This long-term HIV survivor says testosterone therapy 'saved my life.'
Nelson Vergel's been on a lifelong mission to educate people about hormone therapy since it helped him survive the AIDS crisis in the early 1990s.
January 8, 2025
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The visible man
Female-to-male transgender people find that supervised testosterone therapy can work wonders, although surgical choices are more complicated. Part 8 in our ongoing Transgender 101 series.
July 10, 2006
Transgender Women Athletes Banned from World Athletics Track Events
LGBTQ+ rights groups have slammed the decision as discriminatory.
March 26, 2023
What is gender-affirming care, who uses it, and do they regret it?
Gender-affirming care is banned for transgender youth when it's mainly cisgender people who use it, and when it has a significantly lower regret rate than all other major surgeries, tattoos, and children.
February 13, 2025
Hormone Therapy Helps Mental Health of Trans Youth: Study
So far this year, more than 30 bills have been introduced at the state level to ban or restrict gender-affirming care for young people.
January 23, 2023
Gender-Affirming Care Access Improves Mental Health: Study
The faster a transgender patient receives access to care, the quicker their levels of suicidal ideation and gender dysphoria decreases, according to researchers.
September 8, 2023
Testosterone Shortage Puts Trans Men at Risk
As low-cost testosterone disappears from shelves in Mexico, those who rely on the drug, like transgender men, grow increasingly desperate.
January 13, 2023
Medical experts explain hair transplants and why trans folks are lining up to get them
Is hair loss surgery gender affirming care?
August 12, 2025
Is There New Hope for Trans Men Trying to Give Birth?
A new study shows that the numbers are parallel, even after trans men have been on testosterone for years.Â
June 10, 2020
Ky Peterson Just Got His First Dose of Testosterone
The trans man incarcerated in an all-women's Georgia prison has finally been granted access to transition-related care.
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February 23, 2016
Pregnant Man Thomas Beatie Expecting ... Again
In an interview with Barbara Walters, pregnant man Thomas Beatie revealed that he and his wife are expecting another child. Beatie announced he was pregnant the first time around in an exclusive article written for The Advocate.
November 14, 2008
Here's what queer, transgender, and intersex people should know about prostate cancer after Biden's diagnosis
After President Joe Biden's stunning cancer diagnosis, The Advocate asked medical experts what the LGBTQ+ community should know about this disease.
May 20, 2025
Going the Distance
The Advocate's new resident marathoner shares the intricacies and the joys of training for the Los Angeles Marathon (his fourth!) as an HIV positive man.
November 16, 2007
Wis. School District Voluntarily Adopts Trans-Inclusive Policy
A Wisconsin school district has adopted a trans-inclusive athletics policy this week -- before any trans students came forward to request the change.
December 17, 2014
Erectile Dysfunction
Erectile dysfunction, or impotence, is the inability to gain or maintain an erection for the purpose of sex. ED affects 15 to 30 million American men.
October 13, 2008
Labor of Love
Thomas Beatie gives The Advocate a first-person account of how it feels to be pregnant and carrying a child for his wife and himself.
March 26, 2008
Weight Lifter Laurel Hubbard Likely to Be First Out Trans Olympian
The New Zealander has qualified for this year's Tokyo Olympics.
May 6, 2021