{"id":250,"date":"2024-05-07T11:25:42","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T11:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deborah-ballard.com\/wp1\/?p=250"},"modified":"2024-05-07T11:37:48","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T11:37:48","slug":"transgender-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/deborah-ballard.com\/wp1\/2024\/05\/07\/transgender-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Transgender\u00a0Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-transgender-healthcare-discrimination-idUSKBN0M928B20150313\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transgender people face discrimination in healthcare<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About 42 percent of female-to-male transgender adults reported verbal harassment, physical assault or denial of equal treatment in a doctor\u2019s office or hospital, the researchers report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tgmentalhealth.com\/2013\/09\/04\/poll-results-hiding-and-gender-variance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Poll Results \u2013 Hiding and Gender Variance<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019ve been interested in the issue of hiding and its effect on the personality for transgender individuals for some time and have had a poll going on my website to ask questions about it. Even though the results have been \u201copen\u201d, not all results are visible (the text answers), so I\u2019ve now closed the poll and am publishing the results here. It\u2019s a four question poll. It was up from April 2011 till Sept 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.campuspride.org\/forwardthinking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">INFOGRAPHICS: \u201cForward Thinking Campaign\u201d shares the risks for LGBTQ youth still today<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The numbers are stark, but the best way to combat these mental health statistics is for LGBTQ youth to have a supportive environment in their family, community, and overall society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/304307310_Physical_activity_in_transgender_people_a_cross-sectional_matched_control_study\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Physical activity in transgender people: a cross-sectional matched control study<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, transgender people are thought to have a negative experience when engaging in physical activity due to specific barriers relating to gender identity, transphobic experiences, lack of awareness about transgender people, and discriminatory sports policies (Jones, Arcelus, Bouman &amp; Haycraft, submitted). This could indicate that engagement in physical activity is low among the transgender population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/technology\/2019\/06\/spironolactone-hormone-trans-women-side-effects.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spironolactone, a Standard Drug in HRT for Trans Women, Has Side Effects<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spironolactone also has many other effects, including fatigue, fogginess, muscular atrophy, and weight gain, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencemag.org\/news\/2018\/07\/scientist-racing-discover-how-gender-transitions-alter-athletic-performance-including\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How gender transitions alter athletic performance<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2015, she published the first study of transgender athletes&#8217; performances, finding that transgender women who received treatment to lower their testosterone levels did no better in a variety of races against female peers than they had previously done against male runners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transgender people face discrimination in healthcare About 42 percent of female-to-male transgender adults reported verbal harassment, physical assault or denial of equal treatment in a doctor\u2019s office or hospital, the researchers report. 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