Miscellaneous

Tools

Hormone Medication Simulation

• Injectable Estradiol Simulator - Transfeminine Science (more info)
• Injectable Estradiol Simulator Advanced - Transfeminine Science (more info)

Injectable Dose, Volume, and Concentration Conversion

• Dose, Volume, and Concentration Conversion for Injectables - Transfeminine Science

Hormone Concentration Unit Conversion

• Hormone Concentration Unit Conversion - Transfeminine Science
• Medical Unit Conversion - EndMemo (e.g., estradiol, testosterone)
• Online Unit Conversion Tool - UnitsLab (e.g., estradiol, testosterone)
• Hormone Level Conversion Calculator (hlcc) (GitHub)

Free Hormone Calculation

• Free/Bioavailable Hormone Calculator - Mazer et al. (2009) (more info)
• Free Estradiol Estimator - Vermeulen et al. (1971) / Rinaldi et al. (2002) - diyhrt.cafe
• Free and Bioavailable Testosterone Calculator - Fiers & Kaufman, Ghent University Hospital

Dose Conversion by Route

• Approximate Comparable Dosages of Estradiol by Different Routes (Aly, 2020)

Publications

Clinical Guidelines

• [World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)] Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, Version 8 (Coleman et al., 2022) [PDF]
• Endocrine Treatment of Gender-Dysphoric/Gender-Incongruent Persons: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline [2nd Version] (Hembree et al., 2017) [PDF]
• [University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)] Guidelines for the Primary and Gender-Affirming Care of Transgender and Gender Nonbinary People, 2nd Edition (Deutsch, 2016) [PDF]
• Clinical Guidelines with Information on Transfeminine Hormone Therapy (Aly, 2020)

Selected Literature Reviews

• Pharmacology of Estrogens and Progestogens: Influence of Different Routes of Administration (Kuhl, 2005) [PDF]

Academic Journals

• Transgender Health - Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. (2016–) (Wiki)
• LGBT Health - Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. (2014–) (Wiki)
• International Journal of Transgender Health - Taylor & Francis, Inc. (1997–) (archive) (Wiki)
• Other academic journals (e.g., The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism)

Large Cohort Studies

• European Network for the Investigation of Gender Incongruence (ENIGI) (Europe)
• Study of Transition, Outcomes, and Gender (STRONG) (United States)

Symposia Materials

• WPATH Symposia Materials - Transfeminine Science

Links

Literature

• PubMed
• Google Scholar
• Google Books
• Embase (info; Wiki)
• WorldCat

Literature Access

• Sci-Hub - Wikipedia (find site link on page here)
• Anna’s Archive - Wikipedia (find site link on page here)
• Standard Template Construct (STC) / Library STC / Science Nexus Telegram Bot (info, links/guide, repo) (the new Sci-Hub for scientific papers published after ~2021)
• Library Genesis (LibGen) - Wikipedia (find site link on page here)
• Archive.org Books to Borrow (a large digital library)
• Elsevier Patient Access (patientaccess@elsevier.com) (article) (free Elsevier/ScienceDirect papers for patients via the preceding email address)
• The Wikipedia Library (free paper access for Wikipedia editors)

Wikipedia

General

• Transgender hormone therapy
• Feminizing hormone therapy
• Masculinizing hormone therapy

Communities

Reddit

• r/AskMtFHRT
• r/TransDIY (wiki)
• r/TransBreastTimelines
• r/Transgender_Surgeries (wiki)

Facebook

• MTF Trans HRT Hormone Forum
• International Transgender Health
• Transgender Professional Association for Transgender Health (TPATH)
• Transgender medicine - clinicians’ group (M.D., D.O., N.P., and P.A. only)

Discord

• TransDIY

Other Sites

DIY Hormone Therapy

• DIY HRT Directory
• r/TransDIY Wiki (pharmacies list)
• hrt.cafe diyhrt.cafe (GitHub), hrt.coffee, diyhrt.info, etc.
• DIYHRT.Market

Transfeminine Science Translations

• tfsci.mtf.wiki (repo) (forum) (old repo—tfsci-sc) (Simplified Chinese)
• Shizu’s [Trans] HRT Guide (alt) (original slides) (Simplified Chinese)
• Trans Girl VN (formerly HRT Vietnam) (Vietnamese)