/r/TransfemScience
A subreddit for the discussion of research and scientific analysis related to MtF transition
A subreddit for the discussion of research and scientific analysis related to MtF transition.
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Rules
Stay on topic. All posts and comments should stay on-topic and related to research relevant to transfeminine transition. Relevant topics include research and scientific discussion related to HRT, surgeries, voice training, psychological findings relevant to such transition, etc.
Prefer direct and reliable sources. Prefer reliable sources such as research published in reputable academic journals and organizations wherever possible. For open access studies, posts should link to them directly rather than to media discussion. For closed access, posts should provide a link to the study in addition to the media report, if referencing one. For some topics, limited research is available. Speculation is allowed but should be phrased with a level of certainty that reflects the speculative nature of the discussion.
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Banned topics. See below
Banned topics
- The 'validity' of people's transgender status.
- Discussion of sourcing for off-prescription medication
- Advocacy for treatments that are widely considered to be ineffective. This includes 'alternative' medicine approaches to HRT, such as herbal approaches and/or phytoestrogens, conversion 'therapy', etc.
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How can we go about open sourcing the knowledge about FFS as we did with HRT?
Hey y'all!
This compilation is something I built when I worked with Dr. Baez Marquez as his patient coordinator (Full disclosure: I don't work him anymore, or ANY FFS surgeons and haven't since Aug 2022) and, when we began, we agreed that this knowledge would be shared if someone wanted it.
What I am wondering now is, how can we, as a community, go about open-sourcing and preserving this knowledge so other surgeons can reach the quality level of the most regarded ones (DB, Keo, Mardi, Jumaily, and so on) and gain open access to this knowledge?
As we know, we lost plenty of knowledge about our community and procedures during WWII, so after the recent geopolitical events, I feel obliged to share this with the world. We successfully open-sourced the knowledge about HRT thanks to the internet and we could argue we've made trans-related gender affirming medicine more attainable and safer thanks to that.
A way we could do that with gender-affirming surgeries IMO would be by making this knowledge easier to find for surgeons so they can do training sessions, open fellowships, and so on.
So, yeah, what can we do?
EDIT: Here's now a mirror at the Internet Archive. Hope it helps.
03:36 UTC
Lactation induction in a transgender woman: case report and recommendations for clinical practice
Well, I suppose I shall make the first post.
I was previously looking into the idea of inducing lactation and if it was possible, and I had come across anecdotal accounts by individuals who claimed they could produce breast milk, but there was no clear methodology behind it. Recently though I came across this case study (van Amesfoort et al., 2024) which documented the induction of lactation in a single person, but most importantly the methodology is there.
Given that this is a case study, anyone looking do do the same should not consider this to be a step by step guide by any means, but it is an important resource that you can take to your prescribing doctor to assist you.
Lactation induction in a transgender woman: case report and recommendations for clinical practice
(Edit: The link didn't stay when I first posted, so I had to edit it in. Probably because I didn't use the link function..)
07:31 UTC
Welcome to r/TransfemScience
Subreddit is now open for submissions. Be nice, follow the rules, etc.
:)
21:33 UTC