"CONSIDER" - TRANS / INTERSEX HISTORY AND MEDICAL RESEARCH - DR KRISTINE COONS

“Consider” - Dr Kristine Coons, DO, FACOI

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CONTENTS INCLUDE:

• History - LGBTQIA+ has always been there - However, terms, perspectives and understanding differed Ancient civilizations have always tried to explain and understand based on the knowledge, experience, understanding and philosophies they had available at the time

• Perspectives and Conceptual Layers of Sex

• Primary Sex Characteristics

• Primary Structures

• Development is Dynamic

• Sex Anatomy Development

• Development of Gonads and Internal and External Reproductive Structures

• Genetics

• Human Embryology

• Conceptial Genetic Layers

• Genetic Facts

• SOX9 as "one" focal point

• Intersex –Variations of Sex Development

• List of some Differences/Variations of Sexual Development

• List of Some Genes associated with DSD/VSD and their chromosomes

• Gender Identity is a Relationship and Function

• Brain Map

• Researchers Map the Neurons of the Fruit Fly Oct 2024

• The Brain's Sex Development develops independent but related to the Body's Sex Development

• Gender Identity is Variable

• Gender Identity appears associated with numerous factors

• Brain Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation

• Care of Individuals with variations of Gender Identity

• Gender Diversity is just as Diverse as Sex Diversity

• Essentialism vs Pluralism vs Abolitionism

Dr. Kristine Coons is a member of the Gather Conference executive board and presenter at Gather Conference 2025

Dr. Coons has graciously provided these slides as a resource for this website.