trans health care

I’ve Always Been Incarcerated With Men. I Never Felt Safe Until This Time.

In the year between paroling out of Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) custody and being thrown into county jail for…

January 15, 2025

Trans Health Care Requires You to Be “Sick.” In Prison, You Can Work That.

On September 17, a federal judge halted the Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) ban on gender-affirming surgery for people in…

September 18, 2024

How I Was Forced to Go Through Testosterone Withdrawal

When I moved to Italy for school in August 2022, I brought a three-month supply of testosterone, syringes and needles—the…

November 13, 2023

Trans Health Care, Medicaid and the Shortfalls of Prison Re-Entry Services

For about three weeks, I'd been communicating smoothly with the clinic where I'm scheduled to undergo breast augmentation surgery and…

September 25, 2023

Leaving Prison After 13 Years, and the Preparations I Made to Get Here

On September 13, I got up at 4 am and took a shower. I fiddled with my belongings, which had…

September 18, 2023

Leading Trans Health Care Guidance Updated—and Still Stuck in the Past

In September, the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) released its updated Standards of Care, the gold-standard guidelines for…

October 11, 2022