TY - JOUR. T1 - Short-term patterns of pulsatile luteinizing hormone secretion do not differ between male-to-female transsexuals and heterosexual men. AU - Spijkstra, J. J.. AU - Spinder, T.. AU - Gooren, L. J.G.. PY - 1988/1/1. Y1 - 1988/1/1. N2 - This study tested whether there is a difference in the pulsatile LH secretion between male-to-female transsexuals and eugonadal heterosexual men. The mean serum LH concentrations, the LH pulse frequency, and the LH pulse amplitude were compared between a group of eight male-to-female transsexuals and a group of 22 heterosexual men. Blood samples for LH determinations were collected every 10 min for seven hours. 17-β-estradiol and testosterone were measured at the beginning of each test. There were no significant differences between the heterosexual and transsexual group in LH pulse frequency (3.9±1.3 vs. 3.9±1.7), LH pulse amplitude (3.7±1.3 U/l vs. 3.0±0.5 U/l), mean serum LH concentration (5.2±1.4 U/l vs. 5.4±1.1 U/l), 17-β-estradiol ...

INTRODUCTION: Greater acceptance of sexual minorities has enabled people with transsexualism access to adequate treatment and social integration. Gender reassignment surgery is a complex phase in the care of transsexual patients. In response to a greater volume of patients, surgical techniques have evolved and the outcome in patients with male-to-female transsexualism is now a very accurate imitation of female genitalia, enabling sexual intercourse with orgasm.. AIM: To evaluate the results of surgical reassignment of genitalia in male-to-female transsexuals.. METHODS: A retrospective 3-month follow-up study of patients opinions following gender reassignment surgery in 129 patients having a primary procedure (eight of whom had later sigmoideocolpoplasty) and five patients undergoing reoperation following an initial unsuccessful procedure at other units. All patients were male transsexuals. The surgical techniques are described in detail.. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Sexual functions and ...

TY - JOUR. T1 - Oral and transdermal estrogens both lower plasma total homocysteine in male-to-female transsexuals. AU - Giltay, E.J.. AU - Verhoef, P.. AU - Gooren, L.J.G.. AU - Geleijnse, J.M.. AU - Schouten, E.G.. AU - Stehouwer, C.D.A.. PY - 2003. Y1 - 2003. N2 - Plasma total homocysteine (tHcy) levels are on average lower in women versus men, indicating an estrogenic effect. Oral estrogens (absorbed via the liver) may be hypothesized to have stronger effects on hepatic homocysteine metabolism than transdermal estrogens. We randomly assigned 30 male-to-female transsexuals (20-44 years old) to 4 months administration of oral ethinyl estradiol (n=15) or transdermal 17ß-estradiol (n=15), both with the antiandrogen cyproterone acetate (CA). Ten other male controls were treated with CA only. At baseline and after 2 and 4 months, plasma tHcy was analyzed in conjunction with plasma folate. Oral ethinyl estradiol and transdermal 17ß-estradiol similarly reduced plasma tHcy (geometric mean 10.6 ...

Blanchards research and conclusions came to wider attention with the publication of popular science books on transsexualism, including Men Trapped in Mens Bodies by sex researcher and trans woman Anne Lawrence and The Man Who Would Be Queen by J. Michael Bailey, both of which based their portrayals of male-to-female transsexual people on Blanchards taxonomy.[1][7][45] Bailey, his book, Blanchard, and his research, have attracted intense criticism.[1][7][3] Some writers have criticized autogynephilia as being transphobic.[21] According to Simon LeVay, the opposition to autogynephilia of some transsexuals comes from the fear that the idea would make it harder for autogynephilic transsexual to receive sex reassignment surgery.[53] Trans-feminists Julia Serano and Talia Mae Bettcher[21] have challenged Blanchards and Baileys explanation of transgender womens motivations to seek sex reassignment.[54] Critics from the transgender community have disputed the taxonomy used by Blanchard and Bailey, ...

There is a close relationship between the brain and the endocrine system. The brain expresses receptors for sex steroids and is capable of metabolizing these hormones. We explored (1) sex differences in homovanillic acid (HVA), a metabolite of the neurotransmitter dopamine, and (2) the effects of cross-sex steroid administration in transsexual subjects. First, we compared plasma HVA levels between 38 male and 34 female healthy volunteers (not using hormone replacement therapy) of a mean age of 72 years (range 65-84 years). Secondly, we measured plasma HVA levels in 15 male-to-female transsexuals treated with 100 microg ethinyl estradiol/day and 100 mg cyproterone acetate/day for 4 months, and in 17 female-to-male transsexuals treated with testosterone esters (250 mg/2 weeks i.m. for 4 months). Plasma HVA levels were lower in elderly men than in elderly postmenopausal women (geometric mean 25.4 nmol/l (percentile (P)10 4.9; P90 69.8) vs 39.0 nmol/l (19.0; 76.1); P=0.027). In transsexuals before ...

The etiology of transsexualism, literally means, the cause or causes of transsexualism. This is an area of interest for many transgendered and transsexual people, physicians, psychologists, other mental health professionals, family members and friends of transsexual people. Currently there are numerous scientific explanations on the causes. Some of the theories are; Rearing or Trauma and Sexuality, which are psychological and behavioural theories. Genetics, Brain Structure, Brain function and prenatal androgen exposure are biological theories ...

For the most part, this blog is not concerned with transgenderism or transvestism. Its focus is on the birth defect called transsexualism, characterized by incongruity between the sex of the brain and the sex of the body. From time to time the blog might deal with the various kinds of transgenderism but only as a contrast to transsexualism. Any condition or phenomenon that does not have to do with a brain/body mismatch is really outside the scope of this blog ...

Testosterone administration in female-to-male transsexual subjects aims to develop and maintain the characteristics of the desired sex. Very little data exists on its effects on sexuality of female-to-male transsexuals. The aim of this study was to evaluate sexual function and mood of female-to-male …

I thank Dr Drummond for his comments on the clinical challenge we published last month. With the legal and healthcare issues impacting the transgender community, providers need to have a heightened awareness of the transgender community to address their very specific and growing needs. Retail pharmacies and the clinics within their walls strive to provide the best customer service to all customers and should do so in a personalized manner. An increased sensitivity, followed by training of employees about proper communication, is needed in the retail setting. Areas of key focus should include patient reception, prescription drop-off and pick-up, and in-pharmacy counseling. Sensitivity to claims rejections, and handling of prior authorizations with physicians and/or insurers to help transgender patients obtain coverage for medication or service provided. Education, awareness, and increased sensitivity are key components to successfully treat members of the transgender community with the highest ...

The concept received attention when sex researcher and trans woman Anne Lawrence described it on her website in the late 1990s.[49] In 2003, when Bailey published The Man Who Would Be Queen, in which he based his portrayal of male-to-female transsexual people on Blanchards taxonomy, an enormous controversy resulted.[50] Jaimie Veale gathered a convenience sample over the Internet of trans womens impressions of and opinions on Blanchards typology.[51] Of the people answering the survey, 52.5% had a negative response. Of the 170 respondents, 33 said the typology was too narrow and restrictive, 15 said it did not apply to their experiences, and 5 that the typology was driven by questionable motives such as to encourage elitist divisionism. Other participants, however, said they did, in fact, experience autogynephilia. Criticism of the theory of homosexual transsexuals is generally focused in two categories: the use of the terms homosexual and non-homosexual to refer to MtF transsexuals ...

Andromeda is Indias first and most advanced exclusive center for the diagnosis and treatment of impotence, infertility, and other male sexual health conditions such as ejaculatory disturbances, penile curvature, torsion and Peyronies disease, andropause (male menopause), transsexualism.

All information about the latest scientific publications of the Clínica Universidad de Navarra. Transsexualism: a Brain Disorder that Begins to Known

List of scientific articles providing evidence that transsexualism is neither a mental illness nor a result or symptom of mental illness.

REPORTING FROM ENDO 2018 CHICAGO (FRONTLINE MEDICAL NEWS) - Both transgender men and transgender women had an increased risk of breast cancer compared with a male, but not a female, reference population, said Christel de Blok, MD, sharing results of a Dutch national study. The study included 3,078 transgender people (2,064 transgender women) who began hormone therapy (HT) at age 18 years or older. The mean age at which transgender women began HT was 33 years; for transgender men, the mean age was 25 years. In all, transgender women in the study had a total of 30,699 person-years of exposure to HT; for transgender men, the figure was 13,155 person-years. Overall, there were 16 observed cases of breast cancer in transgender women and four in transgender men. After gender-affirming surgery, the transgender women were followed for a median of 146 months, and experienced a median of 193 months of HT. Transgender men who had mastectomies were followed for a median 93 months, and those who had a ...

Abstract [Full Text] [PDF]. Abstract [Article in Dutch]. In the Netherlands it has recently become possible for transsexual patients to receive hormonal treatment from the onset of puberty. Until the age of 16, pubertal development can be prevented with luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) agonists. From 16 years of age onwards, gender adjustment can be initiated by administration of hormones of the opposite sex. Surgical treatment can be offered once the patient reaches 18 years of age.. Although such treatment will only be initiated with reticence and after a long phase of intense diagnostic screening, the question arises whether a clear differentiation can be made between pure gender identity disorders and secondary transsexual feelings that are part of an ongoing psychopathological development, such as schizophrenia.. The potential diagnostic confusion is illustrated by a case history of a male schizophrenic patient. This patient had been treated hormonally for transsexualism for ...

WHEREAS, about 700,000 Americans perceive their gender identity to be at variance with the physical reality of their biological birth sex; and. WHEREAS, the American Psychiatric Association removed this condition (aka, gender identity disorder) from its list of disorders in 2013, substituting gender identity disorder with gender dysphoria; and. WHEREAS, the American Psychiatric Association includes among its treatment options for gender dysphoria cross-sex hormone therapy, gender reassignment surgery, and social and legal transition to the desired gender; and. WHEREAS, news reports indicate that parents are allowing their children to undergo these therapies; and. WHEREAS, many LGBT activists have sought to normalize the transgender experience and to define gender according to ones self-perception apart from biological anatomy; and. WHEREAS, the separation of ones gender identity from the physical reality of their biological birth sex poses the harmful effect of engendering an ...

WHEREAS, about 700,000 Americans perceive their gender identity to be at variance with the physical reality of their biological birth sex; and. WHEREAS, the American Psychiatric Association removed this condition (aka, gender identity disorder) from its list of disorders in 2013, substituting gender identity disorder with gender dysphoria; and. WHEREAS, the American Psychiatric Association includes among its treatment options for gender dysphoria cross-sex hormone therapy, gender reassignment surgery, and social and legal transition to the desired gender; and. WHEREAS, news reports indicate that parents are allowing their children to undergo these therapies; and. WHEREAS, many LGBT activists have sought to normalize the transgender experience and to define gender according to ones self-perception apart from biological anatomy; and. WHEREAS, the separation of ones gender identity from the physical reality of their biological birth sex poses the harmful effect of engendering an ...

Transgender persons are at high risk for HIV infection, but prevention efforts specifically targeting these people have been minimal. Part of the challenge of HIV prevention for transgender populations is that numerous individual, interpersonal, social, and structural factors contribute to their risk. By combining HIV prevention services with complementary medical, legal, and psychosocial services, transgender persons HIV risk behaviors, risk determinants, and overall health can be affected simultaneously. For maximum health impact, comprehensive HIV prevention for transgender persons warrants efforts targeted to various impact levels-socioeconomic factors, decision-making contexts, long-lasting protections, clinical interventions, and counseling and education. We present current HIV prevention efforts that reach transgender persons and present others for future consideration ...

Subjects in our study were (1) elderly men and postmenopausal women and (2) adult eugonadal genetic male and female transsexuals with sex-appropriate levels of sex steroids. In previous studies, women were found to have higher plasma levels of HVA than men (Bowers et al. 1983, Glazer et al. 1983, Bowers & Swigar 1987, Koreen et al. 1994, Davila et al. 1995, Szymanski et al. 1995, Sumiyoshi et al. 1997b), which could hypothetically be ascribed to their respective differences in sex steroid milieus. However, this idea is not supported by our data. First, HVA levels in plasma were lower in elderly men than in postmenopausal women. This suggested that the sex difference is not affected by the decline in sex steroid levels as the physiological manifestations of aging, particularly following menopause. Remarkably enough, aging men have higher circulating levels of estradiol than post-menopausal women (Vermeulen et al. 2002). Secondly, administration of a high dose of oral ethinyl estradiol plus ...

By the mid-1990s I was growing convinced the nonprofit community would be transformed by the emerging internet. What I called brick-and-mortar 501(c)(3)s, which to get their message spent most of their income on rent, utility builds, office equipment and supplies, postage, and printing fees would soon realize they could deliver an almost infinite amount of information to an almost infinite number of individuals instantly and at no cost beyond that required to develop and maintain a website. Small nonprofits like those of the transgender community (IFGE had by far the largest budget, with an annual income at one point of $350,000) would be disproportionately affected. AEGIS, the nonprofit I had founded and of which I was director, would of course be affected.. Considering the profound nature of the change I expected, I thought it expedient to begin with a look at the transgender community as it existed at the time I began writing and end with speculation about the communitys future. And so, ...

The purpose of this study is to test the efficacy of a uniquely targeted HIV risk reduction intervention for young transgender women (YTW), ages 16 to 29, at risk for HIV acquisition or transmission. The study will test this intervention in a three-arm randomized controlled trial in two major U.S. cities with excellent access to and research experience with the population (Chicago, Boston). We will enroll at risk YTW, ages 16-29; two-fifths of the sample randomized to the intervention will participate in the 6-session group-based and manualized Life Skills intervention; two-fifths will be randomized to the standard-of-care (SOC) control condition; and one-fifth will be randomized to the time-matched attention control condition and receive standard health promotion information in a group-based multi-session format. All three arms will receive HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) (Chlamydia and gonorrhea) testing and pre-posttest risk reduction counseling (i.e., SOC). Sexual risk will be ...

The purpose of this study is to test the efficacy of a uniquely targeted HIV risk reduction intervention for young transgender women (YTW), ages 16 to 29, at risk for HIV acquisition or transmission. The study will test this intervention in a three-arm randomized controlled trial in two major U.S. cities with excellent access to and research experience with the population (Chicago, Boston). We will enroll at risk YTW, ages 16-29; two-fifths of the sample randomized to the intervention will participate in the 6-session group-based and manualized Life Skills intervention; two-fifths will be randomized to the standard-of-care (SOC) control condition; and one-fifth will be randomized to the time-matched attention control condition and receive standard health promotion information in a group-based multi-session format. All three arms will receive HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) (Chlamydia and gonorrhea) testing and pre-posttest risk reduction counseling (i.e., SOC). Sexual risk will be ...

V.S. Ramachandran, a neurologist and psychologist at UC San Diego and a leading authority on phantom limb sensations, says it has long been known that some people who are born without arms have vivid phantom arms. They can swing them around, wave goodbye and make complicated gestures.. This suggests that an intact body image - the maps of the body laid down in the brain before and after birth - can develop without actual limbs. So-called mirror neurons that map the actions and intentions of others into ones own brain may help bring the phantoms to life, Ramachandran says.. …. This got Ramachandran wondering whether the phantoms applied to transsexuality. To find out, he surveyed 20 male-to-female transsexual women and 29 female-to-male transsexual men.. The first finding was intriguing. Only 6 out of 20, or 30 percent, of the transsexual women who had had their penises removed reported feeling a phantom phallus. But 58 percent of normal men have such sensations after the surgery.. The ...

Asscheman H & Gooren LJG. (1992). Hormone treatment in transsexual people. In WO Bockting & E Coleman (Eds.), Gender dysphoria: interdisciplinary approaches in clinical management. New York: Haworth Press.. Asscheman H, Gooren LJ, Assies J, Smits JP, de Slegte R. (1988 Jun). Prolactin levels and pituitary enlargement in hormone-treated male-to-female transsexuals. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). Abstract retrieved 19 May 2002 from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=2978262&dopt=Abstract.. Asscheman H, Gooren LJ, Eklund PL. (1989 Sep). Mortality and morbidity in transsexual patients with cross-gender hormone treatment. Metabolism. Abstract retrieved 18 May 2002 from PubMed. Full text available at http://www.sissify.com/realgirl/mortality.html.. Citkowitz E. (2002 Oct 21). Hypertriglyceridemia. eMedicine Journal. Retrieved 18 May 2002 from http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic2921.htm.. FAQ: Hormone Therapy for M2F Transsexuals. (1994) Exactly what hormones are ...

Asscheman H & Gooren LJG. (1992). Hormone treatment in transsexual people. In WO Bockting & E Coleman (Eds.), Gender dysphoria: interdisciplinary approaches in clinical management. New York: Haworth Press.. Asscheman H, Gooren LJ, Assies J, Smits JP, de Slegte R. (1988 Jun). Prolactin levels and pituitary enlargement in hormone-treated male-to-female transsexuals. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). Abstract retrieved 19 May 2002 from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=2978262&dopt=Abstract.. Asscheman H, Gooren LJ, Eklund PL. (1989 Sep). Mortality and morbidity in transsexual patients with cross-gender hormone treatment. Metabolism. Abstract retrieved 18 May 2002 from PubMed. Full text available at http://www.sissify.com/realgirl/mortality.html.. Citkowitz E. (2002 Oct 21). Hypertriglyceridemia. eMedicine Journal. Retrieved 18 May 2002 from http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic2921.htm.. FAQ: Hormone Therapy for M2F Transsexuals. (1994) Exactly what hormones are ...

14 of 233 transgender men (6.0%) and 34 of 326 transgender women (10%) tested during first clinic visits were chlamydia‐positive; nine transgender men (4%) and 28 transgender women (8.6%) were gonorrhoea‐positive. One of 210 tested transgender men (0.5%) and ten of 324 tested transgender women (3.1%) were diagnosed with infectious syphilis; 14 transgender men (3.5%) and 28 transgender women (5.7%) were HIV‐positive at their first visit. The only significant change in prevalence of an STI among transgender patients during the study period was the increased rate of gonorrhoea among transgender women (from 3.1% to 9.8%). Compared with cisgender gay and bisexual men, transgender men were less likely (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 0.46; 95% CI, 0.29-0.71; P = 0.001) and transgender women as likely (aOR, 0.98; 95% CI, 0.73-1.32; P = 0.92) to be diagnosed with a bacterial STI; compared with heterosexual patients, transgender men were as likely (aOR, 0.72; 95% CI, 0.46-1.13; P = 0.16) and transgender ...

The transsexual community typically use the short form trans, or simply T as a substitution for the full word transsexual, e.g. TS, trans guy, trans dyke, T-folk, trans folk. Some may even use term that have become controversial to some, such as tranny and/or trans, despite others considering these terms to be offensive. Those who do use these terms claim that they are diminishing the power of the term as an insult, just as some members of the gay and African-American communities have embraced slurs directed at them. Others feel that the terms are insulting or inaccurate regardless of the context. Some feel that such words are problematic because they do not differentiate between transsexual people, and people who are merely playing with gender. Some individuals may prefer to spell transsexual with only one s, thus writing transexual. They will typically assert that they are attempting to divorce the word from the realm of psychiatry and medicine and place it in the realm of identity. ...

Ted Cruz wants transgender people to know that if hes elected as President of the United States, they will receive no support from the POTUS.. On Thursday Donald Trump voiced his support for the transgender community, stating that they should be able to use whatever bathroom they identify with.. Have we gone stark-raving nuts? Cruz said at a rally in Frederick, Maryland.. Speaking on TODAY, Trump said transgender people should use the bathroom that they feel is appropriate.. Cruz immediately attack that the comment, telling radio host Glenn Beck thats not a reasonable position.. During his recently rally he continued to attack the LGBT community.. Grown adult men - strangers - should not be alone in a bathroom with little girls, Cruz said.. Cruz is attempting to attack Donald Trump more than ever after suffering a humiliating loss in New York on Tuesday while trailing by a wide margin in terms of delegates.. ...

This article found that trans womens brains are more similar to mens brains than cis womens brains, at least in terms of the pattern of gray matter variation. They also found that trans womens brains had more gray matter in the putamen than both cis men and cis women, although the difference was only significant for…

Several studies have found a correlation between gender identity and brain structure.[8] A first-of-its-kind study by Zhou et al. (1995) found that in a region of the brain called the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BSTc), a region which is known for sex and anxiety responses (and which is affected by prenatal androgens),[9] cadavers of six persons who were described as having been male-to-female transsexual or transgender persons in life had female-normal BSTc size, similar to the studys cadavers of cisgender women. While those identified as transsexual had taken hormones, this was accounted for by including cadavers of non-transsexual male and female controls who, for a variety of medical reasons, had experienced hormone reversal. The controls still had sizes typical for their gender. No relationship to sexual orientation was found.[10]. In a follow-up study, Kruijver et al. (2000) looked at the number of neurons in BSTc instead of volumes. They found the same results as Zhou et al. ...

Asscheman, H. et al. A Long-term Follow-up Study of Mortality in Transsexuals Receiving Treatment with Cross-sex Hormones European Journal of Endocrinology 164 (2011): 635-642.. Asscheman, H. et al. Venous Thrombo-Embolism As A Complication Of Cross-Sex Hormone Treatment Of Male-To-Female Transsexual Subjects: A Review Andologia 46 (2014): 791-795.. Beckman, Michele G., et al. Venous Thromboembolism: A Public Health Concern. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 38.4 (2010): S495-S501.. Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). Venous Thromboembolism in Adult Hospitalizations - United States, 2007-2009 Weekly 61.22 (June 8, 2012): 401-404.. Franco, Rendrik F. and Reitsma, Pieter H. Genetic Risk Factors of Venous Thrombosis Hum Genet 109 (2001): 369-384.. Glueck, Charles J. et al. Thrombotic Events After Starting Exogenous Testosterone In Men With Previously Undiagnosed Familial Thrombophilia Translational Research 158.4 (October, 2011): ...

Cakes personal website: transsexualism; transsexuality; transsexual; gender dysphoria; gender identity disorder; transgender; philosophy.

Overwhelmingly, new HIV infections are higher for transgender women than for transgender men across multiple races. The largest percentage of new infections for transgender women as opposed to transgender men was persons of multiple races at 96 percent, followed by Hispanics/Latinos at 94 percent and blacks/African-Americans at 93 percent. For the white demographics, transgender women made up 76 percent of new diagnoses compared to transgender men at 24 percent.. In terms of region, the number of diagnoses of HIV infection among transgender adults and adolescents in the Northeast and West increased, but they remained stable in the Midwest and South.. Carl Schmid, executive director of the HIV + Hepatitis Policy Institute, told the Blade hes pleased that the CDC is finally recognizing the transgender community, instead of lumping them in as either male or female, when reporting HIV data.. It is something that the HIV and transgender communities have been asking for decades, Schmid said. ...

this observation raises questions about the validity of existing methods of assessment for studying questions of gender identity development in general. This problem is particularly relevant for offspring of mothers prescribed DES during their pregnancy, since no studies have been performed that specifically asked about changes in gender identity due to these known prenatal exposures to an estrogenic substance.…. … The first study was a cohort study of men and women exposed in utero to DES; the study collected demographic data including: age, education, and ethnicity, and psychosexual characteristics including: handedness, sex partner choice, marital status, age at first intercourse, and number of partners.. Interestingly, one finding that reached statistical significance was that DES sons had a higher frequency of left-handedness, which the authors associated with complications during pregnancy; other authors have found that transsexuals also have a higher frequency of left-handedness, ...

International Transgender Day of Visibility is an annual holiday occurring on March 31 dedicated to celebrating transgender people and raising awareness of discrimination faced by transgender people worldwide. The holiday was founded by Michigan-based transgender activist Rachel Crandall in 2009 as a reaction to the lack of LGBT holidays celebrating transgender people, citing the frustration that the only well-known transgender-centered holiday was the Transgender Day of Remembrance which mourned the loss of transgender people to hate crimes, but did not acknowledge and celebrate living members of the transgender community.. ...

In A v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police and another, the House of Lords holds that refusing to employ a post-operative male-to-female transsexual was an act of unlawful discrimination.

Gender identity is a persons deeply-felt inner sense of being male, female, or something else or in-between. Gender expression refers to a persons characteristics and behaviors such as appearance, dress, mannerisms and speech patterns that can be described as masculine, feminine, or something else. Gender identity and expression are independent of sexual orientation, and transgender people may identify as heterosexual, lesbian, gay or bisexual. Laws that explicitly mention gender identity or gender identity and expression primarily protect or harm transgender people. These laws also can apply to people who are not transgender, but whose sense of gender or manner of dress does not adhere to gender stereotypes.. ...

Several retrospective studies have not identified an increased risk of cancer in transgender people compared to birth-sex matched controls. However, because of the numerous barriers to care as well as to identifying transgender people in clinical databases, underscreening and underreporting are likely. In general, an organ-based approach to screening should be taken. There are no modifications to screening recommendations (or recommendations not to screen) for ovarian, uterine, or cervical cancer in transgender men. Breast cancer screening for transgender men who have not undergone mastectomy should be performed based on guidelines for non-transgender women. The role of screening for breast cancer in transgender men who have undergone mastectomy is unknown, and depends on the technique used as well as technical limitations on screening small amounts of residual breast tissue. In transgender women, breast cancer screening using guidelines for non-transgender women is recommended, with the ...

Intersex refers to any biological ambiguity of an animal or humans sex from chromosomes, gonads, sex hormones, or genitals.[1][2] Using Anne Fausto-Sterlings definition, 1.7% of all human births are intersex.[3] Intersex can be distinguished from transsexualism, in that intersex individuals have natural physical sex ambiguity; whereas any ambiguity in a transsexuals body is artificial. Like transsexual individuals, intersex individuals sometimes come to feel they were assigned the wrong gender at birth, and seek to change that assignment; this is generally distinguished from transsexualism, though it tends to be used to support the supposition that each person has an intrinsic gender identity that cannot be wrongfully imposed. Non-intersex humans are called perisex or dyadic.[citation needed] ...

DALLAS (AP) - A transgender womans body was pulled from a Dallas lake over the weekend, the latest death of a transgender person being investigated by homicide detectives in the city, police said Monday.. Police Chief U. Renee Hall said there were obvious signs of homicidal violence in 26-year-old Chynal Lindseys death but did not elaborate or say how investigators believe she died.. A game warden pulled her body from White Rock Lake on Saturday evening. Her case is one of four open homicide investigations involving black transgender women in the North Texas city dating back to 2015, said Maj. Vincent Weddington.. We are concerned, Hall said. And we are actively and aggressively investigating this case.. Hall said detectives dont have evidence to establish a connection between Lindseys death and the killings of the other transgender women. But even before her body was found, police were investigating whether the shooting deaths of two transgender women and the nonfatal stabbing of a ...

Symptoms of Gender Identity Disorder including 7 medical symptoms and signs of Gender Identity Disorder, alternative diagnoses, misdiagnosis, and correct diagnosis for Gender Identity Disorder signs or Gender Identity Disorder symptoms.

Indias transgender (TG) community demands governmental intervention in making sex reassignment surgery (SRS) free for people desiring to change sex.

DeseretNews.com encourages a civil dialogue among its readers. We welcome your thoughtful comments about Medicare ban on sex reassignment surgery lifted

Surely if it is biological, there must have been vast numbers of transsexuals in the past. Since transsexualism causes horrific mental illness, depression and suicidality, surely we would have heard about in our records of the past. Europe at least kept excellent records in at least ...read more ...

It is not illegal in Russia to discuss gender reassignment with minors or even to promote gender reassignment to minors. The law passed in 2013 (in Russian) prohibits propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations to minors. So, for example, one cant promote sex between men or sex between women or group sex to minors. I dont know if BDSM and role reversal (pegging) are included in the laws definition of non-traditional sexual relations.. Gender reassignment in Russia follows a protocol. One must first consult with a psychiatrist, who may or may not diagnose transsexualism (F64.0 in ICD-10). Sometimes the diagnosis allows one to immediately start taking hormones and undergo sex reassignment surgery. Other times, only hormones are allowed immediately, while the permission to undergo sex reassignment surgery takes up to two years of observation. Both require permission from parents if one is less than 18 years old. Neither are covered or even subsidized by the government, which in my ...

In a recent opinion article (1) we incorrectly stated that to date no cases of gender dysphoria had been reported in 46,XX individuals with adrenogenital syndrome raised as females. Reflecting on this statement prompted this review.In a review by Dessens et al. in 2005 (2) 13 of 250 ( 5.2%) cases of females with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) assigned the female gender role early in life later exhibited gender dysphoria of such severity that induced to seek gender reassignment to male. Of interest, those cases originate from 2 publications (3, 4). A review of PubMed under the headings CAH and gender dysphoria yielded only one more article since 2005(5). This information is crucial to aid clinicians in counseling parents of affected newborns in gender assignment. According to the American Psychiatric Association, gender dysphoria is defined as a marked difference he tween expressed or experienced gender of a person and the and the gender others would assign him or her which continues for six

Transsexualism is a very complicated issue and I do not believe can be termed a disorder in a blanket way. In fact, some who view it as a disorder, see this as cause for sex reassignment surgery. Remember, the easiest way to diagnose whether someone has a psychological disorder is to determine whether or not the issue causes distress in one or more areas of their life. Interestingly enough, sex reassignment surgery will, at times, reduce or eliminate this distress. However, one must be very cautious with this type of cure. If there is a co-morbid disorder (Depression, PTSD, Schizophrenia, etc...) one may not actually be a transsexual ...

TY - JOUR. T1 - [Gender identity disorder and related sexual behavior problems in children and adolescents. T2 - from the perspective of development and child psychiatry].. AU - Yamashita, Hiroshi. PY - 2013. Y1 - 2013. N2 - The present paper reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on children and adolescents with gender identity disorder. The organizational framework underlying this review is one that presents gender behavior in children and adolescents as a continuum rather than as a dichotomy of normal versus abnormal categories. Theories of normative gender development, prevalence, assessment, developmental trajectories, and comorbidity were investigated. There is a greater fluidity and likelihood of change in the pre-pubertal period. It was reported that the majority of affected children had been eventually developing a homosexual orientation. As an approach to determine the prevalence of GID in clinical samples in our child psychiatry clinic, screening instruments that include ...

Gender identity disorder is generally called transexuallism. Transvestism refers to the practice of obtaining sexual pleasure by dressing in the clothes of the opposite sex. Today the term cross-dressing is more commonly used because it does not allow for a mistake of transsexualism, which is a complete gender change from the original sex. Transvestism is a paraphilia for which the essential feature is intense sexual urges and sexually arousing fantasies involving dressing in clothing of those of the opposite sex. It is extremely important to note that just because an individual is classified as a transvestite does not mean that they are necessarily homosexual. Extensive studies have been conducted to show that transvestites are not homosexual in many documented cases. Many psychiatric concepts have been used to try and explain why transvestism is prominent in certain individuals, such as the constitutional predisposition of unknown origin known as degeneration. Degeneration referred to an ...

Looking specifically at transsexual peoples genital sensitivities, trans men and trans women are capable of maintaining their genital sensitivities after SRS. However, these are counted upon the procedures and surgical tricks which are used to preserve the sensitivity. Considering the importance of genital sensitivity in helping transsexual individuals to avoid unnecessary harm or injuries to the genitals, allowing trans men to obtain an erection and perform the insertion of the erect penile prosthesis after phalloplasty,[45] the ability for transsexual to experience erogenous and tactile sensitivity in their reconstructed genitals is one of the essential objectives surgeons want to achieve in SRS.[45][46] Moreover, studies have also found that the critical procedure for genital sensitivity maintenance and achieving orgasms after phalloplasty is to preserve both the clitoris hood and the clitoris underneath the reconstructed phallus.[45][46]. Erogenous sensitivity is measured by the ...

Looking for Gender Reassignment or Genital Surgery in Kolkata? Contact Dr. Arindam Sarkar is Kolkatas one of the most experienced gender transplant surgeon and have advanced equipment for Gender Reassignment Surgery (SRS).

Transgender women are disproportionately impacted by HIV. Transgender women involved in sex work may experience exacerbated violence, social exclusion, and HIV vulnerabilities, in comparison with non-sex work-involved transgender women. Scant research has investigated sex work among transgender women in the Caribbean, including Jamaica, where transgender women report pervasive violence. The study objective was to examine factors associated with sex work involvement among transgender women in Jamaica. ...

For transgender to be identified as a male or females.. Gender Reassignment Surgery Procedure:. The surgeries differ between trans women and trans men. For trans women, genital reconstruction involves surgery of the vagina in which penile inversion or the sigmoid colon neovagina technique is used to provide more resemblance with a male.. For trans men, a genital reconstruction surgery involves reconstruction of penis either through phalloplasty or metoidioplasty.. For both trans women and trans men, genital surgery may also involve other medically necessary ancillary procedures, such as orchiectomy, penectomy, mastectomy or vaginectomy.. Why Nubello Aesthetics?. ...

The case of a 50-year-old patient who had undergone male to female gender reassignment surgery is presented. She presented with mixed incontinence with symptoms of stress incontinence predominating. Initial conservative treatment was unsuccessful and subsequent videourodynamic assessment demonstrated urodynamic stress incontinence in association with a partially open bladder neck at rest. Also noted during the study was cough-induced detrusor overactivity. The option of inserting a pubo-vaginal sling using autologous rectus sheath was chosen. The procedure proved to be straightforward to perform and was uncomplicated. Subsequent follow-up demonstrated a resolution of her stress incontinence ...

The American Psychiatric Association (APA) has published the fifth edition of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). Among the changes is the creation of a new diagnostic class - Gender Dysphoria - which replaces Gender Identity Disorder. Gender Dysphoria is defined as:. A marked incongruence between ones experienced and expressed gender and assigned gender … a strong desire to be of the other gender or an insistence that one is the other gender (or some alternative gender different from ones assigned gender).. Although the explanation for the changes at the end of the volume doesnt specifically mention it, in the introduction, the authors explain that patients, families, lawyers, consumer organizations and advocacy groups have provided feedback, and one of the goals of their participation was to reduce stigma.. A blog by transgender activist Kelley Winters organized supporters of changes in the DSM, arguing that the diagnosis of Gender Identity ...

Sweden has taken a long-overdue step to end the requirement that transgender people who wish to update their sex identification on legal documents undergo sex reassignment surgeries that require them to sacrifice their ability to have children. This is thanks to a court judgment that now applies to the whole country circumventing the sterilization law, which is set to be rewritten and removed from the books by July 1, 2013. Only 16 other countries in the European Union require transgender citizens to undergo the surgery, which many trans people do not want or require.. Last year, liberal and moderate members of Swedens Parliament were prepared to change the law, but were initially blocked by conservative political groups led by the Christian Democrat Party. Nova Colliander, a trans woman opposed to the sterilization requirements, expresses the pain of sacrificing her reproductive ability and her bitterness that its taken so long to change the policy [edited via Google Translate]:. COLLIANDER: ...

Transgender children who are not treated for their condition are at high risk of violence and suicide. As a matter of survival, many are willing to take whatever help is available, even if this is offered by illegal sources, and this often traps them into the juvenile criminal system and exposes them to various threats. Endocrinology offers a revolutionary instrument to help children/adolescents with gender identity disorder: suspension of puberty. Suspension of puberty raises many ethical issues, and experts dissent as to when treatment should be commenced and how children should be followed up. This paper argues that suspension of puberty is not only not unethical: if it is likely to improve the childs quality of life and even save his or her life, then it is indeed unethical to defer treatment. ...

Slate(2010. Gender Identity Disorder[Image File]. Retrieved from http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2012/12/121203_MEDEX_Transgender.jpg.CROP.rectangle3-large.jpg (Slide 29 ...

Find Transgender Therapists, Psychologists and Transgender Counseling in Arkansas, get help for Transgender in Arkansas, get help with Gender Dysphoria in Arkansas.

People with Gender identity disorder are so afraid of stigma that they will ignore that there is something off with how they are wired, just like me as someone with high functioning autism. They confuse how society thinks gender roles should be and how they should act with their actual gender, the one they were born as. There is noting wrong with masculine women and there is nothing wring with feminine men but they are still the gender they are born as. They should be studied in an attempt to understand how they are mis-wired ...

Transgenderism is a Gender Identity Disorder. Where did they get the idea that our sexual identity as men or women was in the category of things that could be changed?

Prior to the start of cross-sex hormone therapy (CSH), androgenic progestins are often used to induce amenorrhea in female to male (FtM) pubertal adolescents with gender dysphoria (GD). The aim of this single-center study is to report changes in anthropometry, side effects, safety parameters, and hormone levels in a relatively large cohort of FtM adolescents with a diagnosis of GD at Tanner stage B4 or further, who were treated with lynestrenol (Orgametril®) monotherapy and in combination with testosterone esters (Sustanon®). A retrospective analysis of clinical and biochemical data obtained during at least 6 months of hormonal treatment in FtM adolescents followed at our adolescent gender clinic since 2010 (n = 45) was conducted. McNemars test to analyze reported side effects over time was performed. A paired Students t test or a Wilcoxon signed-ranks test was performed, as appropriate, on anthropometric and biochemical data. For biochemical analyses, all statistical tests were done in comparison

Bruce Jenner is, according to reports, having his Adams apple surgically shaved off - is it the first step towards gender reassignment surgery?. The reports that Jenner does intend, ultimately, to get gender reassignment surgery have prompted comedian Marlon Wayans to say to a TMZ reporter that Jenner ought to skip the step of having his Adams apple shaved and just get the breasts. Bruce Jenner, who split from Kris Kardashian in October, denies the rumors that hes seeking gender reassignment.. When directly asked, Jenner said he wants to get the laryngeal shave surgery simply because I just never like my trachea.. Having laryngeal shave surgery happens to be one of the first steps towards getting gender reassignment surgery, but that is probably merely coincidental….. Fans of the Keeping up with the Kardashians TV show have noticed that the former Olympic gold medal winner, Bruce Jenner, has been looking more effeminate lately, which is adding to the rumor about Jenners desire to have ...

Gender identity is your inner sense of being male, female, both, neither, or some other gender. For transgender people, their gender identity does not match the sex that they were assigned at birth. Sometimes gender identity is outside the two most common categories of male or female. People who feel this way may use...

Shauna, Technically anyone who has a diagnosed intersexed condition, is to never be identified or qualify to meet a transsexual diagnosis. The intersexed condition overrules, a TS diagnosis. Now those Guidelines for meeting a TS diagnosis are very old, but they were meant to be used for clearly biological men or women who felt they were in the wrong body. Now having an intersexed condition, could also be used to explain having a Gender Identity Disorder, but when that was used it was also called having a Gender Identity Disorder due to an Intersexed Condition, and those patients were still labeled as Intersexed and not as Transsexual, the Transsexual diagnosis was never meant to be used on anyone who has an Intersexed condition. Should a intersexed person choose to Reassign there Gender to the gender appropriate to them, or if a doctor or parent chose to have a childs gender changed, the surgery was refereed to as Gender Reassignment Surgery (GRS), that terminology only applied to the ...

Some Notes on the Special needs of Young Transsexual People. Female to Male: Sex Reassignment Surgery. Female to Male Transgender: General ...

Homophobia is a resentment or fear of gay and lesbian people. This could be shown as a passive dislike of gay people, or active victimisation.. Transphobia is a resentment or fear of transgender or transsexual people.. A Hate Crime is any incident which constitutes a criminal offence, perceived by the victim or any other person as being motivated by prejudice or hate.. A Homophobic Hate Crime is any criminal offence committed against a person or property that is motivated by the offenders hate of people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. This can include verbal, physical or emotional abuse by an individual or group; but always directed specifically at someone who is (or who is thought to be) lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.. If you would like to talk to someone about any issues raised above you can talk in confidence to a Lesbian and Gay Liaison Officers (LAGLO) or report any issues anonymously on the True Vision website.. ...

The problem with this is that compassion, real or fake, has little to do with what makes a society successful. Capitalism is not warm and fuzzy. Contrary to what some people seem to believe, diversity and sensitivity to womens issues are not what makes a military successful. In fact, the most effective policies are often not very forgiving or compassionate. So, when you have a large block of the country that completely abandons what works for whatever makes liberals feel good and look more compassionate, it creates enormous amounts of dysfunction. Its like picking which car youre going to drive in a race because of the paint job. A paint job isnt irrelevant, but its also not going to win the race for you. Unfortunately, people with this mindset are only able to figure out that theyre doing something wrong after the car crashes and the whole country is along for the ride ...

Bangkok, Thailand -The Indian authorities must end discrimination against people based on sexual orientation and gender identity in the formal justice system, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)said in a report released today.. The 60-paged report Unnatural Offences: Obstacles to Justice in India Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identitydocuments the challenges queer persons in India facewhile trying to access justice, starting from the impact of laws that criminalize people for their real or imputed sexual orientation and gender identity; to police harassment, violence and abuse; and todiscrimination and other hurdles within the justice system.. Based on 150 interviews across nine cities in India, including with people who identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, the report uses the term queer to refer to any individual who identifies with a non-normative sexuality or gender identity.. It includes individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, ...

Sigmund Freud in his New Introductory Lectures on Psycho-Analysis quotes when you meet a human being, the first distinction you make is male or female? Therefore, is it possible to make a binary distinction with unhesitating uncertainty or do the gender and sexual identity have a deeper meaning and less visible characteristics? Betsy Driver, the co-founder of both Bodies Like Ours and Intersex Awareness Day during an interview on intersexuality and transsexuality also stresses on this question:. What makes us male or female? Our genitals? Is it our chromosomes? Is it our gender identity? Is it the way you perceive my gender identity?. This essay seeks to analyse how gender identity is represented in two different novels, published in two different periods by two different authors. The first part of my work will focus on The Passion of New Eve and the sex-change journey experienced by Evelyn, the main character of the novel, while the second part will be entirely dedicated to the analysis ...

Gender identity: Gender identity, an individuals self-conception as being male or female, as distinguished from actual biological sex. For most persons, gender identity and biological characteristics are the same. There are, however, circumstances in which an individual experiences little or no connection between

A federal judge has just ruled the State of North Carolina cannot ban transgender people from using restroom that match their gender identity. The ruling comes in the form of an accepted consent decree proposed by Democratic Governor Roy Cooper and LGBTQ organizations.It targets HB142 and its predec...

Columbia Asia Hospital- Mysore has a robust gender reassignment program for management of gender dysphoria (meaning unhappiness with ones gender) and people who wish to change their gender referred to as Transsexuals.. Trans-sexualism is a gender identity disorder in which the person manifests, with constant and persistent conviction, the desire to live as a person of the opposite sex and progressively take steps to live in the opposite sex role full-time for life.. The team of plastic surgeon, endocrinologist, psychiatrist and psychologist are specially trained in some of the premier institutes in India and abroad and follow management protocols accepted internationally. The precision with which the various stages of surgeries are to be done has been acquired by the plastic surgeon through performing many surgeries of this kind.. ...

Data is important, both as a tool of research and as a tool of policy that can affect funding, government priorities and program development. In Ontario, as in other jurisdictions, there are major gaps in data collection for certain groups. We need to expand the pool of available data, but we must also pay careful attention to how this data is collected. The phrasing of survey questions or the response options available can dramatically affect response rates and data quality for some groups (Betts, 2008). In our experience working with postsecondary education data, these issues are especially true for survey questions on sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression.. The need to improve data collection on sexual orientation and gender identity and expression is urgent. Analysis of data collected in the K-12 sector shows that graduation rates and educational experience differ greatly depending on a students sexual orientation or gender identity. Comparable data is severely lacking ...

Audiology and Speech Pathology Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri. The vocal characteristics of a 63-year-old individual who underwent male-to -female sex reassignment surgery were evaluated. Treatment was designed to alter inappropriate male voice characteristics. Speech goals were to (1) encourage use of successively higher pitch levels, and (2) modify tongue carriage to change resonance. After 11 months of therapy, average fundamental frequency for /i, a, u/ vowels changed from 110 to 205 Hz. Also, second formant frequency values changed remarkably for each of these vowels, with the greatest frequency change being 291 Hz for /i/. These acoustic differences could account for the perception of femininity in her posttreatment voice. Maintenance of these acoustic features was found five years posttreatment.. Address correspondence to Kay H. Mount, Ph.D. Audiology and Speech Pathology Service (126), Kansas City VA Medical Center, 4801 Linwood Blvd., Kansas City, ...

Ones internal, deeply held sense of ones gender. For transgender people, their own internal gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. Most people have a gender identity of man or woman (or boy or girl). This is usually assigned at birth depending upon the shape of genitalia i.e. an individual with male-typical genitalia is assigned the gender boy and then later man, while an individual with female-typical genitalia is assigned the gender girl and then later woman. For the majority of people the assigned gender matches their internal gender identity. These people are called cisgender; transgender people on the other hand experience a gender identity which does not match that assigned to them at birth. For some people, their gender identity does not fit neatly into the two primary genders at all. Unlike gender expression (see below) gender identity is not visible to others.. ...

Gender Identity can be difficult to deal with. Luckily, you dont have to deal with gender identity alone. Meridian is full of Gender Identity experts ready to help.

McHugh also said that transgender people suffer from a disorder of assumption - that their gender does not match what their body biologically is - and that sexual reassignment surgery is not a suitable treatment for these people. He pointed to a study showing that the suicide rate for transgender people is 20 times higher than that of non-transgender people… after they have undergone sexual reassignment surgery. Studies from Vanderbilt University and Londons Portman Clinic of Children also found that children who identify as transgender are likely to grow out of it. McHugh noted that 70% to 80% of these children spontaneously lost those feelings.. The problem, according to McHugh, is a fundamental misunderstanding of what being transgender actually means. People who undergo sex-reassignment surgery do not change from men to women or vice versa, he said. Rather, they become feminized men or masculinized women. Claiming this is a civil rights matter and encouraging surgical intervention ...

Sex Reassignment Surgery. Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research is to the best of our knowledge, the only Institute currently in India , which offers a comprehensive multidisciplinary team approach to the management of Gender Dysphoria.. Surgical options. Pre Surgical: Consultation with the surgeon to discuss and clarify options, and modalities available . Goals and steps of surgery are clearly set out. This may require more than one consultation.. Operative procedures:. Female to Male: Modalities which are offered are ...

7 Problem: Emergencies in Andrology . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Benign Lesions and Malignant Tumours of the Male Genital Tract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Problem: Diseases of the Prostate (Infection, Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, Cancer) . . . . . . 10 Problem: Male Breast Disorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Problem: Male Ageing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R. TSjoen Key Messages ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Transsexualism is a condition in which a person with apparently normal somatic sexual differentiation is convinced that he or she is actually a member of the opposite sex. Eur J Endocrinol 145: 365 - 376 Monstrey S, Hoebeke P, Dhont M, De Cuypere G, Rubens R, Moerman M, Hamdi M, Van Landuyt K, Blondeel P (2001) Surgical therapy in transsexual patients: a multi-disciplinary approach. Acta Chir Belg 101:200 - 209 Moore E, Wisniewski A, Dobs A (2003) Endocrine treatment of transsexual people: a review of treatment regimens, outcomes, and adverse effects. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 88:3467 ...

The Council of Europe works to uphold human rights, the rule of law and pluralist democracy. The Council of Europes standards and mechanisms seek to promote and ensure respect for the human rights of every individual. These include equal rights and dignity of all human beings, including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons.The Council of Europe has adopted a number of international legal instruments and standards on combating discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity. They illustrate the underlying message of the Organisation, which is that the Council of Europes standards of tolerance and non-discrimination apply to all European societies, and discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity is not compatible with these standards.This publication provides an accessible and comprehensive compilation of the standards adopted by the Council of Europe. It should serve as a reference for the governments, international institutions, NGOs, media

TY - JOUR. T1 - A transgender woman with intellectual disability and borderline personality disorder. AU - Newman, William J. AU - Barnhorst, Amy V.. AU - Landess, Jacqueline S.. PY - 2018/11/1. Y1 - 2018/11/1. N2 - What diagnostic criterion is noted to be a central feature for each of the diagnoses of intellectual disability, borderline personality disorder, and gender dysphoria? A. Functional impairment. B. Emotional instability. C. Cognitive dysfunction. D. Neurotic traits. Ms. A is a 23-year-old transgender woman (assigned male at birth) with a history of fetal alcohol syndrome, mild intellectual disability (a full-scale IQ of 60), and borderline personality disorder. She received primary care and support through a regional intellectual disability agency but was also well known to psychiatric services for frequent violent outbursts and recurrent self-harm gestures. Ms. As interactions with the mental health system began before age 5. She was adopted at birth into a home with other ...

We are excited to announce our first Tampa Bay Transgender Film Festival in partnership with St Pete Pride!. The vision for the Tampa Bay Transgender Film Festival, is to create a space grounded in and centered around the transgender community, support those in film who support our community, and share these films with our allies. Our Transgender Screening Committee reviewed a number of films, and after much consideration they selected five documentaries with diverse and critical narratives to share with our audience.. For some individuals, particularly those within the LGBTQ+ community, engaging with these films may be emotionally challenging. Due to subjects of dysphoria, violence, and death, viewer discretion is advised. For grounding purposes, the Tampa Bay Transgender Film Festival will be providing a pre-recorded centering video brought to you by our Elevating Event Sponsors Love, Hugh and Medicine Within, LLC. To close our festival, at 7 p.m. EST on Sunday, November 22, a Transgender ...

This is a fascinating study of identical twins; one had gender dysphoria and one did not. Both twins developed anorexia. Both twins were feminine in behavior from a young age and both were sexually attracted to men. Both had a difficult childhood with an abusive father. Both twins were underweight at birth and needed intensive care. Both…

Atherton High School administrators are looking to revise the schools discrimination policy after complaints arose from a male-bodied transgender students use of the girls restroom.. The student, who identifies as a female, was allowed to use both of the schools girls-only restrooms, but, following complaints, school officials limited her to only one of the restrooms.. In a letter sent home to parents of Atherton students, officials at the school announced their plan to add a non-discrimination statement to school policy focusing on gender identity. Chris Hartman, the director of the Louisville Fairness Campaign, said allowing a transgender student access to gender-*specific restrooms is important not only for basic civil rights, but also for safety.. A great deal of violence and sexual assault against transgender people, in general, and transgender youth occurs in restrooms, he said. When we are talking about restroom accommodations being important it is about safety of all students and ...

A federal judge has blocked a state policy affecting two Wisconsin residents seeking sex reassignment surgery under the states health program for low income people.