A health lobby group is urging the Alberta Government to change the rules for trans-gender patients seeking hormone therapy. According to Friends of Medicare, there are too many barriers. Right now, trans-gender patients are required to undergo psychiatric therapy before getting access to hormone therapy. Executive Director Sandra Azocar says its a gatekeeping model that needs to end. We definitely believe that the principals of Medicare is based on equal access for all, regardless of the contents of your wallet or in this case if you are a trans person in this country, Azocar explains. Were very concerned about the health disparities and discriminatory practices faced by trans people in Alberta when trying to access hormone replacement therapy. She says Alberta lags behind some other places. Azocar says it would save the system money moving to informed consent, which happens in some other jurisdictions. See more here: Lobby group looks for better health care access for trans patients. - 660 News … Continue reading →

A court has made a final ruling in the Richard Simmons lawsuit against the National Enquirer. Richard Simmons is a flamboyant fitness guru and former TV personality in the US,who abruptly ceased all public appearances in 2014. The National Inquirer, which has a notorious history of perpetuating hoaxes about celebrities, later published a number of front-page splashes claiming Simmons was transgender. The TV personality later launched libel action, describing the articles as cruel and malicious. However, the case ended in a defeat for Simmons this week, as a judge threw out his case. Judge Gregory Keosian controversially ruled that no case could be heard for mis-identifying someone as transgender, gay, bisexual or lesbian, because they are not negative characteristics. The judge ruled: While, as a practical matter, the characteristic may be held in contempt by a portion of the population, the court will not validate those prejudices by legally recognising them. The articles in question were published between June 2016 and March 2017, and based their claims on Simmons withdrawal from public life. Headlines included shocking sex surgery, and suggesting that he was undergoing hormone replacement therapy and that he had gotten breast implants. The National Enquirer claimed he was … Continue reading →

Hormone replacement therapy in women is one of the most popular methods used to cope with the frustrating, and sometimes agonizing, symptoms of menopause. During the menopausal years, women often become desperate and frustrated because their quality of life is drastically flipped upside down by grueling hot flashes, sudden, unexplainable weight gain, and severe mood swings. Hormone replacement therapy is a system of medical treatments that prevents discomfort caused by diminished circulating estrogen and progesterone hormones in the years leading up to menopause. The main hormones that are replenished in this process are estrogen, progesterone or progestins, and sometimes testosterone. Hormone replacement therapy is not a bad method for relieving symptoms of menopause, but the process should be closely monitored by an experienced physician if you are going to make this your remedy of choice. "In my years of working with menopausal women at my medical practice, I have always emphasized the importance of monitoring hormone levels during hormone replacement therapy,"" says Caroline J. Cederquist, M.D., a board-certified bariatric physician, and the founding physician behind BistroMD. The average pre-menopausal woman will have a spike in their estrogen levels, right before ovulation. If the level stays high, then the heightened, steady … Continue reading →

"I was just hot all the time," 48-year-old Shannon Scott said about hot flashes she suffered for years. "When I would wake up in the middle of night I would be soaking wet around my neck and I would have to change in the middle of the night." She's a receptionist for Dr. Marlene Moulton, the listening doctor who specializes in treating menopause symptoms. Such symptoms include the following: "It's not a psychiatric problem. It's a mood problem driven by hormone instability," ______ said. When Scott heard the doctor talk about hormone pellets in the office, she wanted to give it a try. "Within three days I felt like...mental clarity came back," Scott said. "The hot flashes were easy enough within a few days and now I don't have them at all." Moulton said pellets are a more natural form of hormone therapy. She uses bio-identical tiny pellets, inserted under the skin, made from soy and yams. "It takes the place of trying to use the annoying vaginal gel or the creams or the topical patch 36 it lasts for 3 months," she said. "You cant take it out so we have to make sure that is right for the … Continue reading →

HT ... HRT ... EPT ... E+PT ET ETC ETC ... = CONFUSION! We will define and try to clarify the many terms and abbreviations you may encounter. HT Hormone therapy HT is an umbrella term that can mean many things: estrogen-only therapy, estrogen plus natural progesterone, estrogen plus a progestin, estrogen plus MPA (a particularly strong form of progestin). Some forms of HT require a prescription; others can be purchased over-the-counter; others may only be available in a doctors office. These hormonal preparations are available in pills, patches, creams, gels, injections and vaginal applications. Dizzy yet? If you see a headline or a story or medical article about HT you obviously need to know exactly which hormones and which forms of HT its about. A lot of the confusion women and even doctors feel about menopause hormones comes from the careless and lazy use of the umbrella term HT. HRT, which stands for hormone replacement therapy, is an abbreviation often used interchangeably with HT. The subject of the word replacement is complex and calls for an entire article of its own. Keep tuned. ET Estrogen therapy ET refers to estrogen-only therapy. ET can be used safely only by women … Continue reading →

BEING allowed to wear a female uniform may have formed a very different high school experience for a Lismore transgender woman. Vaylira Passionfruit, who now lives in Melbourne, has joined calls of praise for two students who catalysed change this week when Trinity Catholic College allowed them to wear uniforms aligned with their preferred gender. "I am very proud of the students at Trinity for doing that especially considering that Catholic school is one of the most conservative schools in the Northern Rivers," Vaylira said. "It shows the Northern Rivers is a very progressive area." During her high school years, before the 18-year-old was able to start her transition, she said her public school forced her to wear the male uniform until year 10 and use the male bathrooms. It wasn't until years 11 and 12 she was given permission her the partial female uniform - meaning she was allowed to wear the shirt but not the skirt. "I feel like all of those years that I was in high school if I was able to live as a girl, if I was able to be Vaylira, if I was able to access hormone replacement therapy I would have a … Continue reading →

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (ChurchMilitant.com) - Two projects are underway that need publicity and funding to undo damage wreaked by the gay lobby. The gay lobby has done a masterful job of promoting lies and misinformation to further the LGBT agenda. With the sudden and untimely death of Dr. Joseph Nicolosi, a Catholic and a pioneer in reparative therapy, a coalition of mental health professionals and clients are looking to preserve his legacy through two projects aimed at educating the public about the true nature of homosexuality and transgenderism. Fundingmorality.com, a unique, faith-based alternative to secular crowdfunding, is hosting the campaign sponsored by the National Taskforce for Therapy Equality. The first project aims to create a series of short explainer animation videos designed as a public service to balance the misinformation spread by LGBT activists. A second project involves a documentary on Nicolosi, a leader in the fight against sexual brokenness. When the medical profession first approved puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones as a "treatment" for children in 2011, Michelle Cretella, president of the American College of Pediatricians, says she was horrified. She helped author the ACP's press release on the subject, "Chemical Castration Not the Best for Children," where she … Continue reading →