Transgender Cancer Support Blog

This is for anyone that wants to share their experiences being trans and having cancer

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Transgender Cancer Patient Project

Advocating Inclusive Healthcare and Providing Resources for Support and Community

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Transgender Cancer Patient Zine: Looking for Submissions!

Letting everyone here know about an art and writing project for and by the transgender cancer patient community. For more info Contact or submit here or at [email protected] and check out the FB page below!

https://www.facebook.com/transcancerzine/

This is a project I am working on with @nonbinaree. 

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all my followers are reblogging that post on how “if youre a trans man on t for longer than 5 years you will get uterine cancer” and 

1)  the link is a huffington post article,  

2)  im not a trans man but ive been looking and cant find any sources on long-term testosterone use having an increase in cancer rates,

and 3)  im not saying this is fearmongering trans ppl but it sure is cispicious

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trans men on t: just get your junk checked up by a doctor once a year, you don’t ever need a hysterectomy unless your doctor finds something concerning. if your doctor or anyone else says you MUST get a hysto after a set amount of time, DONT BUY IT

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that doesn’t even make sense, considering uterine cancer is associated with more exposure to estrogen. also this article doesn’t have anything regarding trans men, but it does say that exposure to testosterone shows no correlation with proliferation of the cells lining your uterus

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long story short theres not enough information on long-term effects of hrt to definitively say “this is going to give you cancer” especially when theres a five year timer on it.

the other post had about 4k notes last i saw - which is hundreds of trans people who now believe transitioning is going to potentially kill them in a few years. please be more critical of what “trans information” posts you post and reblog, because this is straight up cruel

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WHO: Risk of certain cancers is higher in transgender communities

Half of trans men report postponing or all-out avoiding preventative care out of fear of discrimination.

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Queer in Common Country - Maker of Nets

Originally published in The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voices on Health and Health Care, Edited by Zena Sharman, Arsenal Pulp Press, 2016

Transgender Zine on Cancer and Health: Queer in Common Country

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Experiencing Health Care Discrimination as a Nonbinary Person

By Charlie McNabb

This provider wouldn’t approve my hysterectomy because she said I didn’t have enough gender dysphoria, but she never asked me about my dysphoria. This was especially upsetting because she seemed to think I shouldn’t experience pleasure in my body, that I should be upset and sad all time.

This was a doctor who seemed well-versed in binary transgender health care, but wholly unfamiliar with nonbinary patients. Sadly, this isn’t uncommon.

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What Transgender People Should Know About Cancer | Insight

Among the health issues faced by transgender people, cancer has received little scientific attention. Until very recently, no long-term health-tracking studies have focused specifically on cancer in transgender individuals, and the few that are now under way will require years, even decades, to yield useful information. One focus of these …

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Transgender Cancer Support

Hi everyone, 

I am a 19 yr old transgender cancer survivor (melanoma stage 2A which required facial reconstruction surgery). I’ve decided to start a support blog seeing the lack of resources for transgender cancer patients and survivors. I will be posting potential resources, and personal stories/thoughts. Feel free to submit or send me a message, regardless of the type of cancer, stage, or whether you are a patient/survivor, treatment or no treatment. 

It can be isolating as is being trans and facing the medical world. Cancer is a burden no one should ever have to go through alone. 

Much love, 

Charlie

9 November 2017

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Discrimination makes navigating cancer a nightmare for trans people

Years of discrimination have led to a scarcity of data on how hormone therapies affect cancer risk, and trans people who do get a cancer diagnosis often can’t find appropriate care.

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