Research

Experiences of puberty and puberty blockers: Insights from trans children, trans adolescents, and their parents

Effect of gender transition on transgender well being

Mental health outcomes in transgender and nonbinary youth receiving gender affirming care

Use of name and pronoun for transgender youth linked to better mental health

Link between family acceptance and LGBT well being

School Restrooms and Locker Rooms Restrictions and Sexual Assault Risk Among Transgender Youth

What the research shows about conversion therapy and sexual orientation

Hormonal Treatment and Cardiovascular Risk Profile in Transgender Adolescents

Cross Sex Hormones and Metabolic Parameters in Adolescents with Gender Dysphoria

Pubertal Suppression for Transgender Youth and Risk of Suicidal Ideation

Chest Reconstruction and Chest Dysphoria in Transmasculine Minors and Young Adults

Effects of Testosterone Treatment and Chest Reconstruction Surgery on the Mental Health and Sexuality in Female-to-Male Transgender People

Do Clinical Data from Transgender Adolescents Support the Phenomenon of “Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria?”

Desistance Myth Research and Commentary https://archive.thinkprogress.org/scholars-dismantle-the-myth-policing-trans-kids-genders-55f78df59c50/ https://www.gdaworkinggroup.com/desistance-articles-and-critique

Detransition research–Discrimination, stigma, and family pressures drive detransition https://fenwayhealth.org/new-study-shows-discrimination-stigma-and-family-pressure-drive-detransition-among-transgender-people/

More recent research on detransition/desistance/shifting identity (2020-current):

Shifts in Gender-Related Medical Requests by Transgender and Gender Diverse Adolescents (2022) , Take Detransitioners Seriously by Leo Valdes and Kinnon MacKinnon

Healthcare Experiences of Patients Discontinuing or Reversing Prior Gender Affirming Treatments (2022)

Re/DeTrans Canada youtube– Dr. Kinnon MacKinnon’s research 

Gender Dysphoria Affirmative Working Group– A Discussion Space

 

Disinformation Campaigns- Gender Critical

Copy of Annotated Bibliography of Point-by-Point Rebuttals of Anti-Transgender Disinformation by Heron Greenesmith, Esq 

Read more about the organizations behind the anti-trans legislation. Many of the talking points are linked to evangelical right-wing, anti-LGBTQ+ organizations, trans-exclusionary radical feminist (TERF), gender critical, parent groups, or hate groups (i.e., Moms for Liberty). 

Mother Jones article 

Vice news – Under His Wings: Leaked Emails

The making of a detransitioner Xtra 

Inside the TERF Harrassment Machine

Health Liberation Now

SEGM exposed