Resources

Research and Academic Resources

Thank you to Morgan Payne (they/them) and Tufts Medicine for providing much of this excellent collection of resources!

Health Care Experiences of Patients Discontinuing or Reversing Prior Gender-Affirming Treatments: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2794543

Stop Using Phony Science to Justify Transphobia: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/voices/stop-using-phony-science-to-justify-transphobia/

Most Gender Dysphoria Established by Age 7, Study Finds: https://www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/most-gender-dysphoria-established-by-age-7-study-finds/

Age at First Experience of Gender Dysphoria Among Transgender Adults Seeking Gender-Affirming Surgery: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7076333/

Mental Health And The LGBTQ Community: https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/LGBTQ_MentalHealth_OnePager.pdf

Mental Health Outcomes in Transgender and Nonbinary Youths Receiving Gender-Affirming Care: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2789423

Evidence on the Biological Nature of Gender: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150213112317.htm

Evidence Supporting the Biologic Nature of Gender Identity: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25667367/

Gender Identity Nondiscrimination Laws in Public Accommodations: a Review of Evidence Regarding Safety and Privacy in Public Restrooms, Locker Rooms, and Changing Rooms: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13178-018-0335-z

No link between trans-inclusive policies and bathroom safety, study finds: https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/no-link-between-trans-inclusive-policies-bathroom-safety-study-finds-n911106

Fatal Violence Against the Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Community in 2022: https://www.hrc.org/resources/fatal-violence-against-the-transgender-and-gender-non-conforming-community-in-2022

Transgender people over four times more likely than cisgender people to be victims of violent crime: https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/press/ncvs-trans-press-release/

Teen lesbian sues school for bias: http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/12/17/lesbian.lawsuit/index.html

Do you regret having cosmetic surgery?: https://www.medicalaccidentgroup.co.uk/news/do-you-regret-having-cosmetic-surgery/

2015 Report of the U.S. Transgender Survey: https://calculators.io/national-transgender-discrimination-survey/ 

An Analysis of All Applications for Sex Reassignment Surgery in Sweden, 1960-2010: Prevalence, Incidence, and Regrets: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262734734_An_Analysis_of_All_Applications_for_Sex_Reassignment_Surgery_in_Sweden_1960-2010_Prevalence_Incidence_and_Regrets

Priests of the Goddess: Gender Transgression in Ancient Religion: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1062813

Transcending Gender: Assimilation, Identity, and Roman Imperial Portraits: https://www.jstor.org/stable/40379354

Encyclopedia Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lili-Elbe

A Map of Gender-Diverse Cultures: https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/content/two-spirits_map-html/

Endocrine Treatment of Gender-Dysphoric/Gender-Incongruent Persons: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline: https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article/102/11/3869/4157558

Young adult psychological outcome after puberty suppression and gender reassignment: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25201798/

Race and Ethnicity Of Adults Who Identify As Transgender In The United States by Andrew R. Flores, Taylor N. T. Brown, Jody L. Herman: https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/Race-Ethnicity-Trans-Adults-US-Oct-2016.pdf

Williams Institute Race and Ethnicity of Adults Who Identify as Transgender in the United States:  https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/race-ethnicity-trans-adults-us/

Williams Institute: https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/age-trans-individuals-us/

Hecox v Little - Safer Declaration: https://www.aclu.org/legal-document/hecox-v-little-safer-declaration

Scientific American: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trans-girls-belong-on-girls-sports-teams/

As March Madness rolls on, so will the myths of Black athletic superiority: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/mar/29/black-athletes-genetically-superior-myth-sports

MA Trans Health Coalition: https://www.glad.org/post/ma-trans-health-coalition/

Medical schools spend small amount of time teaching content related to health of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender patients, survey finds: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110906184551.htm

Protecting and Advancing Health Care for Transgender Adult Communities: https://www.americanprogress.org/article/protecting-advancing-health-care-transgender-adult-communities/

National Center for Transgender Equality: https://transequality.org/issues/housing-homelessness

The Report of the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey: https://ncvc.dspacedirect.org/handle/20.500.11990/1299

Barriers to Health Care for Transgender Individuals: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4802845/

Transgender individuals' cancer survivorship: Results of a cross-sectional study: https://acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/cncr.32784

Worldwide burden of HIV in transgender women: a systematic review and meta-analysis: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23260128/

Barriers to Health Care for Transgender Individuals: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4802845/