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How Can Trans Women Deal With Erectile Dysfunction?

Erectile dysfunction is consistently counted among the most common sexual disorders. It’s also a topic close to my heart (and…

Summer Tao

Mar 6, 2025

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A Queer Guide to Starting Strength Training

The right time to start something new is anytime.

Stef Rubino

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Dec 26, 2024

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Testosterone Gel vs. Injections: Which Is More Effective?

I’m not a doctor or a scientist. What I am is a trans man whose…

Max Gross

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Oct 8, 2024

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My Top Surgery Was Complicated. I Don’t Regret It

We rarely hear about how healing can be an iterative and potentially complicated process.

E. Goldblatt Hyatt

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Aug 19, 2024

HEALTH

How Much Does Injectable Testosterone Hurt?

For over a year, I swore shots were too scary for me. Now, three months…

Max Gross

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Aug 9, 2024

health

A Queer Guide to Starting Strength Training

The right time to start something new is anytime.

Stef Rubino —

Dec 26, 2024

health

Testosterone Gel vs. Injections: Which Is More Effective?

I’m not a doctor or a scientist. What I am is a trans man whose own transition experiences have made me curious about how it all works.

Max Gross —

Oct 8, 2024

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My Top Surgery Was Complicated. I Don’t Regret It

We rarely hear about how healing can be an iterative and potentially complicated process.

E. Goldblatt Hyatt —

Aug 19, 2024

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Some of Your Biggest Questions About Managing Mental Health During Covid, Answered by a Therapist

When are the Shoulds are invading your thought process, and try to be curious about that. What is it The Shoulds are trying to protect you from? What does doing…

Christina Tesoro —

Jun 23, 2020

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How to Take Care of Each Other: Community Care In Times Of Crisis

“When we’ve all broken past the fear of being burdens on others, when we as communities learn how to ask for and give help and support, we’ll be able to…

Abbie Jones —

Jun 8, 2020

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mental health

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I Want You to Touch Me: Skin Hunger and Digital Dysphoria in a Pandemic

Chances are, you know someone who is quarantining alone right now. Maybe even you, yourself, are alone, and have been for the past several weeks. If so, it’s important to…

Christina Tesoro —

Apr 30, 2020

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How to Quit Smoking

Tell yourself that you’re not like one of those chain smokers, that you can stop whenever you want. Start smoking American Spirits, so it’s like, not even that bad for…

Abbie Jones —

Apr 21, 2020

covid-19

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Stay Home & Let Go of Loopholes: Community Care During Coronavirus

Your life is not going to feel normal. This is not normal. This is a pandemic. This is life or death. Our only tool is physical distance. We have to…

Vanessa —

Apr 9, 2020

covid-19

mental health

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A Therapist on What You Need to Know About Your Own Mental Health in the Time of COVID19

We all must do the internal work of unpacking how the harms of our social structure have become internalized, have lived in our bodies, have shown in our relationships. We…

Christina Tesoro —

Mar 26, 2020

covid-19

Roundtables

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Roundtable: From Our Shelters, Places to Yours

It’s a weird time, friends and loved ones; we’re all feeling disconnected and scared, and many of you are, too. We’re here to share a little about how we’re spending…

the team —

Mar 20, 2020

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The Invisible Addicts: Addiction and Treatment in Black LGBT Communities

In my own struggle to get sober, I would spend days telling myself that my bottoms were “not that bad.” That the next day I would drink lighter, drink less,…

danijanae —

Feb 27, 2020

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How Can Trans Women Deal With Erectile Dysfunction?

Erectile dysfunction is consistently counted among the most common sexual disorders. It's also a topic close to my heart (and other organs) because I experience it.

Summer Tao

health

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A Queer Guide to Starting Strength Training

The right time to start something new is anytime.

Stef Rubino —

Dec 26, 2024

trans men

Testosterone Gel vs. Injections: Which Is More Effective?

I’m not a doctor or a scientist. What I am is a trans man whose own transition experiences have made me curious about how it all works.

Max Gross —

Oct 8, 2024

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My Top Surgery Was Complicated. I Don’t Regret It

We rarely hear about how healing can be an iterative and potentially complicated process.

E. Goldblatt Hyatt —

Aug 19, 2024

trans men

How Much Does Injectable Testosterone Hurt?

For over a year, I swore shots were too scary for me. Now, three months into them, I only wish I’d started sooner.

Max Gross —

Aug 9, 2024

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