Trans young adults of color use creativity to define their identities, build community, survive discrimination, and cultivate joy while imagining and pursuing a better world, according to new research by a team of #UMD students, led by #EdTerp m. go.umd.edu/1ppc

Are people using alternatives to Twitter consistently? I feel even more conflicted about being on a platform owned by Musk these days.

BMA Council recently voted to ‘publicly critique the Cass Review’, after doctors and academics voiced concern about weaknesses in the methodologies used in the Review and problems arising from the implementation of some of the recommendations. 🧵2/4

During this evaluation phase, we are calling for a pause on the implementation of the recommendations in this review. We believe transgender and gender-diverse patients should continue to receive specialist healthcare, regardless of their age. 🧵3/4

“It is time that we truly listen to this group of important, valued, and unfortunately often victimised people and, together, build a system in which they are finally provided with the care they deserve.” Philip Banfield 💙 🧵4/4

I wrote about the Olympic boxing controversy, bigotry, and moral panic: The Snake That Eats Itself open.substack.com/pub/kaichength…

I wish media outlets covering this Imane Khelif ridiculousness were educating the public about the transvestigator arm of the TERF/ gender critical movement. JK Rowling and her friends in weird corners of the Internet have been declaring random cis women trans for years.

Not sure how long I'm going to stay on this platform. The more expressly transnegative Elon gets the less I have any desire to drive traffic and income to Twitter. I started an Insta: instagram.com/drsebastianbar… & will look into other Twitter-like platforms.

You could be the person someone first trusts with a piece of themselves they've had to hide from the rest of the world. What an honor. Live your life in such a way that someone might trust you with this gift.

When therapists lack adequate training, they try to be “helpful” in the ways a friend, family member, teacher, or mentor might be helpful. They offer advice, encouragement, and support. But these are not professional skills. People come to psychotherapy because commonsense ways

Who is out here training therapists to jump to OCD the second a person presents with any rumination?! Too many therapists are diagnosis happy and doing such a disservice for clients

In the latest TransLash Podcast, @Imarajones talks with @drsebastianbarr about applying a feminist model of PTSD to trans survival. He shares how “symptoms” are actually behaviors we develop to stay safe—offering a powerful lens on trans distress. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/tra…

In this commentary, we outline the evidence supporting gender-affirming care for TGD youth and counter prevalent critiques of this evidence. 🏳️‍⚧️ Stephanie Budge Roberto L. Abreu, PhD @DrBekahEstevez Sebastian M. Barr, Ph.D. Dr. Jay Bettergarcia (they/them) Richard A. Sprott Link: authors.elsevier.com/c/1jrUp,Nz~NVg…