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Don't be silly: A public service announcement
Everyone's favorite hormone expert gives some sisterly advice on how to take hormones without seriously jeopardizing your health
Raverdyke


E-scriptions: Buying Prescription Drugs Online and from Overseas
From: xobobby417@yahotmale.com Subject: [ADV] Re: GET HORMONES CHEAP!!! The legality of ordering prescription hormones from online and overseas pharmacies has been hotly debated as often as it's been slyly misrepresented. Get the facts on importing hormones into the U.S., Canada, and Australia.
Justin Cascio


Endocrine Disruptors and the Transgendered
It's a fact that harmful chemicals like DDT are responsible for certain intersex conditions, but have the increased presence of human-made chemicals in the environment created a rise in the transgender population? For an environmental perspective on the incidence of transsexuality and intersexuality, read Christine Johnson's Endocrine Disruptors and the Transgendered. Johnson is a co-founder of TransAdvocate, an educational and advocatory site about endocrine disruptors and trans civil rights.
Christine Johnson


HRT Self-Medication: Information Accuracy and Risks of HRT
Are you trying this at home? If your medical advisors are other trans people, or you're just concerned about the medical risks you're taking on with hormone therapy, you need to read this article.
Justin Cascio


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


Medical Therapy and Health Maintenance for Transgender Men: A Guide For Health Care Providers
A free (!) e-book that is an absolutely fantastic "user manual" for FTMs. Covers basic endocrinology, hormone therapies, care risks and benefits, surgical treatments, and other health issues for trans men.
R. Nick Gorton MD, Jamie Buth MD, and Dean Spade Esq


Safety Guidelines for Injecting Hormones
The information in this article has been written in collaboration by Positive Health Project and Edward S. Cheslow MD, and reprinted by permission of a representative of Positive Health Project. Positive Health Project does not encourage the use of prescription medications without a prescription. Hormones are prescribed and are intended to be used as a treatment therapy supervised by a doctor. Consult a doctor before taking any medications.
The Positive Health Project


Self-injection guide for FTMs
Self-Injecting for the first time can be both a scary and exhilarating experience. This video provides trans men with tips on preparing oneself mentally for your first time as well as a practical step-by step guide to self-injection.
Vlad Wolanyk


TranZit
Paper Bag for your Head, Guv'nor?
Mistress Krista


ANDROGENS
6-OXO™ for the dudes
6-OXO™ is a new compound that reportedly inhibits the conversion of testosterone to estradiol. Is it a useful supplement for transmen? Raverdyke tells all.
Raverdyke


Androgens: Under the Hood
The biochemistry of androgens, translated to Raverdyke-speak for easy consumption.
Raverdyke


Androstuff
What your doctor never told you about testosterone
Raverdyke


How Much is Too Much?
Double Your Pleasure, Double Your Fun Double Your Dosage of Synthetic Testosterone Esters Delivered via Intramuscular Injection with Single-Use Needles and Syringes.

Is more testosterone better? Can you safely use other androgens? What about cycling, like the body builders do? Get all of the answers in Raverdyke's certain-to-be-controversial article.

Raverdyke


ESTROGENS
Soy and Estrogen: Two Great Tastes?
Faux-fu for the tofu intolerant
Raverdyke


What We (Don't) Know About Estrogens
Urine for a treat! Raverdyke turns her gaze on estrogens. Find out about Premarin and other estrogens, as well as how to decrease your health risks in taking them.
Raverdyke


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