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on 25 February 2005 (#6258835)

Health information for Trans people and allies

This community is for discussing issues related to the health of Transgender people: physically, mentally, emotionally, etc.

Appropriate topics:

- results of medical research studies
- intersections between other health issues and your Trans identity
- information/questions about hormones/surgery
- physical transition protocols
- natural medicine and Trans health
- issues related to Trans people in the healthcare industry
- personal experiences regarding health and being Trans
- stories about your experiences in a healthcare setting
- pretty much whatever else you can think of

NOTE - this is a fat-positive community. That means that we recognise that fat and healthy are not mutually exclusive and that fat people are hot. Posts related to weight loss for the sake of weight loss, hating your body because you're fat, etc. are not permitted in this community. Discussions of weight as directly related to health concerns are fine here.

If you’re new to the community, please check out the tags and memories to see if your questions have been recently discussed. If you don't find what you're looking for, please post whatever questions or concerns you have.

The memories section can be accessed by clicking the little heart icon up top (looks like this: ). The memories section contains posts on commonly asked questions, as do the memories sections of newtrans and transgender. (The tags are much better organised than the memories; check the memories only if the tag you tried doesn't have any helpful posts in it.)

For an organised list of other Trans-related communities (and there are a lot of them), look in this post (and feel free to comment there if you know of any additional communities).

Community Rules (in no particular order):
1.) No personal attacks on others.
2.) Please speak from your own experiences and avoid speaking for others.
3.) Constructive criticism of something that someone else says is fine; flat-out insulting someone is not.
4.) Transphobia of any kind will not be tolerated here, nor will prejudice against any generalised group of people (i.e. homophobia/heterosexism, racism, classism, sexism, etc.)
5.) Very long posts (over 40 lines) and posts which contain any images should use a cut tag or the post will be deleted. Unless there are other major problems with the post, you will have 24 hours to edit your post and add a cut before a moderator removes it.
6.) Do not change the size or colour of the text in your post. It makes your post more difficult to read and does not make anyone more likely to read it. Similarly, bold, italic, and

underline

are used to add emphasis to specific bits of text; do not use any of them on your entire post. This defeats their purpose and has the same effect as changing the size or colour of your text. Posts which violate this rule will be given 24 hours to edit their post, after which time it will be removed.
7.) If you have a response to a specific post, respond in the comments section of that post; do not make a new post to follow up on any discussion that is less than a week old. If you feel the need to heavily revise your post, add a note that says you have done so, and why (e.g., 'Post heavily revised in response to comments', 'Post heavily revised after doing some more thinking', etc.). Similarly, don't continue conversations from a previous post in someone else's unrelated post.
8.) Please keep posts at least somewhat related to Trans health issues.
9.) Posts that are greatly off-topic or that advertise irrelevant communities, blogs, products, etc. will be removed. This includes posts that are blatant advertisements thinly disguised as relevant posts.
10.) Requests for donations/money are not allowed.
11.) Anything sexually explicit and/or not work safe should be behind a cut tag, with a note in front of the tag indicating why it's been cut. Links to sites, communities, etc. that are sexually explicit and/or not work safe should be indicated as such.
12.) Posts, comments, and default userpics should be kept free of explicit content. (from http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=107 )
13.) Posts or comments that contain blatant hate speech will be removed. Individuals who post hate speech will be warned twice, and on the third occasion will be banned. Additionally, the need for everyone to feel respected and supported is more important here than the need for someone to try to be funny by making fun of others, whether directly or indirectly. Comments or posts that serve no purpose but to make fun of others will be treated as hate speech.
14.) Please do not screen or disable comments on any post. Individuals who have screened the comments on their post will be reminded of this rule and given the chance to correct it. Posts with comments disabled will be removed immediately.
15.) Do not delete other people's comments on a post you make, under any circumstances. Do not screen or freeze comments (your own included). If you have a problem with a comment thread, please contact the moderator. Members are strongly encouraged not to delete their own comments or posts in this community, as it makes it difficult to see who said what in the event of a disagreement. Eraser beware.
16.) Job postings, even for work in the healthcare and/or biotech industries.

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