Laura Helmuth: For Trans Day of Visibility, here's a thread of stories about trans history, research, health & justice #tdov Starting with a trans doc who saved countless lives of people with tuberculosis 1/n www.scientificamerican.com/article/trai...

For Trans Day of Visibility, here's a thread of stories about trans history, research, health & justice #tdov Starting with a trans doc who saved countless lives of people with tuberculosis 1/n www.scientificamerican.com/article/trai...

Trailblazing Transgender Doctor Saved Countless Liveswww.scientificamerican.com After transitioning in 1917, Alan L. Hart helped alter medical history

The research is overwhelmingly clear that gender-affirming care is good health care for trans kids www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...

What the Science on Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Kids Really Showswww.scientificamerican.com Laws that ban gender-affirming treatment ignore the wealth of research demonstrating its benefits for trans people’s health

The world's first trans health clinic was established in 1919 and thrived until it was destroyed by the Nazis in one of their first book burnings www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

The Forgotten History of the World's First Trans Clinicwww.scientificamerican.com The Institute for Sexual Research in Berlin would be a century old if it hadn’t fallen victim to Nazi ideology

One of the many ways anti-trans people oppress trans people is through the use of pseudoscience, which has occurred in three main waves (including the one we're in right now) www.scientificamerican.com/article/pseu...

Pseudoscience Has Long Been Used to Oppress Transgender Peoplewww.scientificamerican.com Three major waves of opposition to transgender health care in the past century have cited faulty science to justify hostility

"Rapid onset gender dysphoria" (the social contagion idea) is not a legit diagnosis, and several of the research articles that supposedly demonstrated it have been retracted www.scientificamerican.com/article/evid...

Evidence Undermines 'Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria' Claimswww.scientificamerican.com Fears of “social contagion,” used to support anti-transgender legislation, are not supported by science

And this shouldn't need saying, but it still unfortunately does: conversion therapy is horrific abuse www.scientificamerican.com/article/mand...

Mandating 'Conversion Therapy' Is Mandating Abusewww.scientificamerican.com Despite some lawmakers’ claims, “cure-based recovery” for gay and transgender people comprises one of psychiatry’s longest and darkest chapters. We shouldn’t inflict it on today’s kids

Anti-trans panics are of course worst for trans people, but they are dangerous for everyone and are in part an attempt to control young people www.scientificamerican.com/article/anti...

Anti-Trans Moral Panics Endanger All Young Peoplewww.scientificamerican.com Moral panics aimed against trans people are both attacks on that community and part of a broader strategy to control youth across the U.S.

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Shared this on twitter with the hashtag because I want every transphobes self-created suffering to be much worse today because fuck 'em.

Appreciate ALL of this, thank you 🙏🏻

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What fantastic and interesting articles, thank you for sharing.

Blown away discovering Dr. Alan L. Hart's transformative journey! 🤯 A pioneer, transcending barriers in medicine AND society, his legacy reminds us: progress often comes from the courage to be oneself. #Trailblazer #TransRights #MedicalPioneer Let's cherish and learn from history's unsung heroes.

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Wow. Really interesting story.

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