New Research

In 2022 saw an unprecedented war on trans rights with tons of anti-trans legislation citing garbage research but there has been some positive things also.

I don’t like the headline but the article is good.

2022 saw an unprecedented war on trans rights — and, quietly, 3 research breakthroughs that may help many reach 'gender euphoria'

• Several states have enacted policies that restrict access to gender-affirming care.
• At the same time, doctors and scientists are working on new technologies aimed at trans patients.
• Robust research has shown that gender-affirming care is good for mental health.

Insider

By Andrea Michelson 

December 29, 2022

In 2022, a growing number of states took steps to prevent young, LBGTQ+ individuals from accessing gender-affirming healthcare.

Several studies have found that access to supportive healthcare — which may include medical, surgical, and mental health services — improves the mental health and overall wellbeing of gender-diverse individuals, including transgender youth.

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The political climate has not slowed the pace of research in transgender medicine; in fact, doctors and scientists have popularized new surgical techniques aimed at bringing "gender euphoria" to trans patients. Here are some of the biggest developments in transgender healthcare that came out of 2022.

Ugh… I really don’t care about "gender euphoria" I just want to be me and have people treat me no difference than anyone else.

The article reports that research has shown,

Gender-affirming care is "patient-centered and treats individuals holistically, aligning their outward, physical traits with their gender identity," according to the Office of Population Affairs at the US Department of Health and Human Services. This may include medical, surgical, mental health, and non-medical services for transgender and nonbinary people.

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The study found that access to gender-affirming care, including puberty blockers and gender-affirming hormones, was associated with mitigation of mental health disparities among transgender and nonbinary children and adolescents.

Well I can tell you one thing, the Republicans will not care what our research says, they will continue citing junk science.

The research also was in Cross Gender Hormone Therapy

An underlooked aspect of gender-affirming care is hormone reference intervals, which are used to determine whether individual lab results are normal or concerning.

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Clinicians who treat transgender people have had to guess at this information until recently. A study published in The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine in May finally established hormone reference intervals for transgender people, based on data from healthy individuals who took estradiol or testosterone to affirm their gender.

Gender Confirming Surgery (I like that better than Gender Affirming Surgery because the abbreviation GAS, I don’t want gas… pun intended) has been the same with minor changes since Dr. Biber in Trinidad CO now for the guys,

Dr. Blair Peters performs phalloplasties, or the surgical creation of a penis, on transmasculine patients at Oregon Health and Science University. Seven of his patients allowed him to study their clitoral tissue under a microscope, which led Peters to a wealth of nerve fibers. 

Armed with new knowledge of clitoral anatomy, Peters told Insider he hopes to apply his research to preserve sexual pleasure sensations in future phalloplasties.  

While for us,

Those seeking vaginas may also have access to cutting-edge surgical options, such as the peritoneal pull through (PPT) vaginoplasty. 

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Compared to penile inversion, PPT may offer less scarring, more natural lubrication, and greater depth of the vaginal canal, according to Dr. Shubham Gupta. He's one of the few surgeons in Cleveland, Ohio, who offers the procedure (which is becoming more common in trans medicine).

Now if we can only stop those Republican know-it-alls who still think this is a choice us because it fits their narrative that we are crazy.