FTM Testosterone Research Study

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Are you 18 or older? Do you currently identify as a female-to-male transgender or transsexual, or have identified as FTM in the past and now identify as male but have NOT started T?
A self-identified transgender male, Stacey Colt Meier, is conducting a research study on persons who identify as transgender men. He is a doctoral student at the University of Houston and the results from this study will be used for his Doctoral Dissertation. The purpose of this research is to examine changes in cognitive functioning, emotional reactivity, and personality due to testosterone.
In order to qualify for this study you must be at least 18 years old. You must not have started testosterone before the first testing session. You must plan to start testosterone within the next year and plan on taking testosterone for at least one year. If you are interested, email Colt at ftmresearch(at)gmail(dot)com with your first name and telephone number. He will call you for an initial telephone screen.
The study consists of three measurements (surveys/questionnaires) lasting 2 to 3 hours each where Colt will snail mail packets to eligible participants. These measurements will be conducted over the period of one year: first pre-T, second 3-4 months after starting T, and third 10-12 months after starting T. You will be asked to fill out questionnaires that assess basic demographic information, personal transitioning plans, personality, and emotional reactivity. This study has been reviewed and approved by the Committee for Protecting Human Subjects at the University of Houston.


See video for call for participants
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecs9hphpmBE

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Argentina: "Buddies" Ease Trans People's Hospital Visits

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http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/2080/68/

"Buddies" Ease Transgenders' Hospital Visits in Argentina
Written by Marcela Valente
Wednesday, 26 August 2009

(IPS) - Keeping a hospital appointment in the Argentine capital is a far less fearsome ordeal for transgender persons, a sector of the population that according to doctors had "dramatic" statistics of illness, when they are accompanied by trained health promoters who, like them, have chosen a different gender identity.

"It's easier to communicate among ourselves than with hospital staff," Valeria Ramírez, a transgender promoter with the city of Buenos Aires' Programme to Facilitate Access to the Health System for the Transgender Population, told IPS.

In place since 2007, the strategy has increased the frequency of consultation and health check-ups by this marginalised community, as well as boosting the immune systems of those infected with HIV/AIDS.

Ramírez, who is also the coordinator of one of the centres run by the Buenos Aires AIDS Foundation (FBAS), meets transgender patients as they arrive at the Ramos Mejía Acute General Hospital, and accompanies them as they request appointments and have X-rays and other tests.

"The plan emerged in order to improve the treatment rate of 'trans' persons, who exhibited high levels of illness," Dr Marcelo Losso, of the hospital's department of services for immunocompromised patients, told IPS.
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ATTN: Folks in the DC Area

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Fuck not again...when will it end?

*Trigger Warning*
The following article is about the murder of one DC area transwoman and the non-fatal stabbing of another. Read with caution.

http://www.washblade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=26915
( to read about the community response... )