Category Archives: Hormone Replacement Therapy

Mazy Gilleylen of Overland is looking forward to her 12th birthday in September. But shes dreading what comes next. Approaching puberty is alarming for transgender kids like Mazy. The changes puberty brings can feel like their bodies betrayal of who they are. Doctors can prescribe puberty-blocking drugs to prevent unwanted prevent breast growth or a deepening voice. But the cost is out of reach for many families. Mazys parents are struggling to pay for what they see as a lifesaving measure. "We have no time to wait because she's going into middle school and we definitely have puberty knocking at our door," her mother Amber Gilleylen said. ((AUDIO: St. Louis Public Radio's Nancy Fowler visits Mazy Gilleylen and her family in their Overland home.)) My heart tells me Im a girl Mazy was assigned a male gender at birth. But ever since she could talk, shes insisted she knows who she really is. My heart tells me Im a girl; Im just a girl, Mazy said. When she was 8, her family began calling her Mazy and embracing her pink clothes and barrettes. She has friends who only know her as a girl with long hair and turquoise fingernails. But … Continue reading →

Im not the only transgender fan of Doctor Who. My friends and I have frequently used the term "regeneration" as a silly way to refer to elements of our transitions, often when posting progress photos, or wishing each other luck the night before someones top surgery. At Gallifrey One, a Who convention I attend every year, we even had someone create preferred pronoun ribbons as part of the badge ribbon tradition, wherein attendees hang an increasing number of colorful ribbons until they, intentionally or not, somewhat resemble Tom Bakers iconic scarf. Still, while Im not alone in my identity within this particular fandom, I have had a rather specific connection to the show that has, almost eerily at times, run parallel to my own regeneration. It started in 2013, when Matt Smith regenerated into Peter Capaldi. It was Christmas night; I was sitting in my best friends basement for our annual tradition of watching the Doctor Who Christmas special projected onto his home theater wall, fueled by a fancy bottle of whiskey my dad had bought me. By this point we already knew Capaldi was on the way, wed seen his eyebrows help save Gallifrey a few months earlier, but … Continue reading →

About five or six years ago, one of Karl Ricaneks students showed him a video on YouTube. It was a time lapse of a person undergoing hormone replacement therapy, or HRT, in order to transition genders. At the time, we were working on facial recognition, Ricanek, a professor of computer science at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, tells The Verge. He says he and his students were always trying to find ways to break the systems they worked on, and that this video seemed like a particularly tricky challenge. We were like, Wow theres no way the current technology could recognize this person [after they transitioned]. To tackle the problem, Ricanek did what all good scientists do: he started collecting data. Like all AI systems, facial recognition software requires stacks of information to train on, and although there are a number of sizable and freely available face databases available (ranging in size from thousands to millions of images), there was nothing documenting faces before and after HRT. So, Ricanek turned to the internet a decision that would later prove to be controversial. On YouTube, he found a treasure trove. Individuals undergoing HRT often document their progress and post … Continue reading →

The absence of women in medical studies, both as subjects and researchers, has serious repercussions for female patients. But a growing number of women doctors and business owners are stepping up to solve these problems. By Candice Helfand-Rogers Female entrepreneurs are starting up medical businesses to address the health needs of other women. (Credit: National Eye Institute) Editors note: This article introduces a series spotlighting women whose medical businesses are turning profits by serving other women. Marje Isabelle was inspired to start Fertile Matters, a London firm that uses hormones to track clients fertility and improve their chances of becoming pregnant, in part by an infuriating personal encounter. She says that, during a visit to a male gynecologist, he told her, if a woman comes in and says she has hot sweats or cant sleep and is tired or has mood swings, hell put them on hormone replacement therapy. Then he added: If they dont come back screaming, then its the right dose. Its an extreme example of a pervasive problem: the failure of many doctors and medical experts to consider and sometimes even acknowledge the fact that womens bodies work differently than mens. It exists on every level of … Continue reading →

Mazy Gilleylen of Overland is looking forward to her 12th birthday in September. But shes dreading what comes next. Approaching puberty is alarming for transgender kids like Mazy. The changes puberty brings can feel like their bodies betrayal of who they are. Doctors can prescribe puberty-blocking drugs to prevent unwanted prevent breast growth or a deepening voice. But the cost is out of reach for many families. Mazys parents are struggling to pay for what they see as a lifesaving measure. "We have no time to wait because she's going into middle school and we definitely have puberty knocking at our door," her mother Amber Gilleylen said. ((AUDIO: St. Louis Public Radio's Nancy Fowler visits Mazy Gilleylen and her family in their Overland home.)) My heart tells me Im a girl Mazy was assigned a male gender at birth. But ever since she could talk, shes insisted she knows who she really is. My heart tells me Im a girl; Im just a girl, Mazy said. When she was 8, her family began calling her Mazy and embracing her pink clothes and barrettes. She has friends who only know her as a girl with long hair and turquoise fingernails. But … Continue reading →

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by Christopher Rudolph 6h ago Gia Gunn has made it official. Back in March, Gian Gun came out as trans in a personal Instagram video in honor of International Transgender Day of Visibility. Instagram I thought I would dedicate today in the spirit of being visible to share my transition with all of you, Gunn revealed in the clip. I have been on hormone replacement therapy for about a year and I identify as female and I am indeed transgender. Now the former RuPauls Drag Race contestant has announced on Twitter that she got a birth certificate to reflect her legal name and transition. No document will ever validate or justify my gender, but I am so proud of myself for getting this done, Gia tweeted this week. Gia came out as trans in March and the following month had her legal named changed to Gia: Thank you to everyone who has supported me on this journey if you are in transition, or struggling with your gender identity, I want to hear from you in the comments and lets be visible, she said in her coming out message earlier this year. Congratulations, Gia! Keep stunning! RuPauls Drag Race Season 9: … Continue reading →

Brittany J Harrison,1 Tara N Hilton,1 Raphal N Rivire,1 Zachary M Ferraro,13Raywat Deonandan,4 Mark C Walker13,5 1Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada; 2Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada; 3Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada; 4University of Ottawa Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, Ottawa, ON, Canada; 5Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Newborn Care, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada Objectives: This review explores the ethical and medical challenges faced by women of advanced maternal age who decide to have children. Assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) make post-menopausal pregnancy physiologically plausible, however, one must consider the associated physical, psychological, and sociological factors involved.Methods: A quasi-systematic review was conducted in PubMed and Ovid using the key terms post-menopause, pregnancy + MeSH terms [donations, hormone replacement therapy, assisted reproductive technologies, embryo donation, donor artificial insemination, cryopreservation]. Overall, 28 papers encompassing two major themes (ethical and medical) were included in the review.Conclusion: There are significant ethical considerations and medical (maternal and fetal) complications related to pregnancy in peri- and post-menopausal women. When examining the ethical and sociological perspective, the literature portrays an overall positive attitude toward pregnancy in advanced maternal age. With … Continue reading →

Erasing facial wrinkles and lines with Botox and plumping up lips and cheeks with products such as Juvederm and Radiesse is big business. Spending on facial injectables topped more than $2 billion in the U.S. in 2015, according to one report. Betting on that trend, Dominion Womens Health & Wellness Med Spa moved into larger quarters in June. Formerly located in a 500-square-foot space in Mechanicsville, the medical spa moved to a 2,600-square-foot space at 11739 W. Broad St. in The Shoppes at Westgate in Short Pump. The space was previously occupied by Jingles Bridal Salon, which closed in 2015 when the owner retired. The medical spa is a division of Dominion Womens Health Inc., an obstetrics and womens health practice with medical offices in Chesterfield, Hanover and Henrico counties and Tappahannock. We offer a pretty progressive menu of treatments, said Badeha Hamze, spa director and a master esthetician. We do all sorts of facials and waxing like a normal spa would. In addition, spa staff procedures include facial chemical peels, microdermabrasion, dermaplaning, microneedling, permanent hair reduction, laser resurfacing for scars, and laser liposis body contouring. Our vision has always been the integration of beauty and medicine, and now with … Continue reading →

The 45th presidents recent tweets banning transgender people from serving in the military because of their potential medical costs underscores the difficulties the transgender community faces in accessing quality health care. They often face stigma and discrimination by health professionals, and even if they have insurance, they may not have coverage for gender affirming procedures like hormone replacement therapy (HRT) or sex affirming surgery (SAS). On some insurance plans, including Maryland Medicaid, prior authorization is required for someone who is transgender to receive HRT or SAS. Prior authorization is typically used to confirm that extraordinary requests are medically necessary, like transplants or cosmetic surgery. The transgender community shouldnt have to ask permission and submit claims before receiving life-affirming care. According to the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, the standards of care for the transgender community include psychotherapy, HRT, changes in gender expression and SAS. Individuals may choose to use all, some or none of these in their health management of gender expression. These are particular therapeutic needs for this population. Although there may be some overlap with cisgender people (those whose personal gender identity corresponds with their birth sex) like psychotherapy, prostate exams and mammograms it is unethical to … Continue reading →