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·August 7, 2015·3 min read

Sex Hormone Levels Consistent With Birth Gender in Transgender Teens

A new study reports transgender teens express typical hormone levels consistent with their gender of birth.

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·April 1, 2016·5 min read

Higher Rates of Mental Health Problems in Transgender Veterans

A new study reports than among veterans who identify as transgender, 90 percent have at least one mental health diagnosis.

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Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·January 17, 2017·4 min read

Mounting Challenges to Brain Sex Differences

A new meta analysis reveals no significant differences in the size of the amygdala between males and females.

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·June 3, 2018·2 min read

Transgender Brains More Like Their Desired Gender From Early Age

A new study reports transgender people have brain activity and structure during adolescence that more closely resembles typical activation patterns of their desired gender.

Featured Neuroscience

·December 2, 2019·3 min read

The neurobiological basis of gender dysphoria

A new theory of gender dysphoria claims brain network activity, and not incorrect brain sex may be at the root of symptoms.

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·February 5, 2020·7 min read

Gene variants provide insight into brain and body incongruence in transgender

Study reports twenty-one variants in nineteen genes have been found in estrogen signaling pathways in the brains of transgender individuals.

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·December 12, 2021·5 min read

Study Dispels Harmful Gender Dysphoria Myth

A new study disputes the findings of a controversial 2018 study, confirming there is no evidence for rapid-onset gender dysphoria (ROGD). Researchers say the ROGD hypothesis is harmful and perpetuates fear and discrimination against the trans community.

gender dysphoria

Sex Hormone Levels Consistent With Birth Gender in Transgender Teens

Higher Rates of Mental Health Problems in Transgender Veterans

Mounting Challenges to Brain Sex Differences

Transgender Brains More Like Their Desired Gender From Early Age

Gene variants provide insight into brain and body incongruence in transgender

Study Dispels Harmful Gender Dysphoria Myth

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