Resources
Brighton Hospitals Gender Inclusion Guidance – guidane for maternity services to become more gender inclusive
Trans Fertility Co – an international resource page about trans fertility
Improving Trans Experiences of Maternity Services (ITEMS) study 2022 – a study about trans experiences in pregnancy
CQC Maternity Survey 2022 – this survey found that 1% of everyone who gave birth in UK 2021/22 had a gender that wasn’t the same as their assigned sex at birth
Boston Study into Trans Male Fertility (2020) – “Our study found that even long periods of gender-affirming androgen therapy did not appear to have a negative effect on ovarian stimulation outcomes,”
Successful restoration of spermatogenesis following gender-affirming hormone therapy in transgender women (2023) – “our data strongly suggest that the impact of GAHT on spermatogenesis can be reversed and cast doubt on claims that GAHT inevitably leads to permanent infertility.”
The experiences of transgender men around pregnancy and recommendations for providers (2017) – “Participants reported a long list of ways that providers and medical staff demonstrated a lack of cultural competence in their interactions”
Lactation induction in a transgender woman – “These findings provide reassurance about the adequacy of nutrition from human milk produced by non-gestational transgender female and nonbinary parents on estrogen-based, gender-affirming hormone therapy”
Gendered Intelligence – a registered charity that exists to increase understandings of gender diversity and improve trans people’s quality of life.
Stonewall – a charity fighting for the freedom, equity and potential of LGBTQ+ people everywhere
LGBT Foundation – a national charity with LGBTQ+ health and wellbeing at the heart of everything they do
Mermaids – Mermaids supports transgender, nonbinary and gender diverse young people as well as the adults and professionals who support them
Black Beetle Health – A charity dedication to promoting health, wellbeing and equality for LGBTQ+ Black and People of Colour
Queer Parenting Partnership – A queer led non-profit that provides education around family making
The Mindful Birth Group – inclusive antental and postnatal education for all families. Trans Inclusion training provided by us
Trans Fertility Co – an international resource page about trans fertility
Inducing Lactation – a guide for trans women and other non-gestational parents
Stonewall Schools report 2017 – “Nearly half of LGBT pupils (45 per cent) – including 64 per cent of trans pupils – are bullied for being LGBT in Britain’s schools”
Human Rights Campaign – Welcoming Schools – A checklist of things that schools can do to be trans inclusive
Mermaids Schools Support – Mermaids supports transgender, nonbinary and gender diverse young people as well as the adults and professionals who support them
All4Maternity -Inclusive Language – an article about simple but powerful changes anyone working in perinatal care can make to be more inclusive to trans and nonbinary people, while still centring women in their work.
Into the Gender Universe (SexEd Rescue 2022) – Supporting a child through questionning their gender
We need to talk about Britain’s transphobia problem (The Canary) – An article addressing transphobia in the UK
Trans youth mental health support (Worth-It) – A look into how to support trans young people in a school environment
Online spaces as a refuge and a source of abuse – How our primary link to community comes with huge exposure to transphobia and the risk of fetishisation
Testosterone, to t or not to t – written during his postnatal period in 2021, Jacob writes about his conflicted feelings about what to do in regards to hormones
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