Of course, fat trans people have* particularly dense fat due to the hormone treatments, which probably** makes them invulnerable to bullets which are unable to penetrate the fat to any vital organs. … (View Post)

I suspect if you get 50 people interested in trans issues in a room you'll get at least 50 different interpretations of what the Cass Review says and - if you're lucky - 1 person who has ac… (View Post)

Does the Cass Review say what 148grss claims on social transition? I'd be worried about that if so, but I've just read the summary on pages 163-165 and I don't see anything like that. … (View Post)

Yes - and that's where I have misgivings. Most of the people involved in the Review and the supporting studies are from other areas of medicine/healthcare research and that's not a bad thin… (View Post)

If 'included' and then not included in synthesis (due to quality) that should be very clearly flagged up in the paper. I'd be interested in any examples of that (as my understanding of… (View Post)