A reader writes: “I am wondering how the health care reform bill affects trans people. If we must carry our own health insurance, and insurance companies are no longer allowed to deny preexisting conditions, does that mean they now have to cover medically related surgeries?” I don’t know everything about the new health care reform [...]
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Ask Matt Monday: Will Health Care Reform Cover Transition?
Posted in Ask Matt, Commentary, Information, tagged health, health care, legal, surgery, transition on November 8, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Five Trans Tips for Medical Professionals
Posted in Advice, Commentary, Observations, tagged bodies, health care, hormones, surgery, transphobia on October 14, 2010 | 21 Comments »
Examining various body parts all day can’t be a whole lot of fun, no matter how great it sounded in high school. But, like the service industry, medical professionals could use a little help when it comes to dealing with the trans population. Because an increasing number of people are transitioning, and even more are [...]
Ask Matt Monday: Is Trinidad the Right Town for Me?
Posted in Ask Matt, Information, tagged community, Dr. Marci Bowers, health care, trans men, Trinidad on October 11, 2010 | 4 Comments »
A reader writes: “I am a single, black middle-aged (if you plan to live to 102) FTM. I presently live in New York. I will be retiring in the next five years and have considered relocating to Trinidad for many reasons. Health is paramount – I would need a doctor for “T”, blood work and [...]
Ask Matt Continued: Trans Guys and Phalloplasty, Part Two
Posted in Ask Matt, Commentary, Observations, tagged bodies, health care, legal, surgery, transition, transsexual on August 17, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Yesterday’s discussion of trans guys and phalloplasty inevitably leads, as such discussions do, to two implications that can have rather serious consequences if they aren’t addressed in any public discussion of transition surgery. The first has to do with that infernal inference of “choice.” If I don’t have any type of genital surgery, does that [...]
Ask Matt Monday: Trans Guys and Phalloplasty, Part One
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, Observations, tagged bodies, health care, surgery, trans men, transition on August 16, 2010 | 17 Comments »
A reader asks, “Why do some trans guys not want phalloplasty?” Although I can’t speak for every guy who does not want this surgery (or series of surgeries), I can provide my own reasons for going dickless in Denver, and I can also speak to what I have heard from other guys about their own [...]
A Trans Twist of Fate: My Therapist Tale
Posted in Observations, tagged being trans, health care, therapy, transition on August 12, 2010 | 10 Comments »
There are some things that just can’t be explained – like why I ate three desserts at Country Buffet last night, or how I ended up where I am … or maybe I mean who I am … today. I promised a while back that I would share the very bizarre story of my gender [...]
Medical Care for Trans People: Mammograms and Self-Exams
Posted in Information, Observations, tagged being trans, health, health care, hormones, trans men, trans women on July 5, 2010 | 3 Comments »
My mother died as a result of breast cancer in 1985 at the age of 56. One of my best friends, Barb, died as a result of breast cancer in 1988 around the age of 42. Now another friend – not as close, but a friend, nonetheless – has died as a result of breast [...]
Testicular Self-Exam? I Don’t Have the Balls!
Posted in Observations, tagged bodies, coming out, health, health care, trans men on June 23, 2010 | 13 Comments »
Last week, I went to my doctor for an annual physical. I’ve seen this doc for 13 years — she’s the one who prescribes and monitors my hormones. She knows every gory detail and every intimate inch of my anatomy. But her new nurse did not. My internal gaydar started jumping like the needle on [...]
Transworthy News Briefs: June 11 Edition
Posted in Information, News, tagged Brittany Novotny, health care, legal, LGBT, politics, television on June 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Here is just a sample of the transworthy news to know now: Passport Policy Change: As most of you know by now, the U.S. Department of State has issued new passport guidelines that are highly favorable to trans people. No longer will surgery be required to change the sex marker on a passport. A passport [...]
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More Transgender Fun at the Pharmacy
Posted in Commentary, Observations, tagged being trans, bodies, gender, gender expectations, health care on December 9, 2010 | 7 Comments »
I recently switched pharmacies, and although I’m much happier with the new one, I have to break in a new batch of medical professionals – and they have to figure out how to deal with my insurance company. As I’ve said before, my insurance company tends to decide what sex I am based on what [...]
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