Hello, today we are answering the first question in the Dear JSTOR series – where you can ask us, via mail or message by starting your query with “Dear JSTOR”, anything about anything! Research, advice, the color blue, and we’ll try to help.
A user wrote in asking “is it true that there is only one study in existence on the effects of binding your chest (for trans men)?” Short answer: yes. Longer answer: there is other research on the effects of chest binding, however, there is only one that studied its affects on transgender men.
This study is the only one to address the effects of chest binding on trans men, however, it cites other studies that have examined the effects of binding for lactation suppression and gynaecomastia. For many trans men, “chest binding is considered a necessary rather than elective daily activity due to associated mental and emotional health benefits.”
The study participants were asked about how chest binding affected their mental health and “self-reported mental health effects were almost universally positive, with qualitative data indicating decreases in suicidality, anxiety and dysphoria and increased self-esteem, confidence and ability to go out safely in public.”
The study also found that trans men who chest bind universally reported at least one health side effect, which also seemed to correlate to the number of days and hours per day the binding was worn, and for how many years the person had been chest binding. Potential physical side effects can include: numbness, lightheadedness, fatigue and weakness, as well as skin sensitivities and issues. Those with less physical side effects seemed to bind for less time or used less intense methods (i.e., layered sports bras vs. commercial binders). The mental side effects of increased well-being and sense of self, however, need to be taken into consideration by doctors when discussing any potential negative side effects.
So now one of you should do another study!
Also, if you have questions about transgender healthcare, please visit the UCSF Center of Excellence for Transgender Health: http://transhealth.ucsf.edu/
It used to be that prosthetic limbs and style had little to do with one another. Prosthetic limbs have typically had as much style as
orthopedic shoes, sheathed in beige fabric to cover the metal and
plastic parts within. They lacked originality, they lacked flair and they certainly didn’t reflect the wearer’s personality. Now, that couldn’t further from the truth.
random thing but i realized it might be helpful for some people so uh. theres this thingy where you can upload an image and it gives you a color palette based on it !
heres an example
and it also gives you the hex code values for them too its p neat !
He’s been condemned by other Muslim leaders, and some local imams have even refused to greet him. But Imam Daayiee Abdullah – believed to be the only openly gay imam in the Americas – is proud of his story.
He was born and raised in Detroit, where his parents were Southern Baptists. At age 15, he came out to them. At 33, while studying in China, Abdullah converted to Islam, and went on to study the religion in Egypt, Jordan and Syria. But as a gay man in America, he saw that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Muslims had unmet spiritual needs and he became an imam to provide community support.
“Sometimes necessity is the mother of invention. And because of the necessity in our community, that’s why I came into this particular role,” he told America Tonight about his journey.
His first act as an imam? Performing funeral rites for a gay Muslim who died of AIDS.
“They had contacted a number of imams, and no one would go and provide him his janazah services,” he said, referring to the Muslim body cleaning ritual. That pained him.
“I believe every person, no matter if I disagree with you or not, you have the right as a Muslim to have the proper spiritual [rites] and rituals provided for you. And whoever judges you, that will be Allah’s decision, not me.”
It’s one of the mantras he lives by in his work, even as others condemn him.
if you don’t experience same gender attraction & you’re cis i want you to think long & hard about why you feel like you belong in the lgbt community & what you can get from that community that you can’t get somewhere else.
getting real tired of this transphobia & biphobia sprinkled in with aphobia
luv how NB people suddenly cease to exist in order to make a point against ace/aro people
Yeah, go on OP, go on @fairyling , explain to my nb ass about “same gender attraction”
You sure did erase nb people pretty damn quick because you hate ace people so much
can y’all really not comprehend that you’re not cis so you are lgbt anyway?
Can *you* really not comprehend that’s not what the point of my response was? Here’s what I mean: if a cis woman likes men and NB people, but not dating other women, she has no same-gender attraction. Has that helped you now in realizing how you erased nonbinary people?
Also, OP, I’m frankly not convinced you want an actual answer to your question. I don’t think you would accept the most logical response in the world, or the most emotional please, or anything else. But that’s presumptuous of me, so I’ll ask you outright, @fairyling:
Do you want an actual answer as to why ace people belong in this community, or are you just looking for agreement and/or an excuse to harass others?
cis ppl saying they’re attracted to nv genders is fetishizing. if ur nb & you say you’re attracted to nb genders then it’s up to you if you identify as gay/bi/straight/etc. if a cis person dies not experience same gender attraction they’re not lgbt. it’s rlly that simple.
i know they don’t belong in the community. cis het people who are aro or ace & cis aroace people benefit from homophobia & transphobia therefore they are oppressors to the community. my post is asking y’all to do some self reflection & really think about why you’re entitled to our spaces. but i know it’s hard for y’all to use critical thinking 😦
“cis people saying they’re attracted to nb genders is fetishising”
that’s a neat way to explain away your biphobia & transphobia i guess. again, you’re implying that if you’re not ‘same-gender attracted’ then you’re ‘straight’, which is a huge problem when you move outside of a binary gender model
the only way you can make it ‘that simple’ is with cisnormativity
using ‘het’ as a catch-all default for everyone who doesn’t have ‘same-gender attraction’ is, conversely, upholding heteronormativity
also real sly how you’re implying that the multiple trans people correcting you on this don’t belong in the community. bc yeah, we’re entitled to OUR spaces no matter what way you look at it
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