Taylan (Male Feminist Arc) on Nostr: nprofile1q…eauwy nprofile1q…0a28f In the pursuit of countering disinformation, ...
nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq48fzfauk9suw3tk8zfjg8cz680m7jguzxf0eqjrhh2hls6nkd35q6eauwy (nprofile…auwy) nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqhjn04ugknpsz7n9yn2h3zp5kkpqka9v9y5g9c4qjxt9r7ts39e8qk0a28f (nprofile…a28f)
In the pursuit of countering disinformation, it's easy to fall for disinformation yourself, if your initial motivation was political and not scientific.
It does *not* appear to be the case that the WH website conflated transgender and transgenic.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/03/yes-biden-spent-millions-on-transgender-animal-experiments/
The study on mice mentioned on that page is this one:
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10619517
And it's indeed about giving female mice testosterone to see how it affects their fertility, because transmen take testosterone which is thought to affect their fertility.
> Recent data estimates 1.4 million transgender adults and 150,000 transgender adolescents live in the United States, many of whom are on cross-sex hormone therapy with estradiol or testosterone (T). National and international medical organizations recommend fertility preservation counseling prior to initiation of cross-sex hormone therapy, based on an assumption of fertility loss. However, the impact of long-term cross-sex hormone therapy on reproductive health is largely unknown, particularly in transgender men (female-to- male or FTM). The available human studies suggest ovarian changes from cross-sex T therapy, [ ... ]
In the pursuit of countering disinformation, it's easy to fall for disinformation yourself, if your initial motivation was political and not scientific.
It does *not* appear to be the case that the WH website conflated transgender and transgenic.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/03/yes-biden-spent-millions-on-transgender-animal-experiments/
The study on mice mentioned on that page is this one:
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10619517
And it's indeed about giving female mice testosterone to see how it affects their fertility, because transmen take testosterone which is thought to affect their fertility.
> Recent data estimates 1.4 million transgender adults and 150,000 transgender adolescents live in the United States, many of whom are on cross-sex hormone therapy with estradiol or testosterone (T). National and international medical organizations recommend fertility preservation counseling prior to initiation of cross-sex hormone therapy, based on an assumption of fertility loss. However, the impact of long-term cross-sex hormone therapy on reproductive health is largely unknown, particularly in transgender men (female-to- male or FTM). The available human studies suggest ovarian changes from cross-sex T therapy, [ ... ]