Navigating Youth Care Access After The January 28th Executive Order
It’s February 11th, 2025 as we write this. Youth access to care is changing very rapidly in response to the Trump administration’s January 28, 2025 executive order banning federal funding for youth gender care. Many families and youth have had care dropped without notice. February 13th: A federal judge in Baltimore has issued a temporary […]
Where We Are
While QueerDoc offers fully virtual services, federal and state law require you to be physically present in a state where we are licensed at the time of your visit. You do not have to live in that state. We are currently licensed and offering services in Alaska, California, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, […]
QueerDoc’s Response to the 1/28/25 Executive Order on Youth Care
The Trump administration released an executive order on January 28th, 2025 with the intent to ban federal funding of transgender youth care nationally. Here are our thoughts: This order attempts to get around basic truths of law, medicine, and science: This executive order will be challenged. That’s small comfort, we know, but even if it […]
TikTok Series: Progesterone in Gender Affirming Care
What’s the history of using progesterone in gender affirming care? When and how do we use it in transgender and gender diverse health? Pearls: QueerDoc’s sibling company is QueerCME, where we teach other healthcare prescribers about gender affirming care / HRT / hormones / transgender medicine. QueerCME has a TikTok, and occasionally, we share those […]
TikTok Series: Comparing Routes of Estradiol Administration
How do you choose which way to take your estrogen when you’re trying to suppress testosterone? E comes in multiple forms and each one works slightly differently. In healthcare, we call the way we take medicine the “route.” For estrogen/estradiol, the main choices are via injection, transdermal (patch or gel,) or orally/sublingual (tablet swallowed or […]
TikTok Series: Estradiol Valerate Dosing Guidelines (May 2025)
Dr. Beal discusses a May, 2024 paper on estradiol valerate dosing guidelines and how this paper validates our clinical knowledge and practice. Hint: smaller dosages, twice a week, rather than once a week. Tik Tok Video on Estradiol Valerate Dosing More QueerDoc on estradiol (not just valerate): The QueerDoc Blog Index: Estrogen/Estradiol Stay in Touch […]
Name Changes In Florida, Early 2025
This was compiled before the incoming Federal administration took office. Executive orders may come swiftly about name changes at the federal level on Social Security records and on passports. Remember that executive orders don’t necessarily go into effect immediately and that they can be challenged. We are heartened by these words posted by Chase Strangio […]
Getting And Correcting Your Medical Records (2025)
HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, regulates how personal medical information is stored and shared in the United States, IF your records are transmitted electronically by a covered entity or business associate. This includes the right to review and correct your medical records. Not every health care provider is a “covered entity.” Your […]
Social Media Changes in January, 2025
We deleted our Facebook and Instagram social media accounts. We can’t support their policies with our time, energy, and presence. We believe in community, and we believe that our communities are not valued on either platform. We have started @QueerDoc accounts at Bluesky and CounterSocial (QueerDoc – we haven’t enabled a public landing page on […]
Open Enrollment Season 2025: Finding Affirming Health Insurance
There are a lot of unknowns about health insurance heading into 2025. But, affirming plans are available right now, and any changes put into place by incoming administrations or legislatures at the state or federal levels may have barriers preventing them from going into effect immediately. Where To Find Affirming Health Insurance? In Washington, all […]
Congratulations, and Thank You, MONTANA – SB 99 Block Upheld!
The Montana Supreme Court upheld an injunction on the Montana transgender youth care ban (SB 99) yesterday, December 11, 2024, ruling that the ban violates the Montana State Constitution. The Montana law, SB 99, passed in 2023, was enjoined in September 2023. Because of the injunction, youth in Montana have been able to get gender […]
Stop Aunt Flo! Menstrual Suppression 12/2024
Menstrual suppression is a very common health goal, and not just for trans folx. Content Note: We’ll be discussing menstruation (periods, bleeding,) and may use medical and anatomical terms. The Whys of Menstrual Suppression There are many reasons why a person might not want to have a period. Some very common reasons are: How Can […]