Resource index

Index to media and internet sources

This page contains a categorized list of links to media and other sources that have been cited in 4thWaveNow posts or comments.  This archive does not include scientific studies reported in research journals; see the Research page for sources from the scientific and clinical literature.

For a list of categories used, see the bottom of this page.

As of July 15, 2017, this is a new aspect of the site, and will be an ongoing work-in-progress. We will be continually adding to and updating this archive.


Resources for studies and reports relevant to gender-variant children

https://sexnotgender.com/studies-and-reports-transgender-children/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b088kxbw  Transgender Kids: Who Knows Best?  BBC documentary featuring Kenneth Zucker; see also https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/jan/11/bbc-film-on-child-transgender-issues-worries-activists

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-vilain-transgender-parents-20150521-story.html (nobody knows the correct treatments for GNC kids, by Michael Bailey and Eric Vilain)

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/listen-to-growing-up-trans/(2015 PBS Frontline documentary); see also follow-up Google Hangout https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW6jwqYBsRM

https://transresearch.info/2014/07/29/desisting-and-persisting-gender-dysphoria-after-childhood-a-qualitative-follow-up-study-review-part-i/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lshobg1Wt2M  William Wants a Doll

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07kq5sv  (BBC radio series on parenting transgender children; mostly +trans but some GC)


Reflections from gay and lesbian people

https://bigboobutch.com/2013/10/14/another-sister-lost-to-the-madness/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoPu-NIDLpI

https://www.ted.com/talks/io_tillett_wright_fifty_shades_of_gay  (gender fluid person who would have been transitioned)

https://www.youtube.com/user/Perzikyoghurt  (Peachy Yogurt’s YouTube channel – gender abolitionist)

http://megallenstudio.com/butch  (photos of butch women)

http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/2071.0main+features852012-2013  (rates of parenthood among Australian gays and lesbians)

http://www.pewforum.org/2016/05/12/changing-attitudes-on-gay-marriage/

http://www.thehomoarchy.com/do-youth-transgender-diagnoses-put-would-be-gay-lesbian-bisexual-adults-at-risk-for-unnecessary-medical-intervention/

https://genderidentitywatch.com/2014/06/15/lily-cade-lily_cade-and-chelsea-poe-chelseapoe666-internet/ (cotton ceiling); see also http://manicpixietransgirl.tumblr.com/post/133418459526/ive-had-4-cisbians-reject-me-in-the-last-month, https://factcheckme.wordpress.com/2012/03/13/the-cotton-ceiling-really/


Reflections from parents of transgender or GNC children and teens (not explicitly pro-transgender unless specified)

https://myheartandhope.wordpress.com/2015/04/24/putting-it-all-out-there-and-hoping-for-understanding-not-backlash/

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/12/magazine/whats-so-bad-about-a-boy-who-wants-to-wear-a-dress.html?_r=0 (it might be okay to be GNC but maybe not)

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/aug/14/my-daughter-convinced-she-needs-a-sex-change-low-self-esteem-mental-health? (advice column responding to parent)

https://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/teenagers/1464511-My-14-Old-Daughter-Says-She-Wants-to-be-a-Boy?pg=6

https://gendermom.wordpress.com/2015/06/30/the-facts-about-transgender-kids/ (+ trans)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2092412/Why-I-let-son-dress-like-girl-years–sake-I-stop-it.html

https://www.transgendertrend.com/ International organization for trans-skeptical parents

https://journeytonewyorkcity.wordpress.com/2015/01/11/gender/ Blog of GC mom

https://thezenitch.wordpress.com/2016/02/12/stop-killing-our-gay-children/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mom-combats-gender-stereotypes-with-stillaboy-campaign_us_56abbe47e4b00b033aaf0587?ir=Gay+Voices&section=us_gay-voices&utm_hp_ref=gay-voices&

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/roey-thorpe/where-have-all-the-butches-gone_b_4025929.html

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/02/28/gay-rights-trans-rights-south-dakota-bathroom-legislation-column/80710176/

http://www.mcgilldaily.com/2014/11/everything-problematic/

https://www.transgendertrend.com/introducing-teddy-new-trans-book-kids/

https://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/site_stuff/2716595-TransAgenda-BullShit-The-I-am-Spartacus-Thread?pg=12&order=%2F  The “I am Spartacus” thread; related article https://www.mercatornet.com/conjugality/view/go-ahead-ban-me-but-ill-never-say-a-man-is-a-woman/18585

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/readers-share-stories-in-response-to-article-on-transgender-teen/


 Reflections from transgender and de-transitioned people

http://alexahung.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/the-default-trans-narrative-and-its.html?m=1

http://nymeses.blogspot.no/2014/07/advice-for-parents-of-teen-girls-and.html

https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/06/18/is-there-a-right-age-to-change-ones-sex/transitioning-is-for-those-who-can-vote-and-drink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGxcDY3uSkA (TRTV show: transition is dead)

http://dirtywhiteboi67.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-end-of-transition-learning-to-live.html  (detransitioned woman)

https://dgrnewsservice.org/civilization/patriarchy/gender/on-sacred-biology-interview-with-michelle-peixinho-and-mary-lou-singleton/

http://waltheyer.typepad.com/blog/2015/10/15-year-old-oregon-transkids-94-will-not-remain-gender-dysphoric.html

http://www.greenwomanstore.com/blood-and-visions.html  (writings by 10 women who stopped the transition to male)

https://mariacatt.com/2015/12/07/unavoidable/ (de-transitioner reflection on testosterone)

https://hotflanks.wordpress.com/ (detransitioned woman blog; last post 8/2016)

http://retransition.org/ (detransition blog)

https://miriamafloat.wordpress.com/2016/02/28/that-magic-moment/

https://thirdwaytrans.com/2016/02/01/identity-is-not-the-same-as-authenticity/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L2jyEDwpEw&feature=youtu.be  (video from Cari, detransitioned woman)

http://guideonragingstars.tumblr.com/post/149877706175/female-detransition-and-reidentification-survey  (results of female detransition study)

http://guideonragingstars.tumblr.com/post/145501841085/i-guess-transactive-doesnt-directly-provide  (detransitioned person noting that TransActive provides fast-track to medical procedures); see also http://guideonragingstars.tumblr.com/post/145647372750/4-words-2016-a-compilation-of-things-i-wish-my  (detransition artwork)

https://thewalrus.ca/growing-up-trans/

https://gendertrender.wordpress.com/2013/11/01/im-a-post-op-mtf-who-is-back-in-therapy-to-reverse-this-mess-and-obtain-a-phalloplasty/


Reflections from other gender-critical adults (see also General Opinion)

https://medium.com/@davidegreenwald/against-masculinity-498339cb8f42

https://psmag.com/social-justice/why-transgender-kids-should-wait-to-transition  (woman who would have transitioned)

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/423452/common-sense-part-ii-not-every-sex-researcher-thinks-young-kids-should-transition (reflection on Soh article directly above)

https://www.wsj.com/articles/notable-quotable-transgender-children-1441406728  (another reflection on the Soh article)

http://www.walesartsreview.org/comment-the-transgender-experiment-on-kids/ (Stephanie Davies-Arai)

https://stephaniedaviesarai.com/ (blog of Stephanie Davies-Arai)

http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=17566  (Australia)

https://sexandgenderintro.com/ (Rebecca Reilly-Cooper)

https://www.facebook.com/groups/WPATH/permalink/1253893907988366/?comment_id=1256777874366636&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R3%22%7D  (WPATH comment)

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/comment/girls-you-dont-need-to-be-pink-princesses-5bjbjrb27

http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/its-not-transphobic-to-question-transgenderism/19353#.WWZXuIjyuM9 (comment on Who Knows Best documentary)

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jun/19/rupert-everett-dangers-of-child-sex-change-operations-gender


General opinion not listed above; relating to gender/transgender

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/23/opinion/sunday/richard-a-friedman-how-changeable-is-gender.html

http://bioethicsobservatory.org/2017/03/gender-identity-disorders-current-scientific-evidence/20402  (bioethics perspective)

http://thefederalist.com/2015/09/22/the-real-reason-transgenders-are-du-jour/

http://thefederalist.com/2015/10/06/questioning-your-sex-is-normal-not-a-reason-to-go-trans/

https://moreenigma.wordpress.com//?s=trans-identity&search=Go  (blog discussing various kinds of identity)

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/433896/trans-activists-ian-mcewan-identity-politics-rule-sadly-he-takes-back-his-critique

http://www.femaleerasure.com/ (book); online fund-raiser is here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/female-erasure–2#/

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/439126/transgender-teens-parents-cry-foul-doctors-and-educators-ignore-them

http://dailysignal.com/2016/08/22/almost-everything-the-media-tells-you-about-sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity-is-wrong/

https://gendertrender.wordpress.com/2016/04/09/iq2-debate-society-must-recognise-trans-peoples-gender-identities/

https://aeon.co/essays/the-idea-that-gender-is-a-spectrum-is-a-new-gender-prison


Transgender regret/unforeseen consequences/impact on GL community

https://noregretsgendertransition.wordpress.com/2013/10/13/a-list-of-reasons-for-people-who-report-regrets-in-studies-and-what-therapists-think/

http://truth-about-transition.tumblr.com/

https://purplesagefem.wordpress.com/2016/09/19/ftms-and-internalized-homophobia/

http://www.smh.com.au/good-weekend/the-inbetweeners-20150730-ginojq.html (Australia: 2 cases of transgender regret)

https://gendertrender.wordpress.com/2015/08/12/my-disservice-to-my-transgender-patients/(doctor regrets helping patients transition)

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2007/may/23/healthandwellbeing.health   (U.K. psychiatrist sanctioned for improperly authorizing five sex changes)

http://thefederalist.com/2014/11/11/trouble-in-transtopia-murmurs-of-sex-change-regret/

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/15/fashion/where-have-all-the-tomboys-gone.html

http://bilerico.lgbtqnation.com/2010/06/sex_reassignment_surgery_when_things_go_wrong.php

http://www.sexologytoday.org/2016/01/do-trans-kids-stay-trans-when-they-grow_99.html?spref=tw

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/kids-pay-the-price-of-transgender-politics/article28250068/

https://gendertrender.wordpress.com/2010/12/20/t-mod-girls-tweeners-trenders-and-fun-with-censorship-and-death-threats-2/

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/feb/03/experience-i-regret-transitioning

http://www.sexchangeregret.com/research


Gender theory (some overlap with above-cited links)

http://itspronouncedmetrosexual.com/2013/01/a-comprehensive-list-of-lgbtq-term-definitions/#sthash.CF50tz9Z.dpbs  (a guide to the alphabet soup)

http://www.annelawrence.com/mtimb.html  reference for Men Trapped in Men’s Bodies: Narratives of Autogynephiliac Transsexualism, book by Anne Lawrence

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0766h2s  (BBC Women’s Hour program; 26 year old regretter)   (https://www.transgendertrend.com/womans-hour-on-teenage-girls-at-tavistock-clinic/– comment on this program)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUsOKNFeaGw  PBS program, Discovering Psychology, Sex and Gender

http://www.apa.org/research/action/difference.aspx  American Psychological Association: No Big Difference Between Men and Women

http://www.apa.org/research/action/share.aspx  American Psychological Association: Think Again: Men and Women Share Cognitive Skills

Funding for transgender movement

http://gianatomy.tumblr.com/ (Burroughs-Wellcome funding transgender teen art project)

https://next.wellcomecollection.org/articles/transvengers-youth-review-interview/ (transgender teen comics funded by Burroughs-Wellcome)

https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/briefing-papers/trans-children-and-youth  (George Soros); see also https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/reports/advancing-trans-movements-worldwide, https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/projects/trans-rights

https://www.lgbtfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/TRANSformational_Impact.pdf

       Funding–Jennifer Pritzker


http://forward.com/culture/208832/how-colonel-jennifer-pritzker-pushes-for-transgend/

http://www.advocate.com/print-issue/current-issue/2013/11/12/trans-billionaire-reporting-duty (Pritzker)

https://www.forbes.com/sites/briansolomon/2013/09/16/jennifer-pritzker-becomes-first-transgender-billionaire/#2906bb857424

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20130823/BLOGS03/130829911/james-pritzker-opens-new-chapter-in-her-life

http://www.tawanifoundation.org/

http://ag.state.il.us/PDF_IMAGES/Indexes20150529/01040908-2013.pdf  2013 Illinois Charitable Organization Annual Report – Colonel Pritzker Charitable Distribution Fund

http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2014/300/040/2014-300040386-0bfe09be-F.pdf  2014 IRS Form 990PF for Colonel Pritzker Charitable Distribution Fund

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-transgender-studies-chair-pritzker-donation-met-20160119-story.html

http://www.ngef.org/guardmuster/pritzker-james/


            Funding–Trans United Fund

https://archive.is/5PAy8  (organization website)

http://www.metroweekly.com/2016/05/trans-united-fund-releases-historic-ad-featuring-parents-of-transgender-children/

http://www.thedailybeast.com/trans-united-fund-the-first-bipartisan-transgender-pac

http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Hayden-Mora/-2105613826  (TUF spokesperson)


Other transgender political advocacy

http://www.transequality.org/

https://www.aclu.org/news/advocacy-groups-file-federal-lawsuit-challenging-north-carolinas-sweeping-anti-lgbt-law


Brain Science

https://www.verywell.com/childhood-abuse-changes-the-brain-2330401 Permanent Physical Changes Can Cause Problems in Adulthood

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/dec/07/brain-science-ditch-male-female-cliche

https://simonvanrysewyk.wordpress.com/2013/04/27/mind-brain-identity-theory-brain-sex-theory-of-transsexualism-and-the-dimorphic-brain/

http://www.cheatsheet.com/health-fitness/the-male-vs-female-brain-are-they-more-similar-than-we-think.html/?a=viewall

https://medicalresearch.com/radiology/brains-of-men-and-women-more-similar-than-different/18923/

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-10/rfuo-mbd102915.php  (male vs. female brain)

https://vimeo.com/132256588  (the “science” behind transgender kids)

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28582-scans-prove-theres-no-such-thing-as-a-male-or-female-brain/

https://vimeo.com/39417183 Beyond Malacandra and Perelandra: Men are from Earth, Women are from Earth  (Dr. Mary Van Leeuwen)

http://www.apa.org/research/action/difference.aspx  Men and Women: No Big Difference (meta-study published by American Psychological Association; “Mars-Venus sex differences appear to be as mythical as the Man in the Moon. A 2005 analysis of 46 meta-analyses that were conducted during the last two decades of the 20th century underscores that men and women are basically alike in terms of personality, cognitive ability and leadership.”  See also: http://curt-rice.com/2014/03/04/2-ways-men-and-women-arent-different-and-1-way-they-are/ commenting on the 2014 update of the above work.

http://www.apa.org/research/action/share.aspx  Think Again: Men and Women Share Cognitive Skills (American Psychological Association, “Psychologists have gathered solid evidence that when it comes to how — and how well — we think, males and females differ in very few but significant ways.”)

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/05/060508_lesbian.html  (lesbians respond differently to pheromones)

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-there-something-unique-about-the-transgender-brain/(+trans); critiqued in http://www.sexologytoday.org/2016/01/on-russos-is-there-something-unique.html

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-evidence-for-born-this-way/

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/dec/01/brain-sex-many-ways-to-be-male-and-female


Child and teen psychological and brain development (not specifically trans)

http://northeastbookspublishing.net/ADHD_Books_Overcoming_ADHD.htm/blog/2014/04/12/child-development-stages-teaching-children-to-differentiate-reality-from-fantasy/ Child Development Stages – Teaching Children to Differentiate Reality from Fantasy

https://news.utexas.edu/2006/11/27/psychology  (age at which children learn to tell fantasy from reality)

https://us.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/upm-binaries/4883_ScarlettChapter_3.pdf PLAY IN EARLY CHILDHOOD The Golden Age of Make-Believe (textbook reference on imaginative play in young children

http://pbskids.org/rogers/songLyricsEverybodysFancy.html

http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev.psych.52.1.83  (abstract of Adolescent Development study regarding late adolescent challenges)

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/sense-and-sensitivity/201406/new-research-shows-empathy-in-hsps-brains  (highly sensitive person)

https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/04/21/why-do-girls-have-more-anxiety-than-boys/?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=2

https://glosswatch.com/2016/04/13/the-right-way-for-women-to-disappear/ (anorexia); see also http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/anorexia/home/ovc-20179508

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/25/depression-girls_n_1701953.html  (teen girls and depression)


         Teenage brain

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=141164708  Brain Maturity Extends Well Beyond Teen Years; most people reach full maturity at age 25

http://nautil.us/issue/15/turbulence/dude-wheres-my-frontal-cortex  (same as above)

https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/imaging-listing.shtml  The Teen Brain: 6 Things to Know

httphttp://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/the-adolescent-brain-beyond-raging-hormones  (Harvard health blog – full brain maturation occurs later than thought)

Researchers and scholars in the field of adolescent brain science: https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=RVINE97  (Russell Viner), http://www.icn.ucl.ac.uk/Staff-Lists/MemberDetails.php?FirstName=Sarah-Jayne&LastName=Blakemore  (Sarah-Jane Blakemore), http://profiles.ucsd.edu/jay.giedd (Jay Giedd)

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/teenbrain/interviews/giedd.html  (Inside the Teenage Brain, Frontline interview with Jay Giedd)

s://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiduiTq1ei8  Video: the Teenage Brain


Relevant psychological theories and concepts (not specifically trans)

http://faculty.fortlewis.edu/burke_b/Senior/BLINK%20replication/IAT.pdf  Measuring Individual Differences in Implicit Cognition: The Implicit Association Test  (how to control for self-reporting/subject’s tendency to say what researcher wants to hear)

http://psy2.ucsd.edu/~mckenzie/nickersonConfirmationBias.pdf  Confirmation Bias: A Ubiquitous Phenomenon in Many Guises  (another factor that affects psychological research)

http://psy2.ucsd.edu/~mckenzie/nickersonConfirmationBias.pdf (scholarly article on confirmation bias)

http://www.pewresearch.org/methodology/u-s-survey-research/sampling/#oversampling  Oversampling – problem with Jenn Burleton critique of gender study

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232014229_Interpersonal_Expectancy_Effects  (tendency for researchers to observe the results they expect to observe)

https://digest.bps.org.uk/2016/02/23/why-is-it-so-hard-to-persuade-people-with-facts/

https://heterodoxacademy.org/2016/04/09/the-most-dangerous-creep/ (concept creep on U.S. campuses)

http://psychology.jrank.org/pages/322/Identity-Identity-Formation.html  (Erik Erikson)

https://www.learning-theories.com/identity-status-theory-marcia.html  (James Marcia, building and expanding upon Erikson’s work)

https://www.simplypsychology.org/maslow.html  (Maslow’s hierarchy of needs)

https://arachnoid.com/psychology/psychology_science.html  (is psychology a science?)

https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001555.htm  Munchausen by proxy

https://areomagazine.com/2017/03/27/how-french-intellectuals-ruined-the-west-postmodernism-and-its-impact-explained/


Therapy resources

https://inspiredteentherapy.com/  Sasha Ayad

http://thejungsoul.com/   Lisa Marchiano


Autism/ASD

http://wrongplanet.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=243125 (girls on autism spectrum experience feelings of androgyny)

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110505103241.htm (FTM’s have higher than average rate of autistic traits)

http://www.autistichoya.com/2012/01/theres-something-wrong-with-you.html  (not specifically transgender)

https://musingsofanaspie.com/2014/11/19/at-the-intersection-of-gender-and-autism-part-i/

http://network.autism.org.uk/knowledge/insight-opinion/gender-dysphoria-and-autism  (autistic transgender therapist, + trans)

http://wrongplanet.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=243125  (feelings of androgyny among people on spectrum)

https://transresearch.info/2014/08/06/psychiatric-comorbidity-among-patients-with-gender-identity-disorder-partial-review/ (review did not find correlation between autism and gender dysphoria)

https://transresearch.info/2015/09/15/eleven-year-follow-up-of-boy-with-aspergers-syndrome-and-comorbid-gender-identity-disorder-of-childhood-review-of-a-case-study/ (case study of Japanese transgender boy with autism)

http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/susan-bradley-how-trans-activists-are-unethically-influencing-autistic-children-to-change-genders

http://theprisma.co.uk/2016/03/06/autism-aspergers-and-gender-identity/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Aspergirls-Empowering-Asperger-Syndrome/dp/1849058261

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Am-Aspiengirl-Characteristics-Females-Spectrum/dp/0992360900/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1453720595&sr=1-1&keywords=i+am+aspiengirl

http://www.medpagetoday.com/Psychiatry/GeneralPsychiatry/55673  (Asperger’s May Be More Common in Kids With Gender Dysphoria: Small study finds almost a quarter of kids with gender dysphoria likely to have Asperger’s)

http://ackerman.podbean.com/e/the-ackerman-podcast-22-gender-dysphoria-autism-with-aron-janssen-md/ (Podcast of discussion regarding correlation between gender dysphoria and autism; concludes they are completely different entities with no connection)

http://www.nationalpost.com/m/wp/blog.html?b=news.nationalpost.com/news/world/police-kill-transgender-man-suffering-from-aspergers-who-gained-viral-fame-last-year-with-calming-doghttp://www.nationalreview.com/corner/435752/most-heartbreaking-post-day-transgender-edition

http://www.wordgathering.com/issue36/essays/levinstein.html  (Dr. Kelly Levinstein, only autistic social worker in U.S.)

https://autismwomensnetwork.org/autism-womens-network-statement-on-gender/

https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/07/15/my-autistic-sons-lesson-no-one-is-broken/

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/06/29/hold-mother-cant-stop-doctor-from-mutilating-autistic-daughter-who-wants-to-be-a-boy/

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/12/children-believe-transgender-could-have-autism-says-controversial/

http://theprisma.co.uk/2016/03/06/autism-aspergers-and-gender-identity/

http://www.aacc.net/2014/04/03/teens-on-the-spectrum-whats-it-like-to-be-a-girl-with-aspergersasd/

http://tonyattwood.com.au/about-aspergers/girls-and-women-who-have-aspergers

http://www.pressure-vest.com/


Internet/social media contagion/peer group pressure

https://transgenderreality.com/2015/04/17/just-tell-her-to-shut-the-fuck-up/

http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Magazine/November-December-2008/Why-Do-Teen-Girls-Dress-the-Way-They-Do/(porn star chic)

http://ftmtopsurgery.tumblr.com/post/125090596406/meet-the-tattooed-trans-male-escort-whos-setting

https://transgenderreality.com/2015/09/11/youll-be-miserable-and-unhappy-with-your-body-for-the-rest-of-your-life/ (kids pressuring each other)

https://next.wellcomecollection.org/articles/transvengers-youth-review-interview/(comics for transgender teens)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/suren-ramasubbu/influence-of-social-media-on-teenagers_b_7427740.html

http://harvardmagazine.com/2009/09/privacy-erosion-in-internet-era

http://www.apa.org/monitor/2011/06/social-networking.aspx (how social networking is affecting our ability to live off-line)

http://www.refinery29.com/2015/11/97964/transgender-awareness-week-tumblr  (how Tumblr offers help and hope to trans teens); http://www.businessinsider.com/tumblr-and-social-media-demographics-2013-12 (advantages of Tumblr for advertisers)

https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/04/25/increase-in-teenage-genital-surgery-prompts-guidelines-for-doctors/?_r=1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/34479713/eastenders-casts-transgender-actor-in-transgender-role-on-uk-television

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/538866/the-social-network-illusion-that-tricks-your-mind/

http://www.genderodyssey.org/seattle/teens/ (teen-created program at Gender Odyssey convention)

http://fuckyeahftms.tumblr.com/

http://www.xojane.com/issues/transgender-dead-name

https://storify.com/4thwavenow/anime-culture-teen-trans-trending

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY3hHQOWjlU&feature=youtu.be  (violent video games); see also http://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2013/03/26/violentvideogames; http://www.soc.iastate.edu/staff/delisi/10%201177_1541204012460874.pdf

http://www.scarleteen.com/article/advice/im_a_straight_girl_but_wish_i_were_a_gay_guy

http://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/11/us/smoking-among-children-is-linked-to-cartoon-camel-in-advertisements.html

https://np.reddit.com/r/SJWstories/comments/3mc0eq/i_used_to_be_a_radical_genderfluid_tumblr_user/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma70AlG2mDY  (Gail Dines on pressure on cultural pressure on girls)


Children questioning gender (not explicitly pro-transition)

https://america.cgtn.com/2015/04/18/field-notes-shifting-gender-roles#more-51508

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-vilain-transgender-parents-20150521-story.html


Transgender public figures (individuals)

Alexis Arquette

http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/11/entertainment/alexis-arquette-obit/index.html

Jennifer Boylan

https://www.glaad.org/about/board/jenniferboylan

Teena Brandon

http://carolyngage.weebly.com/teena-brandons-inconvenient-truth.html

http://www.triviavoices.com/the-inconvenient-truth-about-teena-brandon.html

Alex Drummond

https://www.buzzfeed.com/patrickstrudwick/this-transgender-woman-has-a-full-beard-and-she-couldnt-be-h?utm_term=.dm0wB1Aad#.mr28LaY3W

Caitlyn Jenner

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/caitlyn-jenner-criticised-after-claiming-the-hardest-part-of-being-a-woman-is-figuring-out-what-to-a6730326.html

https://www.biography.com/people/caitlyn-jenner-307180

Jazz Jennings

https://www.buzzfeed.com/ashapiro009/jazz-jennings-is-finding-her-voice?utm_term=.melZYl0Dd#.qrMkvogBQ

https://www.tlc.com/tv-shows/i-am-jazz/

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2017/02/10/transgender-doll/97764200/

http://www.teenvogue.com/story/jazz-jennings-talks-to-parents-about-orgasm

Christine Jorgenson

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-20544095

Shannon Minter

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/08/obama-transgender-lgbt-rights_n_7538008.html

Danielle Muscato

https://daniellemuscato.startlogic.com/bio–photos.html

Willa Naylor

http://www.tvm.com.mt/en/news/il-kaz-willa-il-kwilla-willa-naylor-office-of-commissioner-for-children-expresses-concernsnaylor-child-commissioner-expresses-concernsummissarju-tat-tfal-tesprimi-thassib/

http://tgeu.org/willas-story-trans-kids-need-to-be-listened-to/

https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20160602/local/transgender-girl-8-tells-her-story.614088

https://www.glsen.org/blog/im-truly-willa

Renee Richards

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/01/garden/01renee.html

Stefonknee

https://gendertrender.wordpress.com/2015/11/29/transwoman-stefonknee-wolscht-lives-life-as-a-six-year-old-girl/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZagseNXTCBk&feature=youtu.be  documentary about Stefonknee’s life

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/transgender-father-stefonknee-wolscht-who-left-family-to-be-a-six-year-old-girl-uses-childs-play-to-a6775051.html


Suicide

http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/AFSP-Williams-Suicide-Report-Final.pdf  (the Williams Institute study – source of the 41% statistic)

http://endtransdiscrimination.org/report.html  (2008 National Transgender Discrimination Survey – basis for Williams Institute study)

https://www.beyondblue.org.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/bw0258-lgbti-mental-health-and-suicide-2013-2nd-edition.pdf?sfvrsn=2  (Australia)

https://transgenderreality.com/2015/03/04/when-suicide-is-presented-as-the-logical-alternative/

https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/nhs-failing-provide-treatment-trans-teens-leading-suicides-experts-warn/#gs.M14NOQw

https://vimeo.com/185183788  USPATH: transition your kid or face the consequences

https://vimeo.com/205696206  Suicidality symposium USPATH 2017 (excerpt)

http://www.torontosun.com/2015/06/08/suicide-rate-much-higher-for-transgender-canadians-study

http://www.vocativ.com/culture/lgbt/transgender-suicide/

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article16652432.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20150213054306/http:/transequality.org/PDFs/NCTE_Suicide_Prevention.pdf

https://www.lgbtmap.org/file/talking-about-suicide-and-lgbt-populations.pdf

https://davidhealy.org/articles/#Suicide_Articles  (links between anti-depressants and suicide)

https://b0rnwr0ng.wordpress.com/2016/09/07/relevance-of-suicide-contagion/

http://www.transcentralpa.org/_content/downloads/Preventing_Transgender_Suicide.pdf

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00031539.htm  CDC guidelines for reporting about suicide

http://depts.washington.edu/mhreport/facts_suicide.php  Facts about suicide and mental illness

http://students.com.miami.edu/netreporting/?page_id=1285  U.S. suicide stats by race

https://afsp.org/about-suicide/suicide-statistics/ U.S. suicide statistics

http://www.aguycalledhelen.com/2016/10/06/a-culture-of-fragility/

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/an-hero  4Chan

https://aenramsden.tumblr.com/post/145267745862/latwpiat-adramofpoison-piss-monster/embed  misgendering can cause suicide

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/10/03/mother-sues-hospital-for-discrimination-after-staff-kept-calling-her-transgender-son-a-girl/?utm_term=.589a3106c172  (Kyler, suit against hospital for misgendering), also https://www.dailydot.com/irl/genderqueer-suicide-kyler-prescott-kik/ , http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/10/07/trans-teen-killed-himself-after-hospital-staff-kept-calling-him-a-girl/,  http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/trans-teen-kills-suicide-watch-hospital-nurses-kept-calling-girl/ , http://www.10news.com/news/grieving-mother-says-transgender-son-was-bullied-online-052515  http://transgenderlawcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Prescott-Complaint-USDC-Southern.pdf  (complaint in above case)

http://www.advocate.com/transgender/2015/9/30/family-friends-mourn-madison-trans-teen-activist-skyler-marcus-lee  (Skylar Lee)

https://www.dailydot.com/irl/skylar-lee-death-wisconsin/ (Skylar Lee)

http://ourlivesmadison.com/article/motivated-empowered/ (profile of Skylar Lee)

https://www.dailydot.com/irl/blake-brockington-homecoming-king-suicide/ (Blake Brockington)

http://villagegreennj.com/towns/suicide-popular-chs-grad-sam-price-sparks-transgender-youth-foundation/ (Sam Price)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1578781/Boy-hanged-himself-after-Bridgend-suicides-talk.html  (Cameron McWilliams)

http://www.advocate.com/transgender/2015/10/07/san-diego-mourns-fourth-trans-teen-lost-suicide-year  (San Diego trans teen suicide cluster)


Increased referrals to gender clinics; lowering age of consent

https://www.facebook.com/groups/WPATH/permalink/1168174486560309/ (Olson-Kennedy agitates for lowering of age of consent for genital surgery); also https://www.facebook.com/groups/WPATH/permalink/1466280496749705

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/jul/11/transgender-nhs-doctor-prescribing-sex-hormones-children-uk?CMP=share_btn_fb  (lowering age of consent for cross-sex hormones to 12)

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/nov/05/children-seeking-gender-identity-advice-sees-100-increase-nhs

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-35532491

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-36010664

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/jul/10/transgender-clinic-waiting-times-patient-numbers-soar-gender-identity-services

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/surge-in-demand-sees-one-year-waits-for-childrens-transgender-clinic-20150520-gh61rj (demand surging in Australia for children’s gender change)

https://www.houstoniamag.com/articles/2014/11/3/what-do-transgender-children-need-november-2014 (kids are transitioning earlier than ever)

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/features/3780191-exploding-numbers-transgender-children-parents-seek-clinical-help

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/demand-clinicians-transgender-youth/#.WFuX0iLv06g.twitter

https://vimeo.com/205697700  USPATH: force parents to go along with gender recommendations (Puberty suppression symposium, USPATH 2017 (excerpt)


WPATH

https://web.archive.org/web/20120920085610/http:/www.wpath.org/documents/SOC%20V7%2003-17-12.pdf  (standards of care as of 3/17/12)

https://www.facebook.com/groups/WPATH/permalink/1071555382888887/ (question for WPATH, how to get transgender procedures without dysphoria dx?)

https://www.facebook.com/groups/WPATH/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/WPATH/permalink/1127054517338973/ (members of WPATH: kids never desist)

https://www.facebook.com/groups/WPATH/permalink/1188017191242705/ (WPATH goes after James Cantor for tweeting link to YTCP)  (Cantor walks it back some more: https://twitter.com/JamesCantorPhD/status/718051783327789056)

http://uspath2017.conferencespot.org/  USPATH inaugural conference


EPATH

http://epath.eu/conference-2015/program/


General medical resources (not specifically transgender)

https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/home (site listing ongoing clinical trials in U.S.)

https://projectreporter.nih.gov/reporter.cfm (find out what research is sponsored by NIH)

http://www.naehcy.org/sites/default/files/pdf/State%20by%20state%20overview.pdf  (state by state review of age of consent for routine medical procedures)

https://www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/practice/dsm  (online version of DSM-V)

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/science-isnt-golden/201111/challenging-dsm-5-growing-fast  (some professionals challenging DSM-V)

http://www.who.int/gender-equity-rights/en/ World Health Organization statement on gender

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hidden-dangers-of-going-under/ (risks of general anesthesia)

https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/turner-syndrome

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/factitious-disorder/symptoms-causes/dxc-20322573

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/12/15/justina/vnwzbbNdiodSD7WDTh6xZI/story.html  (parents vs. doctors, not trans)

https://www.guideline.gov/ (guidelines for evidence-based medicine)

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs241/en/ WHO position on female genital mutilation

http://www.gmc-uk.org/guidance/news_consultation/27171.asp  (U.K. professional advertising guidelines for doctors offering cosmetic surgery)


Medical issues related to transition (see also specific issues)

https://gendertrender.wordpress.com/2015/04/23/our-daughter-in-college-just-announced-herhir-intent-to-start-taking-testosterone-what-should-we-do/

https://sexnotgender.com/2013/03/20/activism-to-normalize-gender-transitioning-now-comes-at-childrens-expense/

http://www.gires.org.uk/assets/DOH-Assets/pdf/doh-children-and-adolescents.pdf NHS Guidelines for Gender Variant Children and Young People

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Gender-dysphoria/Pages/Symptoms.aspx  NHS Guidelines, see also https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/08/clinical-com-pol-16046p.pdf  NHS Guidelines on commissioning cross-sex hormones; see also http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Transhealth/Documents/LivingMyLife.pdf  NHS brochure

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/when-transgender-kids-transition-medical-risks-are-both-known-and-unknown/(many doctors active in pediatric transition admit to lack of knowledge)

https://gendertrender.wordpress.com/2014/11/11/skipping-the-puberty-blockers-american-transgender-children-doctors-are-going-rogue/

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-08/chla-nff081415.php  (announcement of NIH multi-state transgender kids study)

http://www.nature.com/news/largest-ever-study-of-transgender-teenagers-set-to-kick-off-1.19637  (NIH study referenced above)

https://www.bustle.com/articles/151052-the-largest-ever-study-of-transgender-teens-is-about-to-begin-heres-why-thats-important  (NIH study referenced above)

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/nyregion/transgender-minors-gender-reassignment-surgery.html?_r=3

https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/group/gender/transgender/index.html  (risk of contracting HIV 50 times higher for transgender people)

http://www.apa.org/practice/guidelines/transgender.pdf, American Psychological Association Guidelines for Psychological Practice With Transgender and Gender Nonconforming People (December 2015)

http://www.psychology.org.au/Assets/Files/Info-Sheet-Transgender-affirmation-extended-version.pdf  (Australia)

https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02185274?term=testosterone+transgender+cardiovascular&rank=1 Observational Study on Metabolism and Psychopathology in Transsexual Patients (German study that is still recruiting patients)

http://thejungsoul.com/guidance-for-parents-of-teens-with-rapid-onset-gender-dysphoria/

http://www.app.com/story/life/wellness/2016/03/29/challenges-transgender-transitioning/82159532/ (+trans)

https://www.transgendertrend.com/uk-treatment-dilemmas-puberty-suppression-seminar/ (blog post pointing out medical issues relating to child transition discussed at Cambridge University seminar on treatment of GNC children)

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2004/jul/30/health.mentalhealth  (sex changes are not effective, say researchers)

http://jackdreschermd.net/ (Jack Drescher, psychiatrist working to change DSM re transgenderism); see also https://www.statnews.com/2016/06/03/who-transgender-mental-illness-classification/ (re DSM implying transgenderism is a mental illness); see also http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/92/9/14-135541/en/(changing the WHO classification system)

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/07/whats-missing-from-the-conversation-about-transgender-kids.html

http://www.newsweek.com/2016/07/29/cancer-transgender-health-hormone-therapies-482423.html  (navigating cancer as a transgender person)

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/nov/13/transgender-children-the-parents-and-doctors-on-the-frontline

http://www.apa.org/pi/lgbt/committee/index.aspx  American Psychological Association committee


Breast binding

http://www.ftmtopsurgery.ca/blog/ftm-faq/health-consequences-chest-binding/

http://destroyyourbinder.tumblr.com/video

https://glosswatch.com/2016/08/04/we-need-to-call-breast-binding-what-it-really-is/

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/feminism/2016/08/anorexia-breast-binding-and-legitimisation-body-hatred

https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/7xzpxx/chest-binding-health-project-inside-landmark-overdue-transgender-study

https://gendertrender.wordpress.com/2015/09/30/sex-shop-fined-for-selling-dangerous-chest-binder-to-transgender-teen/sex shop fined for selling breast binder to minor (Canada)

http://truth-about-transition.tumblr.com/post/123948763021/what-to-do-if-you-have-a-binding-injury

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8Z5LSDhnO8&feature=player_embedded (FTM binding injury video)

http://www.transyouthequality.org/binders  (+binders)

https://www.autostraddle.com/in-a-bind-144632/breast binders for kids are great (+binders)

http://www.f2mbinders.com/binder manufacturer/distributor plus free binders (+binders)

https://www.gc2b.co/another binder manufacturer/distributor (+binders)

http://fuckyeahbinders.tumblr.com/post/22201284249/how-to-get-a-binder-without-a-credit-card-and  (+binders)


Mastectomy

http://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/mastectomy/basics/risks/prc-20012749

http://brownsteincrane.com/ftm-surgery/  (Curtis Crane and partners)

http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/health/services/cosmetic-plastics-services/surgery/breast/transgender-chest-recon.cfm  (Oregon Health Services University)

http://www.pioneervalleyplasticsurgery.com/f-to-m-chest-wall-reconstruction.html

http://dirtywhiteboi67.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/ftm-top-surgery-tale-in-modern.html

https://ftmjasper.wordpress.com/tag/mastectomy/

https://gendertrender.wordpress.com/2014/03/16/if-the-nipple-falls-off-just-throw-it-in-the-garbage-when-ftm-top-surgery-goes-wrong/

https://gendertrender.wordpress.com/2015/08/21/aydin-olson-kennedy-msw-urges-gender-surgery-for-down-syndrome-child-in-intensive-care-unit/ (double mastectomy for Downs Syndrome teen)

https://b0rnwr0ng.wordpress.com/2016/08/03/masectomy-feelings/

https://b0rnwr0ng.wordpress.com/2016/08/04/nerve-damage/

https://www.youcaring.com/faol-n-humphrey-640783  botched FTM chest surgery

http://www.007b.com/breast_gallery.php  (gallery of normal female breasts)

http://www.topsurgery.net/surgeons/dr-e-antonio-mangubat.htm  Dr. Mangubat, transgender mastectomy surgeon in Pacific Northwest

https://www.reddit.com/r/asktransgender/comments/408vod/top_surgery_for_nonftm/ mastectomy for non-binary women; also http://transurgery.com/before-and-after/non-binary-procedure

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/29/well/live/after-mastectomies-an-unexpected-blow-numb-new-breasts.html?_r=0


Phalloplasty

http://brownsteincrane.com/ftm-surgery/  (Curtis Crane and partners)

http://brownsteincrane.com/ftm-phalloplasty-photos/

http://www.smsna.org/scottsdale2016/presentations/054.pdf  Curtis Crane presentation about FTM surgeries; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtvVRw5H6cc&feature=youtu.be  interview with Curtis Crane

http://www.teni.ie/attachments/11dd8235-ec9b-40b8-9532-a183b0ce926e.PDF (pro-procedure)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3627091/I-lost-virginity-twice-Transgender-man-born-girl-says-sex-life-amazing-having-penis-skin-FOREARM.html


Vaginoplasty and other MTF surgeries and procedures not discussed above

https://www.savaperovic.com/mtf-gender-reassignment-surgery.htm

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/science/how-surgeons-transform-penis-vagina-6956319

https://truthspeakproject.com/2016/03/18/jessica-tells-me-what-estrogen-did-to-her-orgasms-and-what-it-means-when-your-new-vagina-is-melting-off/


Sterilization/fertility preservation

https://gendertrender.wordpress.com/2015/04/26/im-planning-to-sterilize-my-seven-year-old-son-before-he-sexually-matures-then-freeze-my-own-eggs-so-he-can-one-day-find-a-surrogate-and-raise-my-offspring-his-siblings-as-their-mother/

http://www.gallup.com/poll/164618/desire-children-norm.aspx  (U.S. attitudes towards having children)

http://www.transhealth.ucsf.edu/trans?page=guidelines-fertility  (fertility options for transgender persons)

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/trans-patients-looking-fertility-options-turn-cancer-research/

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/09/sterilizing-a-child-for-a-better-life/279765/ (sterilization for children who aren’t trans)

http://www.californialawreview.org/sterilization-and-minors-with-intersex-conditions-in-california-law/ (sterilizing intersex children)

http://www.healio.com/endocrinology/reproduction-androgen-disorders/news/print/endocrine-today/%7Bec09ebf9-d9df-4f4c-9378-97b92788f50d%7D/gonadectomy-sterilization-and-the-child-with-disorders-of-sex-development  (sterilization for children who aren’t trans)

http://www.advocate.com/commentary/2016/3/09/trans-men-need-competent-fertility-care-i-never-got

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-05-13/health/ct-met-sterilization-denied-20140513_1_tubal-ligation-sterilization-young-women  (doctors reluctant to sterilize young women outside the transgender context)

http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/05/08/ashley.ruling/index.html?iref=newssearch  (pillow angel)

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/27/magazine/should-parents-of-severely-disabled-children-be-allowed-to-stop-their-growth.html?_r=1

https://vimeo.com/185178522  Diane Ehrensaft: Parents need to be “worked with” to consent to sterilizing their 11-year-old “trans” kids


Lupron

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/toma-lynn-smith/lupron-side-effects_b_3442030.html

https://www.hormonesmatter.com/lupron-precocious-puberty-parents-patients-speak/; also https://www.hormonesmatter.com/lupron-precocious-puberty-decades-regulatory-silence/; also https://www.hormonesmatter.com/lupron-reproductive-injury/

https://rxisk.org/lupron-a-nightmare-produced-in-abbvie/

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/10/17/controversial-therapy-for-young-transgender-patients-raises-questions.html?icid=maing-grid7%257Cmain5%257Cdl1%257Csec3_lnk1%257C105154

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0UVnp8_NGc

http://www.mbp.state.md.us/bpqapp/orders/d2425004.271.pdf (Mark Geier’s license suspended for giving Lupron to autistic children)

https://anywoman2.wordpress.com/2015/05/07/doctor-gets-in-trouble-for-prescribing-lupron-to-asd-children-as-blanket-treatment/ (Mark Geier)

http://doubtfulnews.com/2012/10/discredited-geiers-disciplined-in-several-states-still-can-run-autism-clinics-in-two/(Mark Geier)

https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/chemical-castration-for-autism-after-three-years-the-mainstream-media-finally-notices/

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/10/delaying-puberty-with-the-help-of-the-state/381366/

https://www.healio.com/endocrinology/pediatric-endocrinology/news/print/endocrine-today/%7B69c4c36a-37c3-4053-a856-22a27f8df62c%7D/pubertal-blockade-safe-for-pediatric-patients-with-gender-identity-disorder  Lupron is safe, per Dr. Daniel Metzger (Canada), see also http://www.drwallacewong.com/about

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-lgbt-youth-insurance-idUSKCN0SR24G20151102#Jv5lATTyUb0e5wWX.97

https://www.cancer.gov/types/prostate/prostate-hormone-therapy-fact-sheet

https://www.kidsinthehouse.com/teenager/sexuality/transgender/deciding-when-to-treat-a-youth-for-gender-re-assignment  (once on Lupron, nobody desists)

http://lupronvictimshub.com/

https://www.nwhn.org/lupron-what-does-it-do-to-womens-health/

http://californiahealthline.org/news/women-fear-drug-they-used-to-halt-puberty-led-to-health-problems/

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2010/020263s035lbl.pdf  FDA guide to Lupron for children

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2014/019010s037lbl.pdf  FDA guide to Lupron for adult males

http://www.hayesinc.com/hayes/publications/medical-technology-directory/dir-hormone2983/   Industry standards regarding Hormone Therapy for the Treatment of Gender Dysphoria, see also https://www.unitedhealthcareonline.com/ccmcontent/ProviderII/UHC/en-US/Assets/ProviderStaticFiles/ProviderStaticFilesPdf/Tools%20and%20Resources/Policies%20and%20Protocols/Medical%20Policies/Drug%20Policies/Lupron_DP.pdf

https://www.petition2congress.com/ctas/investigation-lupron-side-effects-leuprolide-acetate  Petition regarding investigation into side effects of Lupron


Estrogen used outside the transgender context

http://www.lifeextension.com/Magazine/2013/11/Surprise-Findings-in-Estrogen-Debate/Page-01 (questionable source)

http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/Atherosclerosis/48808

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2005/081295s014,084499s042,084500s044lbl.pdf  FDA warning about estradiol use


Steroids for women within the transgender context

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-08/econ-rst082815.php  (Research shows testosterone changes brain structures in female-to-male transsexuals)

http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2015/08/31/Testosterone-therapy-reveals-differences-between-male-female-brains/8781441038348/ (testosterone changes FTM brain structures)

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150831001124.htm  (testosterone changes FTM brain structures)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/11833715/sex-change-women-hormone-treatment-men-brain-traits.html  (testosterone changes FTM brain structures)

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/women-given-testosterone-during-sex-change-process-start-to-think-more-like-men-10480140.html  (testosterone changes FTM brain structures)

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/08/31/testosterone_and_the_brain_new_study_suggests_sex_hormones_change_the_way.html  (testosterone changes FTM brain structures)

http://www.cpath.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/EndoTransYouth.pdf Presentation by Daniel Metzger on Endocrine Therapy for Transgender Youth, BC Children’s Hospital

http://www.dimensionsclinic.org/docs/trans/testosterone_ftm.pdf  (informed consent form)

http://www.transgendertrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Informed_Consent_-_Testosterone_Therapy.pdf  (another informed consent form)

https://mariacatt.com/2015/12/07/unavoidable/ (de-transitioner reflection on testosterone)

http://www.ftmguide.org/ttherapybasics.html#stopping

http://www.livestrong.com/article/508120-what-is-the-average-ftm-testosterone-injection/


Steroids outside the transgender context

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/26/sports/drug-testing-east-german-steroids-toll-they-killed-heidi.html

http://www.exberliner.com/features/lifestyle/doped-and-dropped%3A-the-endless-plight-of-former-east-german-athletes/

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/10/31/1193618974100.html

http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/dopings-darkest-hour-the-east-germans-and-the-1976-montreal-games/

http://www.newsweek.com/2014/06/13/east-germanys-steroid-shame-253840.html

http://content.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1996453,00.html (dexmethasone taken during pregnancy to prevent CAH)

http://www.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2010/06/29/doctor-treating-pregnant-women-with-experimental-drug-to-prevent-lesbianism (same)

http://www.sportsci.org/encyc/anabstereff/anabstereff.html  side effects of anabolic steroids in general


Testosterone generally (outside transgender context)

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/09/testosterone-brain/402967/  (how testosterone affects language)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/28/well/testosterone-therapy-is-popular-but-studies-are-mixed.html

https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drugsafety/postmarketdrugsafetyinformationforpatientsandproviders/ucm161874.htm  FDA guide to testosterone

https://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/ucm436259.htm  FDA warning about testosterone


Femininity training

http://theralphretort.com/woman-under-attack-by-activists-because-she-offers-femininity-training-to-transgender-people-4016016/


Uterine transplants for men

http://www.tgforum.com/wordpress/index.php/uterine-transplants-for-transsexuals/


Informed consent

http://www.icath.org/

http://www.dimensionsclinic.org/docs/trans/testosterone_ftm.pdf  (informed consent form)

http://www.transgendertrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Informed_Consent_-_Testosterone_Therapy.pdf  (another informed consent form)


Hospital-affiliated clinics

GEMS Clinic (Boston Children’s Hospital) (Norman Spack)

http://www.childrenshospital.org/centers-and-services/disorders-of-sexual-development-dsd-and-gender-management-service-program

https://thriving.childrenshospital.org/norman-spack-saving-transgender-lives/

http://www.transyouthequality.org/about-us/ (Spack on board of Trans Youth Equality)

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/nyregion/transgender-minors-gender-reassignment-surgery.html?_r=3  (the salivating article)

https://www.ted.com/talks/norman_spack_how_i_help_transgender_teens_become_who_they_want_to_be  Norman Spack’s TED Talk

http://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/03/30/qa_with_norman_spack/?page=2

GenderCare (U.K.) (Stuart Lorimer)

http://gendercare.co.uk/; official Tumblr: https://gendercare.tumblr.com/

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/dr-stuart-lorimer/transgender-equality-movi_b_8977614.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N42BCOHl2Y&feature=youtu.be  (my first visit to GenderCare)

http://79.170.40.33/angelsforum.co.uk/phpforum/viewtopic.php?t=26940  (message to Lorimer patients)

http://web.archive.org/web/20170119230751/https:/twitter.com/tweetsbyn0ah/status/818123269190590464  (Twitter commentary about availability of testosterone at GenderCare); also http://web.archive.org/web/20170119175632/https:/twitter.com/clarkes_murphy/status/816083900451713024; http://web.archive.org/web/20170119175247/https:/twitter.com/soberdemise/status/761201187827945472; http://web.archive.org/web/20170119175048/https:/twitter.com/Bunjee93/status/772116321609940993; http://web.archive.org/web/20170119174811/https:/twitter.com/adamsashxs/status/786289317157011456; https://ukftm.tumblr.com/post/126743878101/im-binary-but-just-wanted-to-chime-in-that-dr; https://ukftm.tumblr.com/post/126696260231/im-really-sorry-to-the-people-i-upset-with-my (GenderCare treats NB)

https://twitter.com/GenderCareDrL/status/820743599558184965  (Lorimer tweets on treatment age); see also http://web.archive.org/web/20170119180225/https:/twitter.com/GenderCareDrL/status/785127501114793984  (the 4 Horsemen tweet); http://web.archive.org/web/20170119181129/https:/twitter.com/GenderCareDrL/status/820444315247853569  (the milkshake tweet) (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=milkshake); http://web.archive.org/web/20170119180546/https:/twitter.com/GenderCareDrL/status/820703187585953792  (Lorimer not an expert on children/teens); https://twitter.com/GenderCareDrL/status/753726332404629510  (Lorimer is on Tumblr anyway); https://twitter.com/GenderCareDrL/status/769489232339566592  (Lorimer the Mixmaster); http://web.archive.org/web/20170119232623/https:/twitter.com/GenderCareDrL/status/761379590019358725  (cool business cards); http://web.archive.org/web/20170119232929/https:/twitter.com/GenderCareDrL/status/807189874742792192 (new clinic affiliation)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesmbarrett/8285378656 (photographer: https://www.facebook.com/JamesMBarrettPhoto/)

GENECIS (Dallas Children’s Hospital Gender Clinic)

https://www.childrens.com/specialties-services/specialty-centers-and-programs/endocrinology/programs-and-services/genecis-program

http://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/news/a52442/what-its-like-to-be-a-doctor-at-a-pediatric-transgender-clinic-in-dallas/

Hasbro Children’s Hospital (Rhode Island) (Michelle Forcier)

http://turnto10.com/news/local/ri-doctor-leads-effort-on-caring-for-transgender-children

Johns Hopkins clinic

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/michael-w-chapman/johns-hopkins-psychiatrist-transgender-mental-disorder-sex-change

http://www.bioethicsinstitute.org/people/margaret-moon-4?doing_wp_cron=1496257464.0801789760589599609375 (Dr. Margaret Moon raising concerns about rush to transgender in 2012 Dateline program)

https://www.wsj.com/articles/paul-mchugh-transgender-surgery-isnt-the-solution-1402615120 (WSJ article detailing why Johns Hopkins shut down transgender program)

http://bioethicsbulletin.org/archive/jhu-bioethicist-margaret-moon-on-dateline-nbc (link to Dateline 2012 videos featuring Dr. Margaret Moon; videos are still live)

https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/06/18/is-there-a-right-age-to-change-ones-sex/few-adolescents-are-capable-of-making-a-decision-to-have-gender-transforming-surgery (NYT op-ed by Dr. Margaret Moon)

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2006-07-09/news/0607090031_1_gender-johns-hopkins-john-money  John Money obit

Los Angeles Children’s Hospital (Johanna Olson-Kennedy)

https://gendertrender.wordpress.com/2014/11/11/skipping-the-puberty-blockers-american-transgender-children-doctors-are-going-rogue/

https://www.kidsinthehouse.com/teenager/sexuality/transgender/deciding-when-to-treat-a-youth-for-gender-re-assignment

Lurie Children’s Hospital (Chicago, Illinois)

http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/June-2015/Doctor-Rob-Garofalo/

http://chicagoist.com/2013/02/09/lurie_childrens_hospital_of_chicago.php

https://www.luriechildrens.org/en-us/news-events/Pages/tawani_gift_to_gender_and_sex_development_364.aspx?utm_campaign=monthly_newsletter-heroes_update&utm_source=2016-07-07&utm_medium=Email&s_src=monthly_newsletter-heroes_update&s_subsrc=2016-07-07_Email

https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20160623/streeterville/billionaire-jennifer-pritzker-helps-fund-clinic-for-trans-kids-at-lurie

Mt. Sinai Hospital (New York, New York)

http://www.mountsinai.org/patient-care/service-areas/center-for-transgender-medicine-and-surgery

Online Gender Clinic (U.K. – Helen Webberley)

https://gendergp.co.uk/

http://elearning.rcgp.org.uk/course/info.php?popup=0&id=169  (Webberley qualifications)

http://web.archive.org/web/20170119230051/https:/twitter.com/tweetsbyn0ah/status/814410046742335488  (Twitter commentary)

Rebirth OB/GYN (Salt Lake City) (Rixt Luikenaar)

Rebirth OB/GYN Clinic & Gender Center

San Francisco Center for Excellence in Transgender Health

https://www.ucsfbenioffchildrens.org/clinics/child_and_adolescent_gender_center/

http://transhealth.ucsf.edu/trans?page=protocol-evidence Guidelines for the Primary and Gender-Affirming Care of Transgender and Gender Nonbinary People

http://transhealth.ucsf.edu/trans?page=guidelines-youth Health Considerations for Transgender Youth

http://transhealth.ucsf.edu/trans?page=ab-karasic  Dan Karasic, M.D.

http://profiles.ucsf.edu/stephen.rosenthal  Stephen Rosenthal, M.D.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/WPATH/permalink/1106680932709665/?comment_id=1106711436039948&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R9%22%7D  Karasic: non-binaries should also get top surgery

https://www.facebook.com/groups/WPATH/permalink/1106680932709665/ Karasic: medical procedures should be available for non-binaries

https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2016/06/403226/free-to-be-he-she-they

https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2015/11/284401/pioneering-ucsf-clinic-helps-transgender-youth-be-themselves

Seattle Children’s Hospital

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/transgender-kids-a-family-quest-a-medical-quandary/

Stanford University Children’s Health Care transgender clinic

https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2015/10/08/stanford-childrens-health-begins-to-offer-transgender-care

http://www.stanfordchildrens.org/en/doctor/default?id=tandy-aye  (Dr. Tandy Aye)

https://med.stanford.edu/profiles/tandy-aye?tab=publications  (Tandy Aye research)

https://med.stanford.edu/profiles/david-hong?tab=publications  (David Hong research)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FvsJEBNA9Y  (David Hong YouTube)

Tavistock & Portman Gender Identity Development Service (U.K.)

http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/women-and-equalities-committee/transgender-equality/oral/21638.html  (2015 parliamentary testimony from Bernadette Wren)

http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/women-and-equalities-committee/transgender-equality/written/19794.html (2015 parliamentary testimony from T & P)

http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/women-and-equalities-committee/inquiries/parliament-2015/transgender-equality/publications/ (listing of testimony given; includes selections listed above)

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/nov/05/children-seeking-gender-identity-advice-sees-100-increase-nhs

UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital – Child and Adolescent Gender Center Clinic

https://www.ucsfbenioffchildrens.org/clinics/child_and_adolescent_gender_center/

http://profiles.ucsf.edu/stephen.rosenthal


Sex education for kids (including but not limited to transgenderism)/school issues

            Specific schools and situations

http://koin.com/2015/03/07/adolescent-teen-sexuality-conference-canceled/  (Oregon)

http://koin.com/2015/02/17/doe-sex-conference-pamphlets-not-appropriate/  (Oregon)

https://lintvkoin.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/adolescent-sex-conference-meth-pamphlet.jpg?w=650 (Oregon)

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/aug/23/md-schools-dont-tell-parents-transgender-males/(Maryland); see also video explaining policy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mraw769OhY4

https://youthtranscriticalprofessionals.org/2016/08/20/gender-activism-in-schools/ (Nova Academy, Minnesota); also http://www.genderjustice.us/news/2016/4/11/family-files-gender-discrimination-charge-against-st-paul-public-charter-school


Articles pro/con teaching transgenderism in schools; location specified if available

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3243313/Children-young-three-taught-transgender-issues-MPs-told.html  (U.K. – transgender ed for pre-schoolers)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3298715/Children-young-FOUR-given-transgender-lessons-encourage-explore-gender-identities.html

https://www.thejunipercenter.com/transgender-kids-5-must-dos-support-trans-childs-transition-school/

http://www.allsortsyouth.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Trans-Inclusion-Schools-Toolkit.pdf  Brighton & Hove schools, U.K. (+trans)

https://genderedintelligence.wordpress.com/2015/07/24/how-schools-can-become-more-trans-inclusive-year-12-student-tells-us-how-it-is/ (Gendered Intelligence reflection, + trans)

https://gsa.uk.com/about/ (girls schools in U.K. to replace word “girls”)

http://www.nclrights.org/press-room/press-release/first-of-its-kind-publication-provides-schools-with-guidance-to-ensure-safe-and-supportive-environments-for-transgender-students/  (5 organizations, including NEA, develop publication about transgender i.d. for schools, + trans)

http://hrc-assets.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com//files/assets/resources/Anti-trans_legislation_letter_from_child_advocacy_organizations.pdf  (list of supporters of HRC gender education guidelines including APA, NEA)

http://www.welcomingschools.org/pages/affirming-gender-in-elementary-school-social-transitioning/ (HRC)

http://laelarrington.com/2016/08/new-study-gives-us-good-science-to-raise-sexually-healthy-kids/#more-3599

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/aug/15/french-schools-3d-model-clitoris-sex-education?CMP=fb_gu


Handbooks and curriculum guides for teaching transgender; school policies

http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/guide4young-trans-inUK.pdf

https://www.nea.org/assets/docs/Schools_in_Transition_2015.pdf

https://www.stonewall.org.uk/sites/default/files/an_introduction_to_supporting_lgbt_young_people_-_a_guide_for_schools_2015.pdf

https://www.dropbox.com/s/h0bk0b022v44sxc/Responding_to_Concerns_Teaching_About_Gender_030915.pdf?dl=0  (Gender Spectrum: why should my child learn about gender in school)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jqwwh7nr8dfvknq/Responding_to_Concerns_Supporting_TG_Students_030915.pdf?dl=0  (Gender Spectrum: why is the school making a big deal about this)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4we9umyz1geln0g/Student_Gender_Support_Plan.030215.pdf?dl=0  (Gender Spectrum, for use in schools)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/wgtsogsv1rnthvr/Student_Gender_Transition_Plan_030215.pdf?dl=0 (Gender Spectrum, for use in schools)

http://www.transstudent.org/gender  the Gender Unicorn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXAoG8vAyzI&feature=youtu.be  Crash Course in human sexuality

https://v3.boardbook.org/Public/PublicItemDownload.aspx?ik=38786143  (Nova Academy policy)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCecsVoeJcsXbAra7Sl4mOPw  Queer Kid Stuff; see also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=worIRz2lQLA  What is Gender?, see also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtrfHbCqnCU  What Does Queer Mean?, see also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhU5E36j4Q8  What Does Gay Mean?


Child sexual abuse prevention

http://www.stopitnow.org/ohc-content/behaviors-to-watch-out-for-when-adults-are-with-children

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-10/gorman-second-thoughts/4809582  (Australian journalist defends article about gay parents who turned out to be pedophiles)

https://schoolsimprovement.net/children-as-young-as-four-being-given-transgender-lessons-which-encourage-them-to-explore-their-gender-identities/ (feedback on role played by Gendered Intelligence in U.K. schools)

http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/katy/news/article/Attorneys-Katy-area-teacher-fired-for-refusing-6622339.php#photo-8935656; also http://www.houstonchronicle.com/neighborhood/katy/news/article/Complaint-Katy-area-teacher-fired-for-refusing-6623487.php


Packers/tucking

https://gendertrender.wordpress.com/2015/09/26/babys-first-dildo-courtesy-of-the-transgender-movement/

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/kids/more-than-just-undies-the-smallest-details-are-the-most-important-for-parents-of-transgender-kids/news-story/81888cf28a83626af1ac47668c187d3e

http://www.tranzwear.net/store.php/TranZwear/pg13402/welcome

http://ijr.com/2015/09/432633-company-controversially-manufacturing-devices-transgender-kids/

https://whatmakesyourgender.wordpress.com/the-project/objects/ (packers in the British Science Museum)

http://actsofgreatness.org/blog/2014/9/11/tips-for-trans-teens-tucking-101


Clothing

https://www.etsy.com/shop/LeoLines(for transgender boys)

https://www.etsy.com/listing/242882600/kids-neutral-underwear?ref=listing-shop-header-2

http://fashion-history.lovetoknow.com/fashion-history-eras/history-childrens-clothing  (children’s clothing of the past)

http://www.artofmanliness.com/2015/03/18/real-men-wear-pink/

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/10/pink-used-common-color-boys-blue-girls/

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/11/01/check-out-these-women-who-model-menswear-and-look-awesome/

http://www.scarleteen.com/article/advice/as_a_trans_person_how_can_i_navigate_authentic_gender_expression_and_avoid_the_identi  (girl who is a “gay boy” but dresses like a girl)

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/01/21/this-school-has-done-something-wonderful-for-its-trans-students/ uniforms


Gendered toys

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/12/toys-are-more-divided-by-gender-now-than-they-were-50-years-ago/383556/

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/christmas/8953771/Toys-for-boys-and-girls-are-a-no-no-at-Hamleys.html

https://storify.com/LetToysBeToys/samechilddiffinterests


Contrasting treatment of other conditions/age-based rules

http://www.gilead.com/news/press-releases/2013/12/us-food-and-drug-administration-approves-gileads-sovaldi-sofosbuvir-for-the-treatment-of-chronic-hepatitis-c (drug works for treatment of chronic disease but was not released to public until rigorous testing)

https://www.boston.com/culture/health/2014/07/17/why-21-a-look-at-our-nations-drinking-age

http://www.claires.com/us/content/ear-piercing?utm_source=cj&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=11771025&utm_term=3662453 (ear piercing for minors)


Medical treatments of the past, includes analogous discredited procedures and theories

http://www.keepyourchildsafe.org/syndicated-content-article-the-medicine-worked-fine-until-his-jaw-came-off.html Radium Water

http://cnx.org/contents/-yJE1DIQ@5/The-Myth-Reality-and-History-o Mercury

http://io9.gizmodo.com/5896669/when-opium-was-for-newborns-and-bayer-sold-heroin Opium for babies

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Cotton_%28doctor%29 Surgical bacteriology, also http://io9.gizmodo.com/how-an-early-psychiatric-treatment-lead-to-widespread-m-727227536

http://www.thalidomide.ca/the-canadian-tragedy/ Thalidomide

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/14/us/14nazis.html?_r=0  Nazi experiments on children

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/allen-frances/children-bipolar-disorder_b_1213028.html  Child bipolar disorder

https://boydellandbrewer.com/female-circumcision-and-clitoridectomy-in-the-united-states.html  Clitoridectomy to cure masturbation

http://www.supportedbirth.com/articles/twilight-sleep-childbirth-history  twilight sleep in childbirth

https://archive.org/details/psychosurgeryrep00unit  Psychosurgery: Report and Recommendations (National Commission for Protection of Human Subjects), also https://archive.org/details/qualityofhealthc02unit  Quality of Health Care: Human Experimentation

https://breggin.com/  Psychiatric drug facts


Marrow transplants for breast cancer

http://theincidentaleconomist.com/wordpress/the-rise-and-fall-of-bone-marrow-transplantation-for-breast-cancer-a-tragic-success-story/; see also https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1123033/; see also http://www.bmj.com/content/324/7345/1088.short; see also http://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/03/us/hope-for-sale-special-report-business-thrives-unproven-care-leaving-science.html?pagewanted=all; see also https://www.amazon.com/False-Hope-Marrow-Transplantation-Breast-ebook/dp/B00WBN50KY; https://partners.nytimes.com/library/national/science/health/031000hth-breast-cancer.html?pagewanted=all


 Lobotomy

https://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2011/03/21/the-surprising-history-of-the-lobotomy/

http://scienceblogs.com/neurophilosophy/2007/07/24/inventing-the-lobotomy/

http://www.geocities.ws/jordotradini_/fil24.pdf  Lobotomy in Norwegian Psychiatry

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/dh35lo.html  “father of lobotomy”; see also https://library.gwu.edu/ead/ms0803.xml; http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4794007  Nobel Prize for lobotomy, http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5014594, http://www.npr.org/2005/11/16/5014080/my-lobotomy-howard-dullys-journey

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1987-02-23/news/0110170253_1_lobotomy-moniz-brain  “a shabby chapter in medical history”

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-15629160  the strange and curious history of lobotomy

https://www.villagevoice.com/1999/10/26/the-scary-days-when-thousands-were-lobotomized-on-long-island/  lobotomy for homosexuality; see also http://www.davidmixner.com/2010/07/lgbt-history-the-decade-of-lobotomies-castration-and-institutions.html

http://projects.wsj.com/lobotomyfiles/?ch=three; http://projects.wsj.com/lobotomyfiles/?ch=two; http://projects.wsj.com/lobotomyfiles/?ch=one  Wall Street Journal series


Historical surgical

http://www.edumed.org.br/cursos/neurociencia/01/Artigos/aula09/trepan.htm  trepanning

http://www.1902encyclopedia.com/S/SUR/surgery-02.html  surgical tools from Greek and Roman times

http://exhibits.hsl.virginia.edu/romansurgical/ surgical instruments from Ancient Rome

http://www.romanobritain.org/13_roman_medical/roman_surgery.html#.V8RmtcUxDEZ  surgery in Ancient Rome

http://www.unrv.com/culture/cosmetic-surgery.php  ancient cosmetic surgery

http://www.mmdtkw.org/VRomanMedicine2002.html  Roman medicine

https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/greek/greek_about.html  Greek medicine; write-ups


Psychological panics of the past

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2014/01/fran_and_dan_keller_freed_two_of_the_last_victims_of_satanic_ritual_abuse.html

http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/history-psychiatry/speak-memory  (recovered memory)

https://youthtranscriticalprofessionals.org/2016/06/19/doomed-to-repeat/  (recovered memory)

http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/articles/recovered-memory-lawsuit-sparks-litigation; also https://blogs.brown.edu/recoveredmemory/case-archive/legal-cases/; http://www.fmsfonline.org/?ginterest=RecoveredMemoriesInTheCourts; http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/articles/patients-versus-therapists-legal-actions-over-recovered-memory-therapy


Transspeciesism ( includes otherkin)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X50bLlu9uvw (Dr. Phil)

http://otherkin.wikia.com/wiki/Catkin; also https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/from-dragons-to-foxes-the-otherkin-community-believes-you-can-be-whatever-you-want-to-be; also http://kernelmag.dailydot.com/issue-sections/features-issue-sections/11866/otherkin-tumblr-definition-pronouns/


Transableism/BIID

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/becoming-disabled-by-choice-not-chance-transabled-people-feel-like-impostors-in-their-fully-working-bodies

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2000/12/a-new-way-to-be-mad/304671/

http://fox4kc.com/2015/10/01/woman-desperate-to-be-blind-had-drain-cleaner-poured-in-eyes-now-happier-than-ever/

http://bddfoundation.org/

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/body-dysmorphic-disorder/home/ovc-20200935

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25656174  This is What It’s Like to be at War With Your Body


Transracialism

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/13/rachel-dolezal-i-wasnt-identifying-as-black-to-upset-people-i-was-being-me

http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/07/rachel-dolezal-new-interview-pictures-exclusive


Medicare/Medicaid and other insurance coverage for transgender procedures/non-discrimination laws – medical insurance

http://www.oregon.gov/oha/herc/Pages/Prioritized-List-Overview.aspx  (list of excluded procedures under Oregon Medicaid)

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/10/delaying-puberty-with-the-help-of-the-state/381366/ (Oregon Medicaid now covers Lupron for minors)

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-medicaid-program-cover-transgender-youths-article-1.2819025  (New York)

http://www.topsurgery.net/costs/ftm-top-surgery-insurance-coverage.htm  (nationwide listing of non-discrimination laws for transgender procedures)

http://washington.cbslocal.com/2015/09/22/us-companies-adding-sex-reassignment-to-health-insurance-benefits/

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-lgbt-youth-insurance-idUSKCN0SR24G20151102#Jv5lATTyUb0e5wWX.97

https://www.facebook.com/groups/WPATH/permalink/1102005009843924/?comment_id=1102144093163349&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R2%22%7D  (San Francisco provides SRS free of charge)

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/09/08/2015-22043/nondiscrimination-in-health-programs-and-activities  Obama administration proposes legislation requiring all insurance companies to pay for transgender procedures

https://www.cms.gov/medicare-coverage-database/details/nca-proposed-decision-memo.aspx?NCAId=282  Proposed Decision Memo for Gender Dysphoria and Gender Reassignment Surgery (Medicare – most studies for transition-related procedures constitute low-quality evidence)


Conversion therapy legislation/discrimination legislation

http://www.metronews.ca/news/toronto/2015/03/30/prominent-psychiatrist-speaks-out-against-conversion-therapy-legislation.html (Canada)

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/the-practice-of-conversion-therapy-has-no-place-in-ontario-and-is-now-illegal  Conversion therapy banned in Ontario

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ont-conversion-therapy-ban-may-see-some-gender-identity-clinics-change-approach/article24943976/ (Canada)

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/06/04/ontario-passes-ndp-bill-t_n_7514040.html

https://www.buzzfeed.com/patrickstrudwick/trans-therapists-sign-open-letter-to-mental-health-body-over?utm_term=.tcPr4NlPp#.nuD61OQdY  (U.K.)

https://pinktherapyblog.com/2016/02/17/why-i-am-resigning-from-the-british-association-for-counselling-and-psychotherapy/ (U.K.)

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/09/27/remarks-president-dnc-lgbt-gala  (Obama speech to HRC dealing with conversion therapy)

http://hrc-assets.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com//files/assets/resources/ModelAntiConversionTherapyBill_2016_%282%29.pdf  (HRC and NCLR model conversion therapy legislation)

http://time.com/2940790/california-ban-on-gay-conversion-therapy-stands/ (California)

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billCompareClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1172  (text of California conversion therapy bill)

http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=5812  (San Francisco transgender law center adds positions; exploding demand)

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2015/12/09/7-2-vote-imposes-ban-conversion-therapy-cincinnati/76993924/ Conversion therapy banned in Cincinnati

https://library.municode.com/oh/cincinnati/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITVIIGERE_CH769SEORGEIDCHEF  (text of Cincinnati conversion therapy bill)

http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=099-0411 (Illinois)

https://legiscan.com/IL/text/HB0217/id/1259480  (text of Illinois conversion therapy bill)

http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2012/Bills/AL13/150_.HTM  (text of New Jersey conversion therapy bill)

https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2015R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2307/Enrolled  (text of Oregon conversion therapy bill)

http://lims.dccouncil.us/Download/29657/B20-0501-Enrollment.pdf  (text of Washington D.C. conversion therapy bill)

https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2450/text  (text of federal conversion therapy bill introduced by Rep. Ted Lieu in 2015)

http://www.washingtonblade.com/2015/05/19/in-first-federal-legislation-introduced-to-bar-to-ex-gay-therapy/ (story about above Lieu bill)

http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/conversion_therapy  US-wide distribution of conversion therapy laws

http://www.nclrights.org/bornperfect-laws-legislation-by-state/ (NCLR listing of conversion therapy bills by state)

https://www.wired.com/2015/06/big-problem-outlawing-gender-conversion-therapies/


Discrimination, other legal (not conversion therapy)

            United States

https://www.sconet.state.oh.us/rod/docs/pdf/7/2007/2007-ohio-1394.pdf  Ohio divorce case involving transitioning child

http://www.gaylawnet.com/laws/cases/2011-CA-001568-ME.pdf  Kentucky divorce case involving transitioning child

https://www.nvbar.org/wp-content/uploads/NevadaLawyer_Dec2016_BackStory.pdf, http://www.foxrothschild.com/publications/navigating-the-murky-waters-of-best-interests-with-a-transgender-child/  representing legal clients in the transgender child context

http://thefederalist.com/2014/06/19/discrimination-is-healthy-and-normal-sex-confusion-is-not/

http://www.transyouthequality.org/school trans kids know your rights

https://www.facebook.com/jenn.burleton/posts/10153466848079772  TransActive Gender Center call for pro bono attorneys

https://www.aclu.org/blog/speak-freely/transgender-people-and-single-sex-spaces  (ACLU)

http://www.nclrights.org/transgender-youth-project/ (NCLR)

http://www.mynbc5.com/article/a-look-back-at-the-history-of-us-transgender-rights/8972867, also http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2014/07/21/obama_signs_history_executive_enda_forbidding_lgbt_discrimination.html, http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/19/us/lgbt-rights-milestones-fast-facts/, https://www.glaad.org/vote/topics/equality-act (ENDA)


                United Kingdom

http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2016/2430.html  Decision in the Matter of J (U.K.) (child removed from mother’s care)

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/oct/21/boy-living-life-as-girl-removed-from-mothers-care-high-court-judge  (as above)

https://www.change.org/p/a-court-justice-for-a-young-trans-girl-that-has-been-taken-from-her-mum-forced-to-live-as-a-boy/u/18233324  (as above, Mermaid petition), see also https://www.change.org/p/a-court-justice-for-a-young-trans-girl-that-has-been-taken-from-her-mum-forced-to-live-as-a-boy/c/523582436, see also https://www.change.org/p/a-court-justice-for-a-young-trans-girl-that-has-been-taken-from-her-mum-forced-to-live-as-a-boy/u/18227882  (court order for Mermaids to stay away from child); https://www.change.org/p/a-court-justice-for-a-young-trans-girl-that-has-been-taken-from-her-mum-forced-to-live-as-a-boy/u/18296363  (gag order); https://twitter.com/Mermaids_Gender/status/789704042775740416  (Mermaids tweets re above); see also https://twitter.com/Mermaids_Gender/status/789837580875526145,  see also https://twitter.com/Mermaids_Gender/status/789592585438392320, see also https://twitter.com/Mermaids_Gender/status/789581574518038528.  Commentary here: https://medium.com/@helenlewis/the-boy-made-to-live-as-a-girl-or-the-girl-made-to-live-as-a-boy-e76221bb50c

http://www.marilynstowe.co.uk/2013/07/02/new-family-judge-appointed-to-the-high-court/ Judge in J case; see also http://www.jordanpublishing.co.uk/practice-areas/family/publications/-children-and-same-sex-families-a-legal-handbook-#.WUgZG2jyuM8

http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed137795  Guide to the Gender Recognition Act; representing transgender clients (U.K.)

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2016/mar/10/high-court-transgender-teenager-cut-off-contact-adoptive-parents

http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/women-and-equalities-committee/transgender-equality/written/19445.html   2015 parliamentary testimony from Stephanie Davies-Arai re transgender children

http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/women-and-equalities-committee/transgender-equality/written/20997.pdf  (2015 parliamentary testimony on behalf of government)

http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/women-and-equalities-committee/transgender-equality/written/19662.pdf  (2015 parliamentary testimony from Anglea Ghemisola)

http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/women-and-equalities-committee/transgender-equality/oral/21638.html  (2015 parliamentary testimony from Bernadette Wren [Tavistock]; + trans)

http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/women-and-equalities-committee/transgender-equality/written/19794.html (2015 parliamentary testimony from Tavistock & Portman; + trans


Canada

http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb-txt/sc/16/07/2016BCSC0744.htm  (Canadian case; 11 year old child given Lupron over parent’s wishes); lawyer in case http://www.barbarafindlay.com/

http://www.troymedia.com/2016/10/20/free-speech-attack-jordan-peterson-firm/, see also http://news.nationalpost.com/opinion/christie-blatchford-embattled-u-of-t-professor-a-warrior-for-common-sense


Governmental initiatives to promote transgenderism (outside of conversion/discrimination)

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/nov/03/culture-secretary-ed-vaizey-social-media-tackle-transphobic-hate  (U.K. to crack down on online transgender hate)

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2011/12/06/presidential-memorandum-international-initiatives-advance-human-rights-l  (executive directive re international transgender rights)

https://www.state.gov/globalequality/ (U.S. State Department agency empowered to advance international LGBT rights)

http://transvanilla.hu/ (Hungarian transgender rights organization)

https://www.transgendertrend.com/transgender-legislation/ (U.S. and U.K. legislation ratifying gender identity as = sex)


Legal rights and actions (analogous situations)

http://www.youhavealawyer.com/risperdal/  (risperdal prescribed to boys caused breast growth; attorneys pursuing action)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/12/18/fda-proposes-banning-children-under-18-from-using-tanning-beds/?utm_term=.e9502a2043cb  (under 18, cannot use tanning beds)


Transgender crime


            Julianna Fialkowski

http://planettransgender.com/rape-charges-against-trans-woman-julianna-fialkowski-dropped/

http://wset.com/news/local/lynchburg-woman-facing-felony-rape-charges

http://www.newsadvance.com/news/local/lynchburg-woman-indicted-on-rape-charge/article_dfad94f8-035b-5822-92ba-22889896806b.html

http://virginia.arrests.org/Arrests/Julianna_Fialkowski_24769150/?d=1  (arrest search)

http://www.gayrva.com/news-views/lynchburg-transadvocate-arrested-after-assisting-at-risk-youth

http://planettransgender.com/trans-woman-julianna-fialkowski-facing-additional-charges-of-felony-rape/

http://planettransgender.com/trans-advocate-julianna-fialkowski-charged-child-pornography/

http://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2015/05/30/va-family-drops-charges-against-trans-woman-arrested-aiding-their-su

http://planettransgender.com/advocate-julianna-fialkowski-arrested-for-helping-a-suicidal-trans-teen/ (+ JF)

http://carryonwaywardfan.tumblr.com/post/126752737381/hey-guys-im-mad-and-scared-and-im-here-to-tell  (comments from additional Fialkowski victims)


                Other

https://patheticfallacies.wordpress.com/2015/11/05/jezebel-supports-ebony-williams-murderer/

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/feminism/2015/12/dark-truth-behind-convictions-gender-fraud

https://outofmypantiesnow.wordpress.com/2013/10/28/when-is-90-not-substantially-all/

http://nounequalrights.com/information/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/The-Threat-to-Women-and-Girls-Illustrated-1.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzwMJAFWLtQ&feature=youtu.be  Women: Decide for Yourselves

https://gendertrender.wordpress.com/2015/04/07/statistics-show-the-difference-in-rates-of-violent-crimes-against-women-committed-by-transwomen-versus-non-transgender-males/


Children of transgender parents/”pregnant man”/female erasure

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/heres-what-my-life-has-been-like-since-my-dad-came-out-as-transgender-619

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/17/transgender-parents_n_6489850.html

https://www.youtube.com/user/MrSexyrexy8907/videos  (YouTube channel of FTM; pregnancy); https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzBjmZUgMT0  (36 weeks pregnant); https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnXHHjobkYs  (intro video); https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YEv2Rd15w4  (5 months on T); https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whyObFxNAu0  (post-mastectomy; off T); https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62KIvWgMsa0  (changes from T); https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYmeyw8edwE  (post-birth); https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpVx32Q2lnk  (extended post-birth); https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt5VkEmeuVI  (new parents)

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/transgender-man-whose-bloated-tummy-6822415

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/pregnant-man-hayden-cross-sperm-donor-facebook-paused-transition-father-first-give-birth-a7515701.html

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/pregnant-men-new-statistics-reveal-men-have-given-birth-to-54-babies-in-australia/news-story/ed8a56f4b906d20a4093c82562173c8e

http://www.milkjunkies.net/2012/03/tips-for-transgender-breastfeeders-and.html (chestfeeding); also http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/trevor-macdonald/gay-man–who-breastfeeds-so-what_b_10370226.html?utm_hp_ref=queer-voices&ir=Queer+Voices&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000054

https://twitter.com/PPact/status/771850195478908928  (Planned Parenthood serves “menstruators”)

See also: http://www.straightspouse.org/


Homosexual/transsexual history

https://www.facebook.com/notes/stop-trans-chauvinism-20/the-transsexual-phenomenon-a-counter-history/1566708983567204 (counter-narrative)

https://ia601408.us.archive.org/26/items/psychopathiasexu00krafuoft/psychopathiasexu00krafuoft.pdf  Krafft-Ebing

https://www.facebook.com/notes/stop-trans-chauvinism-20/medicalizing-sexual-inversion/1567014323536670

Gay marriage history sources: http://family.findlaw.com/marriage/1993-the-hawaii-case-of-baehr-v-lewin.html, http://family.findlaw.com/marriage/the-defense-of-marriage-act-and-the-call-for-a-constitutional.html, http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/24/elec04.prez.bush.marriage/, https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/08/bush-campaign-chief-and-former-rnc-chair-ken-mehlman-im-gay/62065/, http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/ten-years-ago-massachusetts-introduced-us-gay-marriage, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/nyregion/11marriage.html, https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_8,the%22Eliminates_Right_of_Same-Sex_Couples_to_Marry%22_Initiative_(2008), http://prospect.org/article/road-marriage-equality-boies-and-olson%E2%80%99s-wedding-march, http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-court/14-556.html, http://www.ncsl.org/research/human-services/same-sex-marriage-laws.aspx, http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kentucky-clerk-kim-davis-who-refused-issue-marriage-licenses-gays-n596476, http://www.mediaite.com/online/supremely-tiresome-the-gay-marriage-issue-is-inescapable-on-tv-radio-facebook/

http://www.aglp.org/gap/1_history/ (The History of Psychiatry and Homosexuality)

http://todayinclh.com/?event=mattachine-society-early-gay-rights-group-founded

http://www.laits.utexas.edu/ancienthomosexuality/

http://bilerico.lgbtqnation.com/2008/02/transgender_history_into_the_modern_age.php  A 6-part transgender history; see also https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/05/15/opinion/editorial-transgender-timeline.html?_r=0&mtrref=4thwavenow.com&gwh=F5529C4E042617EFB1D8216D1082DB44&gwt=pay&assetType=opinion  transgender timeline

https://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2014/05/29/laverne-cox-and-transgender-tipping-point-cover-time  Time Magazine, the transgender tipping point

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/04/politics/campaign/samesex-marriage-issue-key-to-some-gop-races.html?_r=0 effect of gay marriage on 2004 election

http://digging-history.com/2014/03/19/wild-west-wednesday-elsa-jane-forest-guerin-a-k-a-mountain-charley/

http://www.alternet.org/story/17737/anita_bryant’s_anti-gay_legacy


Posthumous transgender & “transing the dead”

http://transguys.com/features/ftm-trans-history  posthumous transgendering

http://web.archive.org/web/20070821145208/http:/www.transhistory.net/history/TH_Stolen.html  activists upset when historical figures are misgendered

http://www.thefrisky.com/2015-05-25/honoring-trans-soldiers-this-memorial-day/ female soldiers were really transgender

https://queeraday.wordpress.com/2014/04/19/john-radclyffe-hall/ really trans

http://kristinamayhem.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_16.html  Joan of Arc really trans; also http://jesusinlove.blogspot.com/2013/05/joan-of-arc-cross-dressing-warrior-saint.html

http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/white-writer  Carson McCullers really trans

http://pigeonbits.tumblr.com/image/141546655938  Mountain Charley really trans

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/suzanne-dewitt-hall/jesus-the-first-transgend_b_10006134.html  Jesus really trans

http://bilerico.lgbtqnation.com/2012/08/on_trans_celebrities_from_lana_wachowski_before.php  Kurt Cobain really trans

https://jenniferlgadd.wordpress.com/2015/03/20/little-women-does-louisa-may-alcott-present-the-first-transgender-protagonist/ Jo in Little Women really trans

http://www.feministcurrent.com/2016/04/23/prince-was-not-trans-he-is-proof-that-men-need-not-be-masculine/ Prince not really trans


Transgender in Iran

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/04/iran-sex-change-operation_n_1568604.html


Transgender counseling and youth and family support groups (not limited to medical transition); activist groups


Dimensions (San Francisco)

http://www.dimensionsclinic.org/transgroup.html


Juniper Center (Chicago)

https://www.thejunipercenter.com/


Gender Infinity (Houston, TX)  (Colt Keo-Meier)

http://genderinfinity.org/


Gendered Intelligence (U.K.)

http://genderedintelligence.co.uk/

https://whatmakesyourgender.wordpress.com/

https://genderedintelligence.wordpress.com/2015/07/24/how-schools-can-become-more-trans-inclusive-year-12-student-tells-us-how-it-is/

https://schoolsimprovement.net/children-as-young-as-four-being-given-transgender-lessons-which-encourage-them-to-explore-their-gender-identities/ (feedback on role played by G.I. in U.K. schools)


Gender Spectrum clinic (San Francisco) (Diane Ehrensaft)

https://www.genderspectrum.org/

https://theconversation.com/we-trust-children-to-know-what-gender-they-are-until-they-go-against-the-norm-42093

http://www.dianeehrensaft.com/

https://2016genderspectrumconference.sched.com/speaker/jbaum

http://affirmpress.com.au/publishing/the-gender-creative-child/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30rEjumFaDY&feature=youtu.be  Gender Spectrum conference 2016

https://vimeo.com/185149379  Barrettes (excerpt from above)

https://vimeo.com/185178522  Sterilizing kids (excerpt from above)

https://vimeo.com/185183788  Transition your kid or face the consequences (excerpt from above)


GIRES clinic (U.K.)  (Gender Identity Research and Education Society)

http://www.gires.org.uk/elearning/new/player.html  (transgender awareness training)


Mermaids (U.K.)

http://www.mermaidsuk.org.uk/

http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/CharityWithoutPartB.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1160575&SubsidiaryNumber=0

https://gendertrender.wordpress.com/2016/06/08/the-anti-gay-agenda-of-mermaids-uk-transgender-children-charity-and-political-lobby/


Southern California Transgender Counseling Center (Christine Milrod)

http://www.transgendercounseling.com/


Trans Youth Equality Foundation (Portland, ME)

http://www.transyouthequality.org/

https://www.facebook.com/transyouthequality/photos/a.173426756001485.46926.131414686869359/1073612772649541/?type=3  it doesn’t get any better!


Trans Youth Family Allies (Kelley Winters)  (Holland, MI)

http://www.imatyfa.org/

https://www.slideshare.net/kelleywinters

https://www.facebook.com/groups/WPATH/permalink/1253893907988366/ (less gate-keeping!)

https://www.facebook.com/groups/WPATH/permalink/1253893907988366/?comment_id=1256866304357793&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D  (not worried about maturity of transgender kids)


Trans Youth Project/Gender Odyssey/Gender Diversity (Kristina Olson, Aidan Key) (Washington State)

http://krolson.wixsite.com/scdlab  Trans Youth Project, University of Washington (“longitudinal study of transgender youth development, associated with Kristina Olson)

http://www.genderdiversity.org/about/ Gender Diversity Education and Support Services, Seattle, WA, home of Aidan Key

http://www.genderodyssey.org/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/aidankey/ (LinkdIn for Aidan Key, Odyssey staff)

http://old.seattletimes.com/flatpages/local/livechatgenderspecialistaidankey.html  (live chat with Aidan Key)

https://www.parentmap.com/article/someone-you-should-know-gender-educator-aidan-key

http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2016/01/14/what_alarmist_articles_about_transgender_children_get_wrong.html?wpsrc=sh_all_dt_tw_top (Kristina Olson, move along, nothing to see here)

http://www.genderodyssey.org/seattle/ (convention)

http://you.stonybrook.edu/nicholaseaton/main/ Nicholas Eaton, Stony Brook University, NY, works with Kristina Olson on “transgender teen research.”


TransActive/Jenn Burleton (see also Sex education for kids)

https://gendertrender.wordpress.com/2015/05/12/portlands-transactive-gender-center-embroiled-in-controversy-founder-responds-by-posting-bizarre-transgender-children-conspiracy-video/

https://www.facebook.com/jenn.burleton/posts/10153364526054772 (Jenn Burleton brings the good news to children grades K-5)

https://www.facebook.com/jenn.burleton/posts/10153466848079772 (seeking to establish a network of attorneys to free trans minors from unsupportive parents)

https://www.facebook.com/jenn.burleton/posts/10153579984254772  (happiness that in Oregon kids can get transgender surgery at any age with parental consent)

https://www.facebook.com/TransActivePDX/posts/10153004409616603  (more about TransActive’s role in Oregon age of consent legislation)

https://www.facebook.com/jenn.burleton/posts/10153579984254772?comment_id=10153582028289772&offset=0&total_comments=17&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D  (TransActive will help other states adopt Oregon’s approach)

https://gendertrender.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/rosetta_stone_2-jenn-burleton.pdf  (anything your child says can be translated into trans)

//4thwavenow.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/burleton.png?w=1164  (Burleton: nobody desists)

http://www.bravespacellc.com/counseling-and-assessment  (counseling arm of TransActive; spin off)

https://www.facebook.com/TransActivePDX/posts/10153582210656603  (4thWave is a hate site); see also https://www.facebook.com/jenn.burleton/posts/10154276605009772

https://www.facebook.com/jenn.burleton/posts/10154271917004772  (Jenn Burleton reacts to a former TransActive client)

http://www.pqmonthly.com/hidden-in-plain-view-a-trans-activist-reflects-on-performing-at-michfest/15747


TransFamily Support Services (San Diego, CA)

http://transfamilysos.org/2016/10/29/san-diego-city-beat-honors-kathie-moehlig/


Transgender Europe

http://tgeu.org/about/ (funded by U.S. State Department)

http://tgeu.org/stop-trans-pathologisation/  (International Day of Action for Trans Depathologization)


Miscellaneous institutions facilitating transition


            Camps for “trans kids”

http://www.camparanutiq.org/; (New Hampshire) in the media: http://www.camparanutiq.org/apps/blog/show/43057243-camp-aranu-tiq-in-the-media; why Camp Aranutiq was established: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/30/nick-teich-gay-family_n_6563442.html; more media https://www.edgemedianetwork.com/news///173584

http://www.campbornthisway.org/(Arizona) in the media: https://www.azpm.org/s/22970-camp-born-this-way-brings-support-to-transgender-kids-families/

http://qords.org/camp/faqs/ Queer Oriented Radical Days of Summer (North Carolina)

https://nccj.org/blog/we-need-your-help-august%E2%80%99s-nccj-anytown  (National Conference of Christians and Jews; mixed gender cabin)

https://heatst.com/culture-wars/first-camp-for-transgender-kids-to-open-in-australia-next-month/?mod=sm_tw_post


Counseling centers

http://thecentersd.org/programs/youth-services/hillcrest-youth-center.html  (San Diego)


                College/university

https://uwm.edu/lgbtrc/support/trans-uwm/transitioning-at-uwm/

http://transbodies.com/people/colt-meier/ Trans Bodies, Colt Keo-Meier


PFLAG

https://www.pflag.org/

https://gendertrender.wordpress.com/2014/05/11/super-creepy-pflag-campaign-promoting-the-idea-that-kids-should-take-drugs-to-uphold-sex-roles/


CAMH/GIS/Ken Zucker

http://www.metronews.ca/news/toronto/2015/03/18/outcry-prompts-camh-to-review-its-controversial-treatment-of-trans-youth.html

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/the-raging-battle-over-transgender-kids/article24333224/

http://alicedreger.com/gendermad see also http://alicedreger.com/gmf; see also http://alicedreger.com/in_fear

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/gender-identity-debate-swirls-over-camh-psychologist-transgender-program/article28758828/

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/02/fight-over-trans-kids-got-a-researcher-fired.html

https://www.kenzuckerphd.com/research/ Zucker 2016 publication history

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/feminism/2017/01/transgender-kids-why-doctors-are-right-be-cautious-about-childhood


American College of Pediatricians

Update: 11/6/2019

This section has been removed. While the ACP has had some useful things to say about pediatric transition, we are in strong opposition to the majority of the views of those in the organization, including: The ACP’s advocacy for conversion therapy for gay and lesbian people, and their opposition to marriage and adoption rights for LGB adults.


Feminist critiques

https://gendertrender.wordpress.com/2011/04/20/sheila-jeffreys-the-mccarthyism-of-transgender-and-the-sterilization-of-transgender-children/

https://weirdandwonderfulwillinghams.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/the-l-word.jpg (biased portrayal of lesbians)

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/samantha-rea/give-julie-bindel-a-loud-hailer_b_6799566.html

http://mentalfloss.com/article/31274/6-modern-societies-where-women-literally-rule

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/05/women-celibacy-oath-men-rights-albania

http://thenewbacklash.blogspot.com/

https://thefeministahood.wordpress.com/2015/04/05/what-is-a-woman/

http://ed5015.tripod.com/SkepticSexChange88.htm

http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2014/07/25/a_butch_lesbian_rejects_a_non_binary_identity.html#lf_comment=192699949

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/opinion/sunday/what-makes-a-woman.html?_r=1

http://genderapostates.com/

https://rebeccarc.com/; Youtube is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPVNxYkawao

http://www.sheilajeffreys.com/?p=111

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/may/25/good-night-stories-for-rebel-girls-is-dream-kickstarter-success?CMP=fb_gu

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/timbuktu/good-night-stories-for-rebel-girls-100-tales-to-dr

https://www.bustle.com/articles/112732-11-badass-women-in-history-who-pretended-to-be-men-because-gender-equality-back-then-was

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/feminism/2016/05/so-many-teenage-girls-don-t-want-identify-girls-any-more-and-who-can-blame

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-205285/90-teens-unhappy-body-shape.html

http://claremontindependent.com/students-condemn-project-vulva-for-transmisogyny/

https://periodpositive.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/queeriods-lgbt-stem-poster-feb-2016.pdf  (“menstruators”)

http://www.equalpayportal.co.uk/statistics/

https://rapecrisis.org.uk/statistics.php, see also http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/100000-assaults-1000-rapists-sentenced-shockingly-low-conviction-rates-revealed-8446058.html

https://culturallyboundgender.wordpress.com/2015/05/20/to-be-different-from-other-girls-on-misogyny-inside-and-out/ (internalized misogyny)

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/170104114339.htm  (women as decorative accessories)

https://www.fastweb.com/college-scholarships/articles/scholarships-for-women

https://debuk.wordpress.com/2016/12/15/a-brief-history-of-gender/


Cults

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3053950/posts (tips from Charles Manson)

https://anywoman2.wordpress.com/2015/06/09/what-defines-a-cult/comment-page-1/#comment-41

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/health/psychology/21gender.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0  (silencing Michael Bailey); see also http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TS/Bailey/NorthwesternPsychLetter.1-07-04.html January 7, 2004:Open Letter from Anjelica Kieltyka, Lynn Conway, Andrea James and Calpernia Addams to faculty of the Department of Psychology at Northwestern University, regarding the Southern Poverty Law Center Intelligence Report on Transgender Hate Crimes, and How Pseudo-Science Fuels The Hate (adult transgender people are “mothers” to transgender youth); http://web.archive.org/web/20030605112712/http://www.tsroadmap.com/info/j-michael–bailey.html, http://alicedreger.com/in_fear


Cultural appropriation/intersex/two-spirit

https://culturallyboundgender.wordpress.com/2013/03/09/toward-an-end-to-appropriation-of-indigenous-two-spirit-people-in-trans-politics-the-relationship-between-third-gender-roles-and-patriarchy/


Birth certificates

https://ukhumanrightsblog.com/2015/04/23/birth-certificate-cannot-be-retrospectively-changed-to-reflect-fathers-gender-reassignment/  (U.K.)

http://www.cknw.com/2016/01/22/vancouver-parents-to-file-human-rights-complaint-over-sex-requirement-on-birth-certificate-for-baby/ (Canada)


Autogynephilia

https://autogynephiliatruth.wordpress.com/2015/05/03/gender-identity-is-just-an-alibi-to-hide-male-embarrassment-about-their-autogynephilia/

http://www.annelawrence.com/becoming_what_we_love.pdf


Men in women’s spaces (boys in girls’ spaces) generally

https://gendertrender.wordpress.com/tag/colleen-francis/ (Helena MT ordinance, pro-privacy)

http://www.straight.com/blogra/534076/vancouvers-leading-moms-include-news-anchor-mi-jung-lee-trans-activist-morgane-oger  (transgender man is a Leading Mom)

https://imgur.com/5KBW21i (Lila Perry)

https://gendertrender.wordpress.com/2015/09/01/200-students-stage-walk-out-in-support-of-girls-rights/#comment-59499 (Lila Perry)

http://www.advocate.com/transgender/2015/10/08/washington-ymca-turn-its-back-trans-members-over-unfounded-fears  (+ trans)

http://mynorthwest.com/18279/ymca-explains-changing-its-transgender-policy-after-more-than-1000-complaints/ (Washington State YMCA changes its trans policy in response to 1,000 complaints)

http://dailycaller.com/2016/03/21/michigan-schools-to-let-students-choose-gender-name-and-bathroom/

https://gendertrender.wordpress.com/2016/01/06/hud-proposed-regulation-forces-homeless-women-and-girls-to-bunk-and-bathe-with-men-who-claim-to-feel-psychologically-female-january-19-deadline-for-public-comment/

http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/Item_B_SBE_Statement_and_Guidance_on_LGBTQ_515608_7.pdf  (proposed Michigan DOE policy regarding transgender students)

https://www.thejc.com/judaism/features/segregating-men-and-women-is-not-sexist-1.52086


Title IX

http://time.com/3614567/transgender-students-gender-identity-deserves-respect-feds-say/ (December 2014 DOE memo)

https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-08-22/obama-s-transgender-bathroom-policy-blocked-by-federal-judge, also http://www.higheredlawreport.com/2016/08/united-states-district-court-enjoins-enforcement-of-dear-colleague-letter-on-transgender-students-decision-may-impact-ocr-guidance-on-sexual-violence/, also https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/22/us/politics/devos-sessions-transgender-students-rights.html?_r=0

https://www.justice.gov/opa/file/849946/download  (DOJ complaint against North Carolina)

http://abcnews.go.com/US/obama-administration-public-schools-transgender-students-access-bathrooms/story?id=39081956  Dear Colleague letter; also https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/letters/colleague-201605-title-ix-transgender.pdf

https://gendertrender.wordpress.com/2016/09/21/obamas-hud-department-rules-that-gender-identity-determines-sex/


Locker room access

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2227562/Colleen-Francis-Outrage-transgendered-woman-permitted-use-college-womens-locker-room-exposing-himself.html  (Washington)

http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/college-allows-transgender-man-to-expose-himself-to-young-girls.html  (Washington)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/seattle/man-in-womens-locker-room-cites-gender-rule/65533111  (Washington)

https://www2.ed.gov/documents/press-releases/township-high-211-letter.pdf  (U.S. DOE: must let boy in girls locker room) (Illinois)

http://www.journal-topics.com/news/article_190a56aa-badf-11e5-909a-a7df207849bb.html  (legislation to protect student privacy in locker rooms) (Illinois)

http://dailysignal.com/2015/12/21/why-these-high-school-girls-dont-want-transgender-student-a-in-their-locker-room/  (Illinois)

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-transgender-student-district-211-settlement-update-met-20151207-story.html  (Illinois)

https://www.facebook.com/D211ParentsforPrivacy  (parents organization in Illinois locker room dispute; still active)

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-transgender-lawsuit-palatine-met-20160815-story.html  (Illinois)


Men playing women’s sports

http://www.libertynewsnow.com/transgender-female-mma-fighter-brutally-injures-female-opponent/article1545

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/lana-lawless-should-transgender-golfer-be-permitted-to-play/

http://www.espn.com/espnw/athletes-life/article/10170842/espnw-gabrielle-ludwig-52-year-old-transgender-women-college-basketball-player-enjoying-best-year-life

https://www.competitivedge.com/gender-sports-female-athletes


Bathroom access

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/02/us/teenagers-protest-a-transgender-students-use-of-the-girls-bathroom.html?_r=0  (Missouri)

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/hillsboro-high-students-walk-out-over-transgender-dispute/article_be488fab-d239-5944-9733-32f569dcdc32.html  (Missouri)

http://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2015/11/24/following-trend-marionville-school-board-adopts-transgender-policy-one-mother-not-happy/76261696/  (Missouri)

http://wdtn.com/2015/08/31/gay-and-transgender-support-groups-to-rally-outside-troy-schools/  (Ohio)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/12/19/the-tumultuous-recent-history-of-north-carolinas-bathroom-bill-which-could-be-repealed/?utm_term=.94f507a4efae  (North Carolina); also http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-bathrooms-transgender-north-carolina-women-men-perspec-0408-20160407-story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/gay-rights-battle-flares-in-houston-over-nondiscrimination-ordinance/2015/11/01/02282754-7f08-11e5-b575-d8dcfedb4ea1_story.html?utm_term=.b9ccbb4bbbf3  (Texas)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-transgender-idUSKCN10E2KS  (Virginia, Gavin Grimm)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/jan/10/just-want-privacy-files-initiative-to-overturn-was/  (Washington)

https://www.ted.com/talks/ivan_coyote_why_we_need_gender_neutral_bathrooms  TED talk, + trans


Trans kid narratives (in order by age). Celebrities, media cheerleading

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/07/04/419498242/at-age-3-transitioning-from-jack-to-jackie  (3 year old MTF)

http://news.trust.org/item/20161222120424-rosoa/?source=hpbreaking  (3 year old FTM)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/family/transgender-children-my-son-told-me-he-was-a-girl/  (4 year old MTF)

http://www.inquisitr.com/3480381/4-year-old-approved-for-sex-change-gender-reassignment-operation-to-be-conducted-in-australia/  (4 year old; surgery?); also https://au.news.yahoo.com/nsw/a/32501729/child-4-in-sex-change-bid-as-government-reveals-hundreds-of-kids-seeking-gender-reassignment/#page1

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/transgender-kids/jacobs-journey-life-transgender-5-year-old-n345131  (5 year old MTF)

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2015/04/23/parents-share-5-year-old-sons-transgender-journey/ (5 year old FTM)

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/sep/12/transgender-children-have-to-respect-who-he-is  (5 year old MTF)

http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/mother-year-transgender-girl-fights-texas-school-district/story?id=41266373  (5 year old MTF); also https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/she-was-asking-the-lord-to-let-her-die-raising-a-trans-child-in-texas

https://thinkprogress.org/it-takes-a-village-to-bully-a-transgender-kindergartner-67d6ec2195e1  (5 year old MTF, Zack Ford, Nova Classical Academy); also https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2016/06/03/parents-of-transgender-child-our-magnetic-5-year-old-is-not-a-threat-to-anyone/?utm_term=.d9303322dc1e ; also http://www.twincities.com/2016/06/24/shes-5-shes-transgender-this-is-her-story/

http://people.com/celebrity/the-keswani-family-big-nik-on-vine-web-series/  (6 year old MTF); also http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/11/01/vine-star-bignik-keswani-vows-to-protect-6-year-old-trans-sister/ ; also https://www.linkedin.com/in/vaishali-keswani-a0842a30/  (Linked In profile for mom); also http://people.com/celebrity/transgender-teen-helps-6-year-old-devina-keswani-find-her-true-self/

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/the-gender-fairy-a-new-chapter-in-transgender-education-for-kids-20151130-glbst8.html  (6 year old FTM)

http://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/a47630/7-year-old-trans-son-babies/  (7 year old FTM)

https://www.aol.com/article/2015/05/11/7-year-old-girl-speaks-out-about-being-transgender/21182131/  (7 year old MTF)

https://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/2015/jun/02/from-blake-to-jessie-a-7-year-olds-transgender-story  (7 year old MTF)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp8asILVM70  (7 year old MTF); also https://www.facebook.com/Willa-Naylor-648015392002570/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/transgender-at-8-tyler-remains-certain-hes-a-boy-as-the-world-changes-around-him/2015/10/12/df57aea4-6786-11e5-9223-70cb36460919_story.html?tid=sm_tw&utm_term=.44d8144b1c2e  (8 year old FTM)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Si5kAnLyKeg  “Mom, I’m Not a Girl” (8 year old FTM)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3923772/Experts-reveals-children-aged-THREE-struggle-gender-identity.html#comments  (8 year old MTF; some GC)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp8asILVM70&feature=youtu.be  Willa’s Story (8 year old MTF)

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/11/a-boys-life/307059/  (8 year old MTF)

http://www.independent.ie/life/did-we-want-a-living-son-or-dead-daughter-34486569.html  (8 year old MTF)

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/   (9 year old MTF)

http://www.metroweekly.com/2015/12/barred-from-bathrooms-transgender/ (9 year old FTM and 10 year old MTF, brother and sister); also http://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2015/11/24/following-trend-marionville-school-board-adopts-transgender-policy-one-mother-not-happy/76261696/

http://www.kptv.com/story/25347429/salem-10-year-old-i-thought-i-would-be-more-comfortable-as-a-boy-than-a-girl  (10 year old autistic FTM)

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/kids/fighting-for-isabelle-the-battle-for-transgender-kids-to-get-access-to-crosssex-hormones/news-story/1083395b247646e0db8b6888a5d8334e  (12 year old MTF)

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-30783983     (13 year old MTF)

https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2015/11/284401/pioneering-ucsf-clinic-helps-transgender-youth-be-themselves  (13 year old FTM)

https://www.buzzfeed.com/skarlan/watch-the-emotional-moment-this-trans-teen-was-surprised-wit?utm_term=.pnXvpRqJk#.ywGymvVgY  (14 year old MTF); also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0v_idyvjco; also https://www.youtube.com/user/CKEMommy/videos

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/lifestyle/people/sdut-transgender-teens-new-life-2016apr07-story.html  (14 year old FTM, mastectomy)

https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/ezjwzz/starting-hormones-and-high-school-a-day-in-the-life-of-a-trans-teen  (14 year old MTF)

http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/parenting/a35673/mcgarrity-family-raising-two-transgender-kids/  (14 year old FTM and 17 year old MTF, brother and sister); also https://www.thesun.co.uk/archives/news/102203/my-boy-and-girl-are-now-girl-and-boy-mum-of-two-tells-how-both-kids-swapped-sex/ ; also http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/12/09/transgender-siblings-together-america_n_8758132.html  ; also http://metro.co.uk/2015/12/07/brother-and-sister-both-come-out-as-transgender-so-they-can-live-the-way-they-should-be-5549067/

https://callhimhunter.wordpress.com/2015/07/09/becoming-male-part-2/  (16 year old FTM; top surgery; mom blog)

http://wunc.org/post/qa-nc-teen-and-her-parents-transition-male-female#stream/0  (17 year old MTF)

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/01/04/national-geographic-films-teenager-undergoing-gender-surgery/?utm_source=ET&utm_medium=ETFB&utm_campaign=portal&utm_content=inf_10_60_2&tse_id=INF_d61cc130d43611e6a03c354c456e1db2  (17 year old MTF, National Geographic films surgery)

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/A_boy_by_any_name.html  (17 year old FTM)

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/03/18/about-a-boy-2   (17 year old FTM)

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/features/3780191-exploding-numbers-transgender-children-parents-seek-clinical-help  (17 year old FTM); also http://www.uniondemocrat.com/csp/mediapool/sites/UnionDemocrat/LocalNews/story.csp?cid=3810194&sid=753&fid=151

http://news.nationalpost.com/health/body-of-a-girl-but-the-brain-of-a-boy-u-k-father-says-watching-his-daughter-disappear-was-like-bereavement  (18 year old FTM)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/children/11926174/Gender-transition-My-child-had-a-boys-brain-in-a-girls-body.html   (18 year old FTM)

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/nyregion/transgender-minors-gender-reassignment-surgery.html?_r=4  (18 year old MTF)

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/10/19/449937765/becoming-nicole-recounts-one-familys-acceptance-of-their-transgender-child  (teenage MTF; twin)

http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Transgendered-Twins#ixzz41It9OiiW  (twins)

https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2016/06/403226/free-to-be-he-she-they  (three young people transition)

http://www.kcra.com/article/now-i-am-me-meet-3-transgender-youth-struggling-to-live-authentic-lives/8690812  (three young people transition)

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/what-makes-you-your-gender/  (20 year old FTM, one of first puberty-suppressed kids)

http://www.alternet.org/personal-health/what-my-female-born-transgender-autistic-brother-can-teach-you-about-how-we  (21 year old autistic FTM)

http://www.erienewsnow.com/story/29213051/erie-area-transgender-siblings-share-their-story (23 year old FTM and 25 year old MTF, brother and sister); also https://www.facebook.com/today/posts/964469910253658


More cheerleading

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/born-in-the-wrong-body-season  (U.K. TV series; entire season devoted to trans kids)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93Tqo6tAPJg  (YouTube, girl “turns into” boy)

http://www.advocate.com/commentary/2015/05/27/op-ed-embracing-role-asian-mother-trans-son (mother of teenage FTM couldn’t say the word lesbian)

https://parentingjeremy.com/2015/09/27/when-the-momma-bears-get-angry/  (mom of FTM wants other moms to know about packers)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/civilities-lets-remember-when-we-talk-transgender-law-were-talking-about-our-kids/2017/02/24/da62f9d0-fa10-11e6-bf01-d47f8cf9b643_story.html?utm_term=.af73f48f17b0  shaming worried parents

http://www.uexpress.com/dearabby/2015/12/8/0/daughters-changing-gender-identity-baffles-her  (Dear Abby supports trans)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/aidan-key/transgender-children-today_b_5589353.html  (society needs to change, not transgender kids, Aidan Key)

https://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/teacher-blog/2014/oct/29/transgender-supporting-students-school-lgbt

https://soundcloud.com/transwaves/episode-11-on-parents trans-kids-run Podcast network; how to get your parents on board

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/oct/29/binary-gender-feminism-transgender-womens-award  deconstructing gender, women with beards, awards

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150213112317.htm  Boston University Medical Center researchers find increasing evidence for biological basis for transgenderism.  Paper to which this is referring may be found here: https://www.google.com/#q=Megan+Weinand%2C+BA%2C+BS (first search result) and downloaded.

http://www.smu.edu/~/media/Site/Simmons/DisputeCounseling/Counseling-PDF/Syllabi/Syllabi%20-%201157%20Fall%202015/Syllabus%20-%206356%20Transgender%20Clients_Fall%202015_Keo-Meier.ashx?la=en  Syllabus for SMU course on gender-affirming therapy

https://globaltransaction.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/critique-and-alternative-proposal-to-the-gender-incongruence-of-childhood-category-in-icd-11.pdf  GATE working group urges abolition of gender incongruence dx

http://www.washington.edu/news/2016/02/26/transgender-children-supported-in-their-identities-show-positive-mental-health/  yay!

http://sociologyinfocus.com/2016/08/sex-is-a-social-construction-even-if-the-olympics-pretends-its-not/, also http://www.theroot.com/trans-women-are-women-this-isn-t-a-debate-1793202635, https://www.autostraddle.com/its-time-for-people-to-stop-using-the-social-construct-of-biological-sex-to-defend-their-transmisogyny-240284/, https://www.autostraddle.com/let-it-go-for-the-last-time-trans-women-were-not-born-boys-255055/ , http://www.thedailybeast.com/what-makes-a-real-woman-welcome-to-the-new-liberal-transphobia

http://genderdefenders.blogspot.com/2017/03/parents-no-you-dont-understand.html  critique of 4thWave site

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/transgender-teens-become-happy-healthy-young-adults/

https://www.yahoo.com/style/say-yes-to-the-dress-will-feature-transgender-bride-223341688.html#comments

http://www.socialworktoday.com/archive/exc_110911.shtml  (family therapy with transgender teens; Irwin Krieger)

http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/VIEWS-Transgender-kids-Is-my-child-just-going-through-a-phase/56493.html  (of course not!)

http://www.ftmtopsurgery.ca/ Canadian plastic surgeon specializing in top surgery

http://www.topsurgery.net/

http://teenology101.seattlechildrens.org/transgender-teens-part-1-the-basics-of-sex-and-gender/ Seattle Children’s Hospital: exciting changes in store for teens on hormone therapy

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/02/13/facebook_custom_gender_options_here_are_all_56_custom_options.html  Your Facebook gender options

http://www.afterellen.com/people/210430-facebooks-brielle-harrison-and-sara-sperling-on-the-launch-of-their-new-custom-gender-options  The creators of Facebook’s gender options

https://www.facebook.com/aydin.kennedy/posts/863188780432253  crowd-funding to get a mastectomy for Sky (Aiden Olson-Kennedy)

http://www.thegenderfairy.com/  The Gender Fairy, book for young children

https://diversekidsbooks.org/2014/07/28/when-kathy-is-keith-by-wallace-wong/

http://www.scholastic.com/parents/blogs/scholastic-parents-raise-reader/6-picture-books-about-transgender-children?eml=SSO/aff/20141015/21181/banner/EE/affiliate/////2-238950/&affiliate_id=21181&click_id=2005196482

http://transbodies.com/  transgender health book (mimicking Our Bodies book for women)

https://www.amazon.com/Transgender-Child-Handbook-Families-Professionals/dp/1573443182

http://www.transactiveonline.org/index.php TransActive Gender Center providing free binders to teens among other things

https://www.transactiveonline.org/inabind/faqs.php FAQ on free breast binders for teens

https://www.autostraddle.com/in-a-bind-144632/ breast binders for kids are great

http://www.f2mbinders.com/ binder manufacturer/distributor plus free binders

https://www.gc2b.co/ another binder manufacturer/distributor

http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2014/06/26/infant_gender_assignment_unnecessary_and_potentially_harmful.html Don’t let the doctors assign your baby’s sex at birth

http://www.newsweek.com/head-transplants-gender-reassignment-surgery-gender-dysphoria-310201 Head transplants to cure gender dysphoria

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/surgeon-monkey-head-transplant_us_569fe8c3e4b0d8cc10987820 Monkey head transplant

https://www.popsugar.com/fashion/Caitlyn-Jenner-Wearing-Leather-Pants-38306804#interstitial-1  (Caitlyn Jenner just wore your perfect date night outfit!)

http://www.advocate.com/transgender/2015/07/17/ex-trans-activists-exposed-big-name-behind-their-fight-against-gender-transit?page=0,2 (gay magazine exposes evil gender critical advocates)

http://www.thedailybeast.com/radical-feminists-and-conservative-christians-team-up-against-transgender-people

http://everydayfeminism.com/2013/09/correct-gender-pronouns-to-be-trans-ally/  tips for allies about pronouns

http://www.stonewall.org.uk/vision-change (Stonewall U.K. “gay” organization: not adhering to sex roles means you are trans)

http://darahoffmanfox.com/ask-gender-therapist-know-im-transgender/  If you suspect you might be trans, you probably are

https://psychcentral.com/news/2015/02/01/gender-identity-deeply-held-in-transgender-kids/80598.html  (Kristina Olsen says kids’ gender identity is deeply held)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/09/02/when-men-get-tongue-tied-blame-it-on-their-brains/?utm_term=.39c584bffcd4  (lady brain is real)

https://www.quora.com/What-advice-do-older-transgender-people-have-for-younger-ones  start transition as early as you can

https://faggotboi.wordpress.com/2011/01/20/before-you-tell-your-parents-youre-transgender/

http://www.birthforeverybody.org/response-to-open-letter/  (why midwifery should center men)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07btlmk  (BBC radio program, “Beyond Binary”)

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2013/09/17/being-transgender-tiwi-islands

http://translations.strangertickets.com/home  transgender Seattle film festival

http://wehappytrans.com/news-media/the-trans-100-2013-inaugural-edition-u-s/  The Trans 100 list

http://hrc-assets.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com//files/assets/resources/Trans_Safer_Sex_Guide_FINAL.pdf  HRC Guide to Safer Sex for Trans; commentary: https://purplesagefem.wordpress.com/2016/09/02/safer-sex-guide-for-trans-people-is-unprofessional-and-unsafe/


Truly miscellaneous but still interesting

http://news.psu.edu/story/141441/1997/01/01/research/pigs-paradise (intersex pigs)

https://gendertrender.wordpress.com/2014/08/22/laverne-cox-launches-media-campaign-in-support-of-transwoman-synthia-china-blast-convicted-for-the-rape-murder-and-abuse-of-the-corpse-of-thirteen-year-old-ebony-nicole-williams  (Laverne Cox defending murderer, broken YouTube link)

http://www.transgression.com/Contact/?LanguageCode=en-CA  (person who planned to produce The Transgender Delusion film in 2016)

http://www.singingvoice.net/castrati.html


List of categories used on this page

Resources for studies and reports relevant to gender-variant children

Reflections from gay and lesbian people

Reflections from parents of transgender or GNC children and teens (not explicitly pro-transgender unless specified)

Reflections from transgender and de-transitioned people

Reflections from other gender-critical adults (see also General Opinion)

General opinion not listed above; relating to gender/transgender

Transgender regret/unforeseen consequences/impact on GL community

Gender theory (some overlap with above-cited links)

Funding for transgender movement

Jennifer Pritzker

Trans United Fund

Other transgender political advocacy

Brain Science

Child and teen psychological and brain development (not specifically trans)

Teenage brain

Relevant psychological theories and concepts (not specifically trans)

Therapy resources

Autism/ASD

Internet/social media contagion/peer group pressure

Children questioning gender (not explicitly pro-transition)

Transgender public figures (individuals)

Alexis Arquette

Jennifer Boylan

Teena Brandon

Alex Drummond

Caitlyn Jenner

Jazz Jennings

Christine Jorgenson

Shannon Minter

Danielle Muscato

Willa Naylor

Renee Richards

Stefonknee

Suicide

Increased referrals to gender clinics; lowering age of consent

WPATH

EPATH

General medical resources (not specifically transgender)

Medical issues related to transition (see also specific issues)

Breast binding

Mastectomy

Phalloplasty

Vaginoplasty and other MTF surgeries and procedures not discussed above

Sterilization/fertility preservation

Lupron

Estrogen used outside the transgender context

Steroids for women within the transgender context

Steroids outside the transgender context

Testosterone generally (outside transgender context)

Femininity training

Uterine transplants for men

Informed consent

Hospital-affiliated clinics

GEMS Clinic (Boston Children’s Hospital) (Norman Spack)

GENECIS (Dallas Children’s Hospital Gender Clinic)

Hasbro Children’s Hospital (Rhode Island)

Johns Hopkins clinic

Los Angeles Children’s Hospital (Johanna Olson-Kennedy)

Lurie Children’s Hospital (Chicago, Illinois)

Mt. Sinai Hospital (New York, New York)

Rebirth OB/GYN (Salt Lake City) (Rixt Luikenaar)

San Francisco Center for Excellence in Transgender Health

Seattle Children’s Hospital

Stanford University Children’s Health Care transgender clinic

Tavistock & Portman Gender Identity Development Service (U.K.)

UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital – Child and Adolescent Gender Center Clinic

Sex education for kids (including but not limited to transgenderism)/school issues

Specific schools and situations

Articles pro/con teaching transgenderism in schools; location specified if available

Handbooks and curriculum guides for teaching transgender; school policies

Child sexual abuse prevention

Packers/tucking

Clothing

Gendered toys

Contrasting treatment of other conditions/age-based rules

Medical treatments of the past, includes analogous discredited procedures and theories

Psychological panics of the past

Transspeciesism ( includes otherkin)

Transableism/BIID

Transracialism

Medicare/Medicaid and other insurance coverage for transgender procedures/non-discrimination laws – medical insurance

Conversion therapy legislation/discrimination legislation

Discrimination, other legal (not conversion therapy)

United States

United Kingdom

Canada

Governmental initiatives to promote transgenderism (outside of conversion/discrimination)

Legal rights and actions (analogous situations)

Transgender crime

Julianna Fialkowski

Other

Children of transgender parents/”pregnant man”/female erasure

Homosexual/transsexual history

Posthumous transgender

Transgender in Iran

Transgender counseling and youth and family support groups (not specifically for medical transition); activist groups

Dimensions (San Francisco)

Juniper Center (Chicago)

Gender Infinity (Houston, TX)  (Colt Keo-Meier)

Gendered Intelligence (U.K.)

Gender Spectrum clinic (San Francisco) (Diane Ehrensaft)

GIRES clinic (U.K.)  (Gender Identity Research and Education Society)

Mermaids (U.K.)

Southern California Transgender Counseling Center

Trans Youth Equality Foundation (Portland, ME)

Trans Youth Family Allies (Kelley Winters)  (Holland, MI)

Trans Youth Project/Gender Odyssey/Gender Diversity (Kristina Olson, Aidan Key) (Washington State)

TransActive/Jenn Burleton (see also Sex education for kids)

Transgender Europe

Miscellaneous institutions facilitating transition

Camps for “trans kids”

Counseling centers

College

PFLAG

CAMH/GIS/Ken Zucker

American College of Pediatricians

Feminist critiques

Cults

Cultural appropriation/intersex/two-spirit

Birth certificates

Autogynephilia

Men in women’s spaces (boys in girls’ spaces) generally

Title IX

Locker room access

Men playing women’s sports

Bathroom access

Trans kid narratives (in order by age)

All other cheerleading

Truly miscellaneous but still interesting