, shows 23 per cent of trans people in the region reported their provider did not know enough about trans-related care to provide it.
“It was a natural fit for us to have a gender affirming care clinic here, because it fits with our mandate, it fits with what we’ve always done, you know?” Huston said.
At the gender-affirming care clinic, patients’ goals are prioritized.
The clinic’s main physician is a transgender woman, which a welcome change to how many transgender and/or non-binary patients must deal with.
About 76 per cent of patients had to educate at least four different health care providers. The top health care providers which needed to be educated were mental health providers, family doctors, clerical staff and psychiatrists.
“A lot of trans folks have trouble accessing those things, even more so than the cis population, because of the additional barriers of seeking affirming care,” Huston said.
Only 44 per cent speak with their primary healthcare provider about health issues specific to their gender identity, which is why SHORE’s gender-affirming care clinic is crucial for transgender and/or non-binary people. Clients can either get a referral from their healthcare provider or self-refer.
“Any clinician can do surgical referrals for a surgical abortion or gender affirming surgeries. But they don’t, they don’t feel comfortable doing it. They don’t feel like they have the information,” Lindsay Sweeney-Hawkins, the Executive Director of SHORE Centre said.
As of their grand opening in 2024, SHORE Centre has seen 267 patients for intake. They are currently booking six months out, which Huston speaks to the incredible need in the community.
“I think that for me, it is the really deep thread of all of the care we provide, it is providing care successfully, without judgment, and making people feel welcome while they are accessing,” Sweeney-Hawkins said.
Fifteen per cent of transgender and/or non-binary patients reported that hospital staff belittled or ridiculed them for being trans.
SHORE Centre’s gender-affirming care clinic acts as a line of defense for some of the most vulnerable people in the healthcare system today.
#AdrianQuijano #Healthcare #JessHuston #JessiWood #LindsaySweeneyHawkins #localHealthcare #nonProfits #nonbinary #sexualHealth #SHORECentre #Spectrum #transHealthcare
„Trans broken arm syndrome“ – klingt absurd, ist aber für viele trans* Menschen Alltag.
Du kommst mit einem gebrochenen Arm in die Praxis – und wirst gefragt, ob das an den Hormonen liegt.⬇️
#TransBrokenArmSyndrome #TransHealthcare #TransMedizin #Gatekeeping #Queer #LGBTQIA #Gesundheit #Gesundheitsversorgung #Injustice #Trans #Medizin #TransRightsAreHumanRights
Tip: if you are on #HRT for #GenderTransition, you actually want to lose weight in the first couple months (preferably starting some sort of 3-month diet and light exercise regimen as soon as you schedule the appointment to get the prescription), and continue to get exercise targeting the muscle structure you'd like.
The muscle and fat you lose at the beginning will all be built with your old #hormones, and once your T and E levels are in the target ranges, whatever you gain back will be arranged by your new hormones. You can use both this and targeting muscle groups to push yourself towards the body type you want.
If it's #MTF, do push-ups, lunges, sit-ups, and walking/jogging, to build pecs behind boobs, build glutes behind butt, tighten the core, and tone up everything else. If it's #FTM be sure to lift some weights to build mass outside the core, sit-ups to tighten core, and walking/jogging.
Diet and exercise is always a good idea.
Solidarisch gegen Transfreindlichkeit!
Kundgebung
Freitag, 13.06.25
Europaplatz (Kiel)
15:00 Uhr
Trans* und nichtbinäre Menschen kämpfen täglich um Anerkennung, um Zugang zu medizinischer Versorgung, um das Recht, einfach sie selbst zu sein. Doch der Weg zu Hormontherapie oder Operationen ist oft lang, voller Hürden und Schikane – für viele kaum auszuhalten.
Und dann gibt es auch noch Therapeut*innen, die nicht unterstützen, sondern blockieren. So wie Jorge Ponseti – ein Mann, der sich offen transfeindlich äußert, nichtbinären Menschen die Existenz abspricht und trotzdem Therapie für trans* Menschen anbietet. Sicher nicht, um ihnen zu helfen – sondern um sie aufzuhalten.
Das ist gefährlich. Das ist transfeindlich. Und das darf nicht unbeantwortet bleiben.
Wir fordern:
• eine Gesundheitsversorgung ohne Diskriminierung
• Therapeutische Begleitung, die anerkennt – nicht in Frage stellt
• Respekt. Sicherheit. Selbstbestimmung.
Kommt zur Kundgebung!
Für eine bessere medizinische Versorgung für trans* und nichtbinäre Menschen. Gegen Transfeindlichkeit – auf der Straße, in der Gesellschaft, in den Praxen.
~7.5 mg (0.15 mL; 50 mg/mL concentration) estradiol enanthate injected intramuscularly into the vastus lateralis in our left thigh using our Union Medico auto-injector 💉🩹
A bit late today because we spent ages unsuccessfully hunting for our USB flash memory sticks that we've misplaced somewhere somewhen recently 😅🤦♀️
#TransDIY #OpenHRT #DIYHRT #HRT #GAHT #TransFemHRT #transition #trans #transgender #NonBinary #TransFem #enby #femby #injection #injections #TransHealthcare #queer #LGBT+ #LGBTQ+ #LGBTQIA+ #LGBTQIA2S+ #AutoInjector #UnionMedico
#Gender #Trans #TransHealthcare
I am working with someone who is gathering research on Trans healthcare. They have a limited budget for articles/studies, and are potentially interested in alternative paths to acquisition. (read: free) (read: ahoy matey)
Does anyone on here have suggestions for someone who needs to read, but not show, articles on little to no budget? A link to an aggregator/whathaveyou is fine. I'm planning to look up specific studies my collaborator has listed.
Thanks!
@LGBTQNation @lgbtq-nation-LGBTQNation so basically going full #Brownshirt on any kind of #TransHealthcare.
#TransRights
#ProtectTransKids
#TransYouth
#TransHealthcare
#TransEquality
#GenderAffirmingCare
#NHS
#UKPolitics
#Section28
#EHRC
#ToriesOut
#endtransphobia
#HumanRights
#Safeguarding
#LGBTQIA
#MentalHealthMatters
#QueerVoices
#ParentsOfTransKids
#TransVoices
#QueerWriters
#Journalism
#IndependentMedia
#WritingCommunity
#Stonewall
#TransActual
#transworld
#transgenderworld
#Mermaids
~7.5 mg (0.15 mL; 50 mg/mL concentration) estradiol enanthate injected intramuscularly into the vastus lateralis in our right thigh using our Union Medico auto-injector 💉🩹
Left it several hours late today, due to a mixture of tiredness and muggy weather zapping our energy, but injection was otherwise quick and painless 🏳️⚧️
#TransDIY #OpenHRT #DIYHRT #HRT #GAHT #TransFemHRT #transition #trans #transgender #NonBinary #TransFem #enby #femby #injection #injections #TransHealthcare #queer #LGBT+ #LGBTQ+ #LGBTQIA+ #LGBTQIA2S+ #AutoInjector #UnionMedico
