FtM / AFAB Academic Research Survey

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Evening everyone!

We just finished screening an academic research survey for adult FtMs and AFAB folks who are taking or considering hormone treatment.  This survey has been approved by the university's institutional review board.  Further, the college will donate a couple of dollars to the trans-related charity of your choice on completion of the survey.

Things to watch out for: during screening, we found questions related to abuse after the age of 18, drug and alcohol abuse, and emotional stability.  If questions on these topics will have a negative effect on you, you may want to take a pass on this one.

From the college:

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Participant Recruitment Post

We are a research team from Texas Tech University, UCLA, and Harvard University, and we are conducting a study on minority stress, health, and access to/use of hormones for transition among trans people who are, or want to, use hormones as part of transitioning from female to male. We welcome all individuals to participate who would be included in the “female-to-male” umbrella and who are or are thinking of using hormones (e.g., testosterone) to transition, regardless of specific gender identity and whether or not individuals have or have not begun, or desire to, undertake any aspects of gender transitioning. We hope that this study will contribute to the understanding of health and well-being, and access to transitioning hormones, among trans individuals, and will help to promote future work including federally funded initiatives to benefit trans communities. Your participation is essential to achieving this goal, so we hope that you will take part in our online survey study. 

In order to participate, you must: 
• Be 18 years of age or older 
• Identify within the “female-to-male” umbrella. We include individuals who were assigned female at birth and are/or are thinking of undergoing transitioning processes.
• Use, or be thinking of using, hormones are part of transitioning.
• Reside in the United States 

If you would like to participate in our study, you may click this link: 
https://ttupsych.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8jmtXLkmoVPTjIV

Your responses are anonymous and your data will be removed from the server soon after you complete the study. Depending on your privacy settings, the Internet host you are using may track and save user actions. For example, social networking sites may record and maintain information about the sites and pages visited and links activated while within network. It is possible that they may use that information linked to your identity for marketing purposes or provide it to third parties. You may access the survey outside of a social networking site by cutting and pasting the link above into a new web page. 
If you have any questions about this study, please feel free to contact us using the contact information listed below. This research study has been approved by the Texas Tech University Institutional Review Board and we are happy to provide documentation of approval upon request. 

At the end of the survey, you will be able to select from among a set of trans-affirming charities. The researchers will donate $2 to the charities for each participant who selects one.

Please feel welcome to pass on this message to other individuals who might be interested in participating as well. 

Thank you very much for your time!

Michael Parent, Ph.D.
Texas Tech University
Department of Psychological Sciences

If you have questions, please let me know!