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Lunabell's JournalHormone therapy improves mental health for transgender youths, a new study finds.
Transgender youths reported more life satisfaction and fewer symptoms of depression and anxiety after receiving gender-affirming hormone therapy for two years, according to a new study.
The research, published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, evaluated 315 transgender youths between 12 to 20 years old, with an average age of 16, over the course of two years while they were being treated with gender-affirming hormone therapy.
The researchers are a group of physicians and professors associated with universities and childrens hospitals in Chicago, Boston and Los Angeles. The study was supported by a grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
The researchers used scales that measured depression and anxiety, positive emotions and sense of life satisfaction, and appearance congruence meaning how much a trans person feels their external appearance aligns with their gender identity. Participants rated each of these factors numerically.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-health-and-wellness/hormone-therapy-improves-mental-health-transgender-youths-new-study-fi-rcna66306
DeSantis Demands Trans College Students' Medical Information
Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking state universities to provide the state with the number and ages of students who sought out gender-affirming care, including hormone prescriptions and gender confirmation surgery in a survey released on Wednesday.
The survey asks 12 state universities to provide the number of students or individuals who received gender-affirming treatments over the past five years, and how many students were diagnosed with gender identity disorders during that time period. It also asks how many of those cases were first-time visits for treatment and how many students were referred to other medical facilities for treatment. The survey says to protect students personal identities when completing the survey.
According to The Associated Press, the survey also requires a breakdown by age, regardless of whether the student is over age 18, of students who were prescribed hormones, hormone blockers, or surgical procedures such as mastectomies, breast augmentation, or genital surgery.
The survey is being sent to university board of trustee chairs by DeSantis budget director, Chris Spencer.
WHAT ABOUT HIPAA?
https://www.metroweekly.com/2023/01/desantis-demands-trans-college-students-medical-information/
Got boosted today.
I and my spouse have NEVER had covid and I'm a nurse. My patient's mom had covid and I was exposed, but I have NEVER had covid, probably due to my vaccination status.
Today we got boosted and my next MD appointment I have requested titres for immunity against polio and measles. My vaccinations against these were decades ago and these idiots who won't vaccinate their children are nuts and putting us all at risk.
I believe in science, not conspiracy theories.
Lawsuit Against Pope Benedict XVI Will Continue Despite Death
He sold his version very well, the victim said in the lawsuit, which was filed in June. The victim says the former pope whose birth name was Joseph Ratzinger was aware of the situation and failed to act.
In 2016, the priest was investigated and the Vatican judiciary which determined that Ratzinger and archbishop Friedrich Wetter did, in fact, know of the abuse.
Titz said in a statement Monday that the court has allowed the case to continue despite Benedicts death. The proceeding will continue against the heirs. Benedict has no known children. It is unclear if he left his estate to any relatives, who will now be subject of the civil suit.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/lawsuit-against-pope-benedict-xvi-will-continue-despite-death
So, RIH, you pedophile enabler. There's a special place in hell for you, RATzinger!
Happy Solstice!
We can now start having longer days!! Well, at 4:48 pm Eastern time.
Here's your damned pedophiles, you GQP christo-fascists!!
Go protest the pedophile catholic priests, you idiotic neo-nazi scums! Leave drag queens and the LGBTQIA community alone. I wish there actually were a hell for the scum that cause untold harm to children and innocent men and women.
Priest found guilty of sexually assaulting a 7 year old boy. October 13, 2022.
https://www.detroitnews.com/picture-gallery/media/photo/2022/10/13/priest-found-guilty-sexually-assaulting-7-year-old-boy/10491084002/?itm_medium=recirc&itm_source=taboola&itm_campaign=internal&itm_content=ExploreMore
Why is San Franciscos top Catholic shielding pedophile priests?
https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/why-is-san-francisco-s-top-catholic-shielding-pedophile-priests/article_ac4dd79a-4474-11ed-bf00-97b7b100cc69.html
Op/Ed: Priest convicted of pedophilia avoids prison. Will there be clerical consequences?
https://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/2022/12/09/enforce-legal-clerical-penalties-for-priests-convicted-of-pedophilia-in-indiana/69713284007/
According to an extensive study produced by John Jay College for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, about 4 percent of priests in ministry from the study period (1950-2002) were accused of sexual abuse.
https://www.pintas.com/sexual-assault-lawyer/clergy-sexual-abuse/what-percentage-of-catholic-priests-have-been-accused-of-abuse/
There's so many pedophile priests in the US, a data bank exists!
https://www.abuselawsuit.com/church-sex-abuse/accused-clergy/
If you haven't seen this yet, you must!!
Body positive, feministing!! I love it. Just heard it on the radio this am.
KANYE WEST COMPARES HIMSELF TO EMMETT TILL ... 'Lynching' Rant Aimed at Ari
Source: TMZ.com
Kanye West is on a new tear -- suggesting what happened to Emmett Till is what's happening to him as he falls from grace ... this while trying to get Ari Emanuel's attention.
New posts have been popping up on Ye's IG page of late -- ever since he was reinstated -- but a string of troubling thoughts are cropping up Sunday ... including the notion that he's going through a modern-day "lynching," presumably at the hands of the ex-WME chief.
Read more: https://www.tmz.com/2022/10/30/kanye-compares-himself-emmett-till-lynching-rant-ari-emanuel/
Is there no end to his malignant narcissism?
Internalized homophobia and transphobia kills LGBTQ folks. STOP IT!
Read it. Some of y'all might learn something from facts and evidence.
https://www.rainbow-project.org/internalised-homophobia/
Many people here on DU are showing their true homophobic colors.
Just because Judy Gold is gay does NOT make it ok to mock anyone's sexuality. There are gay republicans. Would it be ok for them to mock Pete Buttigieg just because they are also gay?
Herschel Walker, an African American republican says that black fathers are missing from families and that is a major, major problem for black families. But, Walker is black, so he gets a pass for his insane comments?
You don't get a pass for homophobia because you are gay.
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