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I offered, about two months ago, to do a presentation for a local transgender youth group, on the topic of how sex hormones affect the human body through the lifespan, from conception (which is an exaggeration, they don't matter until about a month after conception) to old age, with special consideration of issues and conditions affecting transpeople (such as Klinefelter's and PCOS).
They took me up on it today, for me to present tomorrow. Suffice it to say, I am not prepared enough. Especially as regards the female body, especially the transfeminine body.
I just reread the very awesome (and available online for free) book by Nick Gorton, Jamie Buth and Dean Spade; Medical Therapy and Health Maintenance for Transgender Men: A Guide for Health Practitioners. I love that book. I have read it lots of times. Unfortunately, I believe the youth group is predominantly composed of transfeminine people, which is unfortunate mostly because I do not know of an analogous book on transgender women.
I am particularly interested in good explanations of estrogen and progestin regulation in the body, at the molecular level. Other things I want to understand better include hormonal contraceptives, depo provera, lupron, and exactly how metformin treats PCOS.
They took me up on it today, for me to present tomorrow. Suffice it to say, I am not prepared enough. Especially as regards the female body, especially the transfeminine body.
I just reread the very awesome (and available online for free) book by Nick Gorton, Jamie Buth and Dean Spade; Medical Therapy and Health Maintenance for Transgender Men: A Guide for Health Practitioners. I love that book. I have read it lots of times. Unfortunately, I believe the youth group is predominantly composed of transfeminine people, which is unfortunate mostly because I do not know of an analogous book on transgender women.
I am particularly interested in good explanations of estrogen and progestin regulation in the body, at the molecular level. Other things I want to understand better include hormonal contraceptives, depo provera, lupron, and exactly how metformin treats PCOS.