Hormones 2016

Today I'm proud to announce the publication of "Hormones 2016" (gold cover edition) containing 780 pages of goodies, with one new hormone 'Triptorelin', and a major chapter called "README FIRST", which summarises all the drugs and gives their common side-effects, and links to their main entries. There is also a …

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National LGBT Survey: Summary report

Ministerial Foreword

This government is committed to making the UK a country that works for everyone. We want to strip away the barriers that hold people back so that everyone can go as far as their hard work and talent can take them.

The UK today is a diverse and …

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Press Release - New Government Action Plan Pledges to Improve the Lives of LGBT People

On Tuesday 3 July, we published the LGBT Action Plan: Improving the Lives of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People.

Published 3 July 2018
From: Government Equalities Office and The Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP

  • action plan responds to the largest national survey of LGBT people in the world

  • government …

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Hair Loss, Hair Removal - Temporary and Permanent, Hair Retention 2017

Date Tags hair

Here is my latest book "Hair Loss, Hair Removal - Temporary and Permanent, Hair Retention 2017" comprising 252 pages with a table of contents, a glossary, a bibliography, and 3 indexes.

It has chapters on -

Hair loss,
  • The various forms of alopecia.
Removing Hair, with sections on
  • Various methods of temporary …
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Tips for coping in hot weather

Date Series Part 1 of Stay cool Tags cool
  • Shut windows and pull down the shades when it is hotter outside. You can open the windows for ventilation when it is cooler.

  • Stay out of the sun and don't go out between 11:00 and 15:00 (the hottest part of the day) if you're vulnerable to the effects …

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Sleeping in hot weather

Date Series Part 2 of Stay cool Tags cool
  • Cast aside your pyjamas and sleep naked if possible. If you do tend to get very hot and sweaty, then drape a beach towel over the bed and pillows to protect the bedding.

  • Open the windows - preferably more than one, on different sides of the house - to allow more air …

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Tavistock and Portman to take responsibility for gender identity services at Charing Cross

From April 2017, the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust will be the providers for the Charing Cross West London Gender Identity Clinic for one year on an interim basis. The service moves from West London Mental Health Trust which served notice on their contract for the services earlier this …

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Brain differences found in sex change 'men'

Men who have sex change operations may be acting on a deep-seated urge "programmed" into the very fabric of the brain, according to a study of brain tissue from transsexuals who left their bodies to science. Dick Swaab and his colleagues at the Netherlands Institute for Brain Research in Amsterdam …

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Transsexual differences caught on brain scan

Differences in the brain's white matter that clash with a person's genetic sex may hold the key to identifying transsexual people before puberty. Doctors could use this information to make a case for delaying puberty to improve the success of a sex change later.

Medics are keen to find concrete …

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'Transsexuality gene' makes women feel like men

A gene variant has been identified that appears to be associated with female-to-male transsexuality - the feeling some women have that they belong to the opposite sex.

While such complex behaviour is likely the result of multiple genes, environmental and cultural factors, the researchers say the discovery suggests that transsexuality does …

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Fair care for trans patients

The Royal College of Nursing recognises that trans people frequently experience prejudice and discrimination. This resource is designed to help nurses respond to the needs of their patients and clients who identify as transgender. Initially created in response to an RCN Congress resolution, this guidance has been updated following further …

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This is why the London gender identity clinic ending its NHS contract is an opportunity, not a crisis

Date Series Part 3 of London GIC Tags CX / GIC

London's transition services need radical improvement, trans health expert Jess Bradley writes

West London Mental Health Trust (WLMHT) announced yesterday that it has served notice on the contract it has with NHS England to provide care to trans patients at the Charing Cross Gender Identity Clinic.

In the recent government …

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Aging and Trans, parts 1 - 4

Today I'm releasing a major work, a four-part book called 'Aging and Trans'.

This has been worked on for many months, and I hope that people will find it useful. Its relevant for you if you're over 60, but also if you're younger and have aged parents.

Part 1 - General …

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Infants Prefer Toys Typed To Their Gender

Children as young as 9 months-old prefer to play with toys specific to their own gender, according to a new study from academics at City University London and UCL.

The paper, which is published in the journal of Infant and Child Development, shows that in a familiar nursery environment significant …

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For Aging Trans People, Growing Old is Especially Isolating

Most people look forward to their retirement, but researchers say that transgender people are especially vulnerable to abuse in care homes.

Retirement can often be a source of great apprehension, discomfort, and - in some cases - torment for older trans people. From care homes and carers, to mental health wards and …

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Huge rise in number of Britons trying to change gender

Figures obtained from UK clinics show referral increases of several hundred percent, leading to long waits for new patients

The number of Britons taking steps to change their gender has shot up dramatically in recent years, leaving vulnerable people waiting years for treatment.

Figures obtained under the Freedom of Information …

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Government to review 2004 Gender Recognition Act

Legal processes for registering a change of gender are to be overhauled to make them less distressing for transgender people.

The move is part of a package of reforms unveiled by the equalities minister, Nicky …

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Trans people attack UK government's trans 'equality' report

'Trans people deserve action, not more words.'

Many trans people have reacted in anger to the UK government’s trans equality report released today (7 July).

The new package, which includes a review of the Gender Recognition Act, says very little of note.

Nicky Morgan, the Women and Equalities Minister …

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Genital mutilation of UK intersex people on the NHS, UN acts

Gay Star News, UK

Nepal and the UK have been reprimanded by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child for intersex genital mutilation

The UK still has doctors doing unnecessary and dangerous genital surgery on intersex children and now the UN has stepped in.

Activists say the …

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Perceived Discrimination, Social Support, and Quality of Life in Gender Dysphoria

Introduction

Transgender individuals experience discrimination in all domains of their personal and social life. Discrimination is believed to be associated with worse quality of life (QoL).

Aim

To investigate the relation between QoL and perceived levels of discrimination and social support in individuals with gender dysphoria (GD).

Methods

Individuals with …

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Effects of Sex Steroid Deprivation/Administration on Hair Growth and Skin Sebum Production in Transsexual Males and Females

And I also found this file which is quite interesting. They say in their conclusion -

"estrogens plus antiandrogens in biological males block circulating androgens and sebum production almost completely, but inhibit hair growth only slowly. A strong reduction in hair-shaft diameter was the first sign of androgen deprivation, reaching its …

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The Transsexual Phenomenon

Looking through the logs I found that several people were looking for "phenomenon" and not finding it. I knew what the true title of the article was "The transsexual phenomenon" by Harry Benjamin published in 1966.

I knew that it used to be here, back when I had a wordpress …

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