Testosterone, military, Gender Affirming – oh my!
A friend posted something on Facebook this morning that sent me down a rabbit hole. They began by admitting that a lot of the conversations around gender can get complicated pretty quickly. Fair enough. But then they asked a wonderfully simple question: If the military tests a man, decides his testosterone is too low, and gives him testosterone so that his body more closely conforms to what we expect of a male body, isn’t that gender-affirming care? Well, that’s an interesting question. Because the Pentagon is moving forward with testosterone-deficiency screening for many male service members. And medically speaking, diagnosing and treating an actual hormone deficiency isn’t some bizarre new idea. There can be perfectly legitimate medical reasons to test testosterone and, when appropriate, treat The rest of the story
