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Kay Costantino
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Psychology and Sociology major at The University of Pittsburgh |🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
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This is the first major victory for trans rights in the second Trump administration.

When we fight for trans rights, we win.
February 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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“We’re not going anywhere. What’s more: we’re expanding.”

Nearly a dozen of Minnesota’s foremost experts on gender-affirming care collaborated on this beautiful op-ed in today’s Strib. No paywall.
Those of us who work in gender medicine are not going anywhere
What’s more, we’re expanding.
www.startribune.com
February 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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I wrote about trans community suicide prevention, including a 4-step guide to peer interventions with links to further resources, for Xtra: xtramagazine.com/health/we-mu...
February 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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A framework for understanding effective allyship

Review by Evava S. Pietri, Charlotte E. Moser, Veronica Derricks & India R. Johnson

Web: go.nature.com/4hISncq
PDF: rdcu.be/d8tYJ

#psychology #socialpsych
February 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Multiple reports of HHS emails ordering all contracts that "promote or inculcate gender ideology" to be cancelled by 5pm tomorrow.

#Academicsky #Psychscisky #Neuroskyence
January 30, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Excellent discussion last night with our C&A journal club about this article from @turban.bsky.social in January’s #JAACAP. Especially important in light of misconceptions about and recent EO targeting gender-affirming care for youth.

#psychsky #ProtectTransKids

www.jaacap.org/article/S089...
Biopsychosocial Assessments for Pubertal Suppression to Treat Adolescent Gender Dysphoria
Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) adolescents are those whose gender identity is incongruent with societal expectations based on their sex assigned at birth.1 Some TGD adolescents may meet criteria...
www.jaacap.org
February 1, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Words we needed from sociologist Jennifer Walter.

Take a deep breath. This is marathon, not a sprint. Take breaks when you need to. Laugh. Spend time in community. And continue to do the work. #Resist
January 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I invite all trans folks to remember how brave we are, how beautiful, how miraculous.

And I invite cis people to remember that you, too, can be as courageous and free as we are.
November 20, 2024 at 7:02 PM