[UK] [Health/Medicine]
Phalloplasty With Free (Septocutaneous) Fibular Flap Sine Fibula

As with all other aspects of plastic surgery, the purpose of creating a phallus has always been to achieve form and function, which is to enable the construct not only to look like a penis, but also to perform like one.

[UK]
ACTION AGAINST HOMOPHOBIA AND TRANSPHOBIA IN BUCKS

A PROJECT aimed at tackling hate crime against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people has been launched in Buckinghamshire.

[USA] [Health/Medicine]
Hormone has colon cancer effect

The female hormone estrogen may hold important clues for scientists working on new therapies for colon cancer, according to a study by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers in West Palm Beach, Fla.

[USA] [Health/Medicine]
Surgical Treatment of Male Gynecomastia (male breast enlargement)

Most boys enter puberty between the ages of 11 through 14. At this time, there is a huge increase in the natural production of testosterone and, to a much lesser degree, estrogen. Although the exact mechanisms of development of gynecomastia (male breast enlargement) are unknown, certainly hormones play a great part.

[VT,USA]
Transgender bill being redrafted

After Gov. Jim Douglas' veto last year of a bill that would have protected the state's transgender population from discrimination, proponents of the measure began work to reintroduce similar legislation this legislative term.