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Do Higher Oestradiol Levels Result in Better Mental Health and Wellbeing?

19 Oct 2023
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1744

What are the associations between oestradiol levels, psychological distress, wellbeing and risk of certain health conditions?

A World-First Trial on Fast Access to Testosterone

4 Oct 2023
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1502

A world-first randomised controlled trial on fast access to testosterone: How we did it and why it is such a landmark study.

Oestradiol Implants in Australia

12 Sept 2023
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8283

What are oestradiol implants?

Accessing Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy in Australia

7 Aug 2023
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31108

The process of accessing gender-affirming hormone therapy if you are over 18 and living in Australia.

Trans People Living with HIV in Australia

6 July 2023
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771

How many trans people are living with HIV in Australia?

From Melbourne to Chicago: Sharing Our World-First Clinical Research at ENDO 2023

27 June 2023
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201

Trans Health Research presented findings at ENDO 2023.

Spotlighting Trans Suicidality at the National Suicide Prevention Conference 2023

16 May 2023
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281

"One of the biggest opportunities the trans community have ever had to talk to an audience of service providers and decision-makers."

What has TRANSform Achieved in its First Three Years?

19 Apr 2023
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1157

TRANSform: An Australian longitudinal gender health study is an ongoing research project.

Options for Oestrogen, Anti-Androgen, and Progesterone Hormone Therapy in Australia

6 Apr 2023
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26601

What are the options for oestrogen, anti-androgen, and progesterone gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) in Australia?

Options for Testosterone Hormone Therapy in Australia

2 Feb 2023
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18221

What are the options for testosterone gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) in Australia?

Genital Changes, Periods, and Pelvic Pain in People Using Testosterone

11 Jan 2023
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61493

What effects does testosterone have on the genitalia, uterus, and ovaries?

End of 2022 Review

21 Dec 2022
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245

2022 has been a year of challenges but also opportunity and hope. We have experienced a climate of intense, harmful political 'debate', often contrary to scientific evidence and the lived-experience of the trans community. Whilst we are steadfastly focused on undertaking scientific research to improve trans health, in 2022, our voices as science communicators has never been more important. As clinicians treating trans people and as researchers in trans health where >50% of our team are trans...

Challenging Five Years of Transphobia

29 May 2022
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630

The 'transgender debate' is damaging, but communities can (and must) push back.

Dispelling the Myths About Trans People

2 Dec 2021
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709

An article debunking common, and incorrect, assumptions about trans people. Science and calm, open-hearted logic is the way forward.

Trans People and the AstraZeneca Vaccine

12 Aug 2021
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175

A discussion of the AstraZeneca vaccine's safety for trans people, with plentiful evidence and educated insights.

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