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Book Reviews
Mistress Krista reviews two recently published books on providing HIV and substance abuse care to transgender people: Walter Bockting and Sheila Kirk's collection, Transgender and HIV: Risks, Prevention, and Care, and Dana G. Finnegan and Emily B. McNally's Counseling Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Substance Abusers.
Mistress Krista


Call for Presenters: International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE) Conference 2008


Fibromyalgia and FTMs: a possible link?
What is fibromyalgia, and is it possibly connected to being female-bodied and gender variant? In this article, Mistress Krista draws some potential links between female to male transgender conditions and this often-misunderstood illness. She also recommends fitness tips that minimize inflammation and pain for those with fibromyalgia.
Mistress Krista


FTM HIV Prevention Yahoo Group


I'm Me, Therefore I Am (Or an antidote to Binary Androgenic Taxonomies - BATs)
J M Bailey's newest book, The Man Who Would Be Queen, has struck nerves in the trans, academic, and medical research communities. Christine Burns of UK trans rights organization Press for Change offers discussion questions to help activists read Bailey.
Christine Burns


Lower Income Trans Health Concerns
Kyle Scanlon of The 519 in Toronto returns to the pages of Trans-Health with a very frank overview of the multiple health risks to which trans homeless people are exposed in "Lower Income Trans Health Concerns," including social services and networks of support that don't meet the needs of trans sex workers, homeless trans people, and those with addictions and serious, chronic illnesses.
Kyle Scanlon


Out of the Prozac Bottle and onto the Treadmill: Exercise and Depression
Mistress Krista talks about the links between exercise and depression, and how to use that knowledge to manage your personal stressload.
Mistress Krista


Parents and Caregivers of Trans Youth Needed for Survey
You are invited to participate in a Survey of Parents or Caregivers of transgender or gender variant youth who are currently 25 years old or younger
Donna Matthews


Rainbow Tobacco intervention project launches Toronto survey


The Mexican Transsexual Movement
The challenges ahead and current status of the Mexican Transsexual Movement


The Road to NOLOSE
Shahn D. Dickson pens a funny and immediate memoir of "The Road to NOLOSE," a conference recently held in New Jersey for lesbians of size.
Shahn D. Dickson


Trans PULSE survey officially launched
We know transphobia is bad for our health. We need your help to prove it.


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