University of Texas at Austin
Public College in Texas
Widespread
About University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin is a public college located in Texas. Visit the college website: University of Texas at Austin
Notes:
- Provides plentiful resources through the "LGBTQ Studies" department.
- Has "gender-inclusive" bathrooms.
- Both single- and multi-stall.
- UHS provides gender-related hormones to students.
- Counseling center is very affirming.
- Has a counselor who IDs as trans / specilizes in counseling LGBT students.
- Closed its "Gender and Sexuality" center in 2024 after unsuccessfully converting it to a "Women's Community Center. ".
Trans Activism:
Widespread
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My son, who is a freshman at the University of Texas at Austin, went to a doctor through university health services. The doctor, Stephen Blair, diagnosed him with gender dysphoria after the first visit and asking only 15 questions. He started my son on gender changing estrogen hormones immediately after the first visit. He was not offered counseling first nor was counseling even required prior to starting hormones. Additionally, even the hormone therapy was not administered correctly as he put my son estrogen right away without first putting him on spironolactone for 4-8 weeks first.
Also, there was no consideration given to my son’s genetic history. My husband carries the BRCA2 gene and there is a 50/50 chance that my son could also have this gene. The gene increases cancer risk by 70 percent in women as it thrives on estrogen. My husband has lost his grandmother, aunt and sister to cancer. Men are not at as great of a risk because it is an estrogen driven cancer but now facing the possibility that there is an increased risk to my son who is putting estrogen into his body. Men with this gene however do have an increased risk of prostrate cancer which risk is also increased by the addition of estrogen. We were actually in the process of having my son genetic tested this summer.
Hormones are freely given to students on this campus simply by asking for them. There is no counseling or genetic testing done prior to prescribing gender changing hormones. UT Health Austin Health Services does not have the resources and capabilities to provide proper Gender Affirming care to students and therefore should not be rendering such services. ~ Parent