The Science Behind Suicide Contagion – New York Times Article
Reposting this for the holidays. There have been more trans teenagers and adults who committed suicide since I wrote this article. We need to do anything we can to stop this. “When Marilyn Monroe died...
View ArticleGender Identity Disorder and Eating Disorders – a Review
Three more case reports, three different stories. In each case gender dysphoria is related to the eating disorder, but in each case the relationship is different. In the first case a trans woman (born...
View ArticleEvidence for an Altered Sex Ratio in Clinic-Referred Adolescents with Gender...
This is a highly significant study showing that the population of teenagers referred for gender dysphoria is changing. It is noteworthy that this is happening in two different countries. The sex ratio...
View ArticlePatterns of Referral to a Gender Identity Service for Children and...
This is a follow-up to an earlier letter to the editor calling for research and discussion on the subject of teenagers with gender dysphoria. The authors had seen a sharp increase in the number of...
View ArticleThe Science Behind Suicide Contagion – New York Times Article
“When Marilyn Monroe died in August 1962, with the cause listed as probable suicide, the nation reacted. In the months afterward, there was extensive news coverage, widespread sorrow and a spate of...
View ArticleStudy of Gay Brothers Suggests Genetic Basis of Male Homosexuality –...
An interesting and important piece from Discovery magazine. “Are people born gay or is it a choice? A new study of gay brothers, the largest to date, adds more scientific evidence that there’s a...
View ArticleGenes and Gender Dysphoria
Twin and family studies suggest that there may be a genetic component to gender dysphoria. Researchers have naturally been trying to find genes linked to gender dysphoria. Most of the research has...
View ArticleRegional Grey Matter Structure Differences between Transsexuals and Healthy...
This is a study with intriguing results. The study also has some frustrating flaws. One of the most interesting things about the study is this: “The regions found affected in our study are mainly...
View ArticleWhite matter microstructure in female to male transsexuals before cross-sex...
This study compared the white matter in the brains of males, females, and female to male transsexuals (FtM).* This is one of a set of studies; another one looked at the white matter in the brains of...
View ArticleSexual Orientation and the Brain – Links to studies
A number of studies have found differences in the brain that may be related to sexual orientation. Because of this, studies of gender identity and the brain need to carefully control for sexual...
View ArticlePET and MRI show differences in cerebral asymmetry and functional...
This is the abstract of a study which shows that the brains of gay men are similar to the brains of straight women in certain ways while the brains of lesbians are similar to the brains of straight...
View ArticleEffects of cross-sex hormone treatment on cortical thickness in transsexual...
This is an interesting study that found that taking cross-sex hormones changed the thickness of the cortex in the brain. I have only been able to see the abstract; the study was published in May 2014...
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