Stop pretending that this is about kids. This is intended to erase trans individuals from Texas
🏳️⚧️ From @texaslegebs @voteannjohnson speaking out against SB 1257, the bill that would effectively eliminate trans healthcare for adults in Texas. Clip edited for time. #txlege.
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I confess that I haven't had time to read all of the below
Mórrígan P. Somorjai
With these arcane words I summon those whose critical thinking and scientific literacy skills in middle school to SPEAK!
Combating Scientific Disinformation on Gender-Affirming Care
https://publications.aap.org/pediat...formation-on-Gender?autologincheck=redirected
Closet Cases – Republicans secretly love what they publicly hate So far in 2022, more than 300 anti-LGBT bills have been proposed across 36 states – at least one third of which are directed at trans youth. This surge, especially in anti-trans legislation from Republicans, stands in stark...
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Scientific Misinformation Is Criminalizing the Standard of Care for Transgender Youth
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/article-abstract/2795567
Chosen Name Use Is Linked to Reduced Depressive Symptoms, Suicidal Ideation, and Suicidal Behavior Among Transgender Youth
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29609917/
Puberty blockers for transgender and gender-diverse youth
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases...horia/in-depth/pubertal-blockers/art-20459075
Better mental health found among transgender people who started hormones as teens
https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-n...lth-hormone-treatment-transgender-people.html
Bigotry and Nationalism Launched Nazi Book Burning
https://action.everylibrary.org/bigotry_and_nationalism_launched_nazi_book_burning
Improving the experience of health services for trans and gender-diverse young people and their families: an exploratory qualitative study
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39980357/
Brain differences between men and women and their relationship with transgender identity:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7477289/
Genetic Link Between Gender Dysphoria and Sex Hormone Signaling
https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article/104/2/390/5104458
Transgender women have a considerable number of female neurons in their limbic system:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10843193/
Sexual dimorphism in the third nucleus interstitial tissue of the hypothalamus and its relationship with gender identity:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18980961/
Regional variation of gray matter in transgender women
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19341803/
The white matter microstructure of transgender men before hormone therapy
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20562024/
Structural connections in the brain in relation to gender identity and sexual orientation
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-17352-8
Transgender brains are more like their desired gender from a young age
https://www.ese-hormones.org/.../transgender-brains-are...
Neurobiology of gender identity and sexual orientation
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29211317/
Neuroscience and sex/gender:
https://www.jneurosci.org/content/40/1/37
The biology of human psychosexual differentiation
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0018506X06001462?via=ihub
Sex and gender are dials (not switches). An evolutionary perspective on sex and the complexity of gender
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/...605/sex-and-gender-are-dials-not-switches?amp
Brain Sex in Transgender Women Is Shifted towards Gender Identity
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35329908/
Development of gender identity from a psycho-socio-cultural perspective. A conceptual tour
http://pepsic.bvsalud.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext...
Beyond XX and XY. The Extraordinary Complexity of Sex Determination
https://www.scientificamerican.com/.../beyond-xx-and-xy.../
Similarity in transgender and cisgender children’s gender development
https://www.pnas.org/content/116/49/24480...
The idea of two sexes is simplistic
https://www.scientificamerican.com/.../sex-redefined-the.../
Non-binary and genderqueer: An overview of the field
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6830997/
Non-binary gender/sex identities
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352250X22002202
Authentic gender development in non-binary children
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sociology/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2023.1177766/full
Psychological Functioning in Non-binary Identifying Adolescents and Adults
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0092623X.2021.1950087
Mental health of non-binary youth: a systematic review and meta-analysis
https://capmh.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13034-024-00822-z
Mental and sexual well-being in non-binary and genderqueer individuals
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/26895269.2021.1995801
Non-Binary Gender Identity Development: A Qualitative Study
https://commons.und.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5385&context=theses
What does it mean to be intersex?
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/intersex#summary Intersex Studies: A Systematic Review of International Health Literature
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2158244017745577
How Common is Intersex? An Explanation of the Stats
https://www.intersexequality.com/how-common-is-intersex-in-humans/
Measuring Intersex/DSD Populations
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK581039/
Gender Cognition in Transgender Children
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/.../d3853a04e464d85b6291...
Gender Affirming Care Is Evidence Based for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Youth
https://www.jahonline.org/article/S1054-139X(24)00439-7/fulltext
Gender-Affirming Care of Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth: Current Concepts
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11045042/
Facts on Gender-Affirming Care
https://www.hrc.org/resources/get-the-facts-on-gender-affirming-care
Prioritizing Gender-Affirming Care for Youth: The Role of Pediatric-Focused Clinicians
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S089152452300370X
Gender-Affirming Medications Among Transgender Adolescents in the US, 2018-2022
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/article-abstract/2828427
A Review of the Status of Brain Structure Research in Transsexualism
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4987404/...
Why Sex Is Mostly Binary but Gender Is a Spectrum
http://nautil.us/.../why-sex-is-binary-but-gender-is-a...
Biometric characteristics of the pelvis in female-to-male transsexuals
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22810992/
What Our Skeletons Say About the Sex Binary
https://www.sapiens.org/body/intersex-biological-sex/
Gender Dysphoria
https://www.psychologytoday.com/.../cond.../gender-dysphoria
Gender Dysphoria present in the DSM-5 not due to it being a mental disorder but to ensure access to care
https://www.psychiatry.org/file library/psychiatrists/practice/dsm/apa_dsm-5-gender-dysphoria.pdf
What does the scholarly research say about the effect of gender transition on transgender well-being?
https://whatweknow.inequality.cornell.edu/.../what-does.../
What does transgender mean?
https://www.apa.org/topics/lgbtq/transgenero
Understanding transgender people, gender identity and gender expression
https://www.apa.org/topics/lgbtq/transgender-people-gender-identity-gender-expression
Regret after Gender-affirmation Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Prevalence
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8099405
Why Regret is So Rare for Trans Patients
https://www.assignedmedia.org/break...y-surgery-regret-for-trans-patients-is-so-low
Risk of Suicide and Self-Harm Following Gender-Affirmation Surgery
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11063965
Transgender Persons are Twice as Likely to be Veterans
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7906232/
The Impact of Gender-affirming Surgeries on Suicide-related Outcomes
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26318318231189836
How Many Trans People Detransition?
https://www.gendergp.com/detransition-facts/
Autogynephilia, Junk Science, and Pseudoscience
plus links to my academic articles, online essays, and explainers on the topic
juliaserano.substack.com
Mapping Attacks on LGBTQ Rights in U.S. State Legislatures in 2025
https://www.aclu.org/legislative-attacks-on-lgbtq-rights-2025
Even more sources if those aren’t enough
https://linktr.ee/rhinostransresearch