A reader writes: “I’m a cis-gendered woman who sometimes leads free workshops on fertility awareness for cis-women and people with ‘female’ reproductive systems. For those who don’t know, fertility awareness is a scientifically proven form of DIY health care where you can learn to observe and interpret the various fertility signs that occur throughout the [...]
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Ask Matt: Testosterone and Fertility
Posted in Ask Matt, Information, Observations, tagged bodies, health, hormones, testosterone, trans men on October 17, 2011 | 19 Comments »
Ask Matt Monday: Will Testosterone Kill My Singing Voice?
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, Information, tagged bodies, gender expression, gender roles, health, hormones, testosterone on July 4, 2011 | 24 Comments »
A reader writes: “I am 24, American, was assigned as female at birth, but consider myself an androgyne rather than either typical sex. “I am already physically very androgynous, but I am interested in getting on T mainly for the purpose of lowering my voice a bit to make it even more ambiguous to as [...]
Ask Matt Monday: Insurance Inconsistencies and Hormone Hassles
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, Information, tagged bodies, gender, health, health care, hormones, insurance, transition on April 18, 2011 | 8 Comments »
I put two medical questions together today because I was recently informed of a great new online medical resource for trans people and our care providers. Check out the Center of Excellence for Transgender Health from the University of California San Francisco. Now on to the questions. Question 1: A reader writes: “I just had [...]
Ask Matt: Testosterone and Cancer Risk
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, Information, tagged bodies, health, hormones, surgery, testosterone, trans men on March 17, 2011 | 7 Comments »
A reader writes: “I have pondered taking testosterone for years now. But recently I have become more interested in it. I feel it almost seems like a need that I need to fulfill. So I am wondering if it is medically necessary to have a partial or radical hysterectomy. I have read a few articles [...]
Very Bad (and Very Good) Things Therapists Have Said to Me
Posted in Observations, tagged gender identity, health, transition, transsexual on July 26, 2010 | 44 Comments »
I have seen a total of four therapists in my life – two after my dad died, one after my mom died, and one who I went to for something else, but who, through a series of very weird coincidences, ended up being my “gender therapist” (I’ll tell you the story someday). I also saw [...]
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 [...]
Flibanserin: Is a ‘Female-Desire’ Drug a Bad Thing?
Posted in Commentary, Information, News, tagged health, hormones, relationships, sex, testosterone on June 29, 2010 | 35 Comments »
A “female-desire” drug, flibanserin, has just been rejected by the FDA, and it’s back to the drawing board (or the headboard) for big pharma. As someone who has experienced the impact of testosterone on the sex drive after years of experiencing the impact of estrogen on the sex drive, I personally don’t have a problem [...]
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 [...]
Change Your Calendar, Change Your Life
Posted in Advice, Observations, tagged being trans, health on April 5, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Have you ever had somewhere to go — some party or event or function that you absolutely had to go to — and then you decided at the last minute not to go? Unless it was your mother’s funeral or your inauguration as President of the United States, once you made the decision not to [...]
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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 »
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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