Carrie Clowers

Autistic and Transgender communities should build solidarity together

Autistic and Transgender communities should build solidarity together

BY SARAH CAVAR ’20

A 2016 study in “Transgender Health” revealed that gender variance was almost eight times more prevalent in young autistic subjects than their allistic (non-autistic) counterparts. This has led to scientific inquiry into a neurobiological link between gender dysphoria — as it’s known in the DSM-V, the latest psychiatric diagnostic manual published by the American Psychiatric Association — and autism spectrum disorders.

Navigating personal masculinities for trans men

Navigating personal masculinities for trans men

BY LEO RACHMAN ’20

The definition of trans-ness — and the concept of transition — is different for each person. Some trans individuals need hormones to feel aligned with their body, some need surgeries, some need both and then there are some trans folks who don’t need either of those things to feel valid within their minds and bodies.