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Oh look! The party of rugged individualism just voted for *another* #nepobaby. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/michael-alfonso-sean-duffy-primary-wisconsin_n_6a7a0a8be4b01ec886913415
There must be a shortage of #testosterone supplements in #Wisconsin. 🤷🏻♂️
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Oh look! The party of rugged individualism just voted for *another* #nepobaby. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/michael-alfonso-sean-duffy-primary-wisconsin_n_6a7a0a8be4b01ec886913415
There must be a shortage of #testosterone supplements in #Wisconsin. 🤷🏻♂️
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The military plans to start screening service members for low testosterone, and social media is overflowing with claims about testosterone therapy. But who actually needs it? #wellness #testosterone #menshealth
Posted into FLIPBOARD EXCHANGE FEED 🗞️ @flipboard-exchange-feed-Econopass
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Il y a 20 ans : Floyd Landis présente une nouvelle explication à son contrôle positif https://www.cyclisme-dopage.com/actualite/2006-08-09-nouvelobs.htm #cyclisme #dopage #FloydLandis #TDF2006 #Testostérone #whisky #cortisone
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Il y a 14 ans : Une suspension efface-t-elle les effets du dopage ? https://www.cyclisme-dopage.com/actualite/2012-08-07-lemonde-fr.htm #cyclisme #dopage #JO #Londres2012 #JO2004 #JO2012 #EPO #DopageSanguin #testostérone
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@kardinal691
OMG, that seems reckless. Can’t anyone do arithmetic among those brass's left in the Pentagon? Understandable that Pentagon Pete can’t count, with all that testosterone swishing about, but what about the underlings, with less of the disabling testosterone? [sarcasm]#USPol #Pentagon #counting #Arithmetic #testosterone #reckless
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@kardinal691
OMG, that seems reckless. Can’t anyone do arithmetic among those brass's left in the Pentagon? Understandable that Pentagon Pete can’t count, with all that testosterone swishing about, but what about the underlings, with less of the disabling testosterone? [sarcasm]#USPol #Pentagon #counting #Arithmetic #testosterone #reckless
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Il y a 20 ans : Landis s'en prend aux responsables du cyclisme et de la lutte contre le dopage https://www.cyclisme-dopage.com/actualite/2006-08-07-yahoo-ap.htm #cyclisme #dopage #FloydLandis #TDF2006 #testostérone
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#MAGA #Republicans are just frat boys. The #Trump #WhiteHouse and #Congress are just "Animal House" on steroids - specifically, #testosterone.
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#MAGA #Republicans are just frat boys. The #Trump #WhiteHouse and #Congress are just "Animal House" on steroids - specifically, #testosterone.
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Il y a 20 ans : Phonak licencie Landis https://www.cyclisme-dopage.com/actualite/2006-08-05-lequipe.htm #cyclisme #dopage #FloydLandis #Phonak #tdf2006 #testostérone
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Il y a 20 ans : Affaire Landis: la contre-expertise confirme de la testostérone prise de façon exogène https://www.cyclisme-dopage.com/actualite/2006-08-05-yahoo-ap.htm #cyclisme #dopage #FloydLandis #Phonak #tdf2006 #testostérone #AMA
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Il y a 11 ans : Tom Danielson annonce son contrôle positif à la testostérone https://www.cyclisme-dopage.com/actualite/2015-08-03-lequipe-fr.htm #cyclisme #dopage #TomDanielson #CannondaleGarmin #testostérone
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Il y a 14 ans : Victoria Baranova écartée des JO pour dopage https://www.cyclisme-dopage.com/actualite/2012-08-03-levif-be.htm #cyclisme #dopage #JO #Londres2012 #VictoriaBaranova #testostérone
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3 years ago: Richard Freeman won't defend himself against anti-doping charges https://www.cyclisme-dopage.com/actualite/2023-08-02-thetimes-co-uk.htm #cycling #doping #DaveBrailsford #RichardFreeman #TeamSky #Testogel #Testosterone #triamcinolone #BritishCycling #BradleyWiggins
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Il y a 19 ans : Perquisition du domicile de Patrik Sinkewitz https://www.cyclisme-dopage.com/actualite/2007-08-02-tsr-ch.htm #cyclisme #dopage #PatrikSinkewitz #TDF2007 #testostérone #Tmobile
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Il y a 20 ans : Le Tour de France des coïncidences https://www.cyclisme-dopage.com/actualite/2006-08-02-lecanardenchaine.htm #cyclisme #dopage #EPO #FloydLandis #Phonak #TDF2006 #testostérone #JohnLelangue #RobertoHeras
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Il y a 20 ans : La testostérone de Landis serait synthétique https://www.cyclisme-dopage.com/actualite/2006-08-01-liberation.htm #cyclisme #dopage #FloydLandis #TDF2006 #Testostérone
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“Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has spoken publicly about his own use of T.R.T., the FDA has changed the hormone’s warning labels and made the treatment available to many more men.
Kennedy has pointed to studies finding that #testosterone levels are lower among younger generations than historical averages, calling declining testosterone an “existential” threat.
Researchers have argued that the trend is driven by rising obesity and increasingly sedentary lifestyles.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/science/testosterone-behavior-aggression.html
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“Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has spoken publicly about his own use of T.R.T., the FDA has changed the hormone’s warning labels and made the treatment available to many more men.
Kennedy has pointed to studies finding that #testosterone levels are lower among younger generations than historical averages, calling declining testosterone an “existential” threat.
Researchers have argued that the trend is driven by rising obesity and increasingly sedentary lifestyles.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/science/testosterone-behavior-aggression.html
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Il y a 19 ans : Patrik Sinkewitz licencié par T-Mobile https://www.cyclisme-dopage.com/actualite/2007-07-31-lalibrebelgique.htm #cyclisme #dopage #PatrikSinkewitz #TDF2007 #testostérone #RolfAldag
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Il y a 24 ans : L'analyse négative de Rumsas est « parfaitement claire » https://www.cyclisme-dopage.com/actualite/2002-07-31-afp-franceinfo.htm #cyclisme #dopage #RaimondasRumsas #testostérone #EPO
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Here is a ghetto test for testosterone deficiency.
If your a man in a position of power, bloviating about #testosterone deficiency...you have no balls.
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Il y a 20 ans : Les performances parlent d'elles-mêmes https://www.cyclisme-dopage.com/actualite/2006-07-28-liberation.htm #cyclisme #dopage # #FloydLandis #Phonak #testostérone #EPO #AntoineVayer
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"How could the best-equipped, most #sophisticated military in the world have allowed itself to be #humiliated by a third-rate power?
First of all, Pete #Hegseth and Donald #Trump began with an astonishingly stupid theory of war: the belief that #performative #masculinity is how you win. Hegseth literally believes that the secret of #military #might in an age of AI-enabled drones that can travel hundreds of miles is more #testosterone."
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-putinization-of-the-american -
"How could the best-equipped, most #sophisticated military in the world have allowed itself to be #humiliated by a third-rate power?
First of all, Pete #Hegseth and Donald #Trump began with an astonishingly stupid theory of war: the belief that #performative #masculinity is how you win. Hegseth literally believes that the secret of #military #might in an age of AI-enabled drones that can travel hundreds of miles is more #testosterone."
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-putinization-of-the-american -
Il y a 20 ans : Landis : «C'est naturel» https://www.cyclisme-dopage.com/actualite/2006-07-28-lequipe.htm #cyclisme #dopage # #FloydLandis #TDF2006 #testostérone
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Il y a 20 ans : Test positif pour Landis https://www.cyclisme-dopage.com/actualite/2006-07-27-lequipe.htm #cyclisme #dopage #FloydLandis #LanceArmstrong #TDF2006 #testostérone #Phonak
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Il y a 19 ans : Cofidis licencie Moreni https://www.cyclisme-dopage.com/actualite/2007-07-26-cyberpresse-ca.htm #cyclisme #dopage # #Cofidis #CristianMoreni #TDF2007 #testostérone
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You’ve no doubt unfortunately heard of the #looksmaxxing trend spreading in the #manosphere and disfiguring women’s faces with ‘Mar-a-Lago face’.
This zinnia is ‘pinkmaxxing’ without the ‘help’ of #testosterone or plastic surgery!
#Bloomscrolling au naturel!
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"Hegseth’s obsession with physical markers of masculinity also reflects a broader misunderstanding of what makes a military effective. By confusing physical stature with strategic advantage, Hegseth’s Pentagon runs the risk of preparing for the wars that he imagines rather than those that they actually face.
Hegseth makes a wild leap from healthy troops receiving appropriate medical care to hormonal treatment as some sort of military advantage. A fighter pilot, logistics coordinator, cyber operator, drone controller or missile technician does not become more effective on the battlefield because he has the testosterone profile of an action-movie star."
https://www.europesays.com/3150873/
#Hegseth #USPol #DOD #Iran #Military #Pentagon #PeteHegseth #Soldiers #Technology #Testosterone #Troops #War
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♂️”Hegseth appears to believe more is better, advocating for a “high T” fighting force. But high levels of testosterone — which is currently classified as a controlled substance with potential for abuse — can lead to acne, balding, breast tissue growth, impaired ability of the heart to pump blood, infertility, erectile dysfunction, and increased risk of death.”
#menshealth #sexuality #masculinity #testosterone #Men #uspoli @menshealth https://theintercept.com/2026/07/25/pete-hegseth-testosterone-military-masculinity/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Fliberal
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“Hormones for me, but not for thee”, says the incompetent imbecile who wants to transform the armed forces into the He-man Woman Haters Club and whined about $5-6 million the military spent on transgender care.
I swear I will liquidate all my worldly assets and deliver them to any person who can teleport me and the missus back to Earth One.
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The many ways in which Hegseth is wrong about testosterone:
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#PeteHeghseth siis ilmoitti, että haluaa pumpata yhdysvaltalaiset #sotilaat täyteen testosteronia.
Lääketieteen proffa #GaryWitter (erikoistunut miesten terveyteen, testosteroniin, sen korvaushoitoihin ym.) toivoo, että mahd. harva #sotilas hoidon alkaa; merkittäviä haittoja mm. hedelmällisyyteen ja uniapneaan liittyen.
Mut niin, #KaikenMaalimanTosentit ei tämmösiä tiedä! #MAGA-jengi tietää!
https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/w3ct8k2p
#Hegseth #USpol #testosterone #terveys #armeija #army #BBCWorld #HealthCheck
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Reyes ordered both parties in the lawsuit to address “the similarities & differences in administering TRT, both medically & logistically, for #trans men compared to other service members, including cis individuals.” She was using the acronym for #testosterone replacement therapy.
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Thank you!
Judge questions difference between #Hegseth's #testosterone policy & #transgender care for troops
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s new initiative to test & treat troops for low testosterone has prompted a federal judge to question the differences between that kind of testosterone replacement therapy & hormone treatment for transgender men in the military.
#law #Trump #military #ToxicMasculinity
https://apnews.com/article/hegseth-testosterone-replacement-therapy-transgender-troops-ban-e0f2a99aea1801ee2233e9f6201a31d4 -
#Hegseth wants all his soldiers standing at attention: https://bergetoons.blogspot.com/2026/07/an-army-of-testosterone.html
#lgbtq #editorialcartoon #DOD #defense #testosterone #military #finland
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DATE: July 23, 2026 at 06:00AM
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-------------------------------------------------TITLE: Contrary to popular belief, a testosterone boost doesn’t make men overconfident
A recent study published in the journal Psychological Science suggests that a single dose of testosterone does not cause men to abandon deliberate reasoning in favor of gut instincts. In fact, contrary to previous assumptions, the hormone might actually lower a person’s confidence in their own cognitive performance. These findings provide evidence that short-term spikes in testosterone do not significantly alter this specific type of human decision-making.
The human brain can solve problems using fast, intuitive thinking or slow, deliberate reasoning. Psychologists often measure this tendency using the Cognitive Reflection Test, an assessment that presents questions with an obvious but mathematically incorrect intuitive answer. Arriving at the correct solution requires pausing and overriding that initial gut reaction.
Testosterone is a sex steroid hormone that responds dynamically to social and environmental changes. In both animals and humans, testosterone levels can rise rapidly in competitive or mating contexts. This environmental reactivity forms the basis of the challenge hypothesis, a biological theory proposing that testosterone modulates behavior in a context-sensitive way to facilitate fast-acting, instinctive actions under social threat.
Translating this biological theory to human cognition led to a specific hypothesis regarding decision-making. Past researchers proposed that transient testosterone elevations might shift judgments toward intuitive responses. An influential 2017 paper reported exactly this effect, finding that testosterone administration significantly reduced scores on the Cognitive Reflection Test.
Subsequent follow-up studies produced inconsistent or completely null results, creating confusion in the scientific community. To settle the debate, scientists who authored the conflicting papers teamed up to design an adversarial collaboration. This is a research project where scientists with opposing views work together to design a definitive experiment.
Gideon Nave, the Carlos and Rosa de la Cruz associate professor of marketing at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, helped organize this joint effort. “The original idea came from evolutionary biology and neuroscience,” Nave said. “Testosterone rises in situations such as competition and mating, where acting quickly and instinctively can be more adaptive than careful deliberation, so we hypothesized that a temporary increase in testosterone might reduce cognitive reflection by making people more likely to rely on intuitive responses.”
“Our original 2017 experiment supported that idea, but later studies produced different results,” Nave added. “Rather than arguing over which study was right, the different research teams decided to work together in an adversarial collaboration. We have always had a collegial relationship, despite reaching different conclusions, and jointly designed the largest and most rigorous study we could conduct to settle the question once and for all.”
The team preregistered their methods, meaning they published their exact plan and hypotheses before collecting any data. They recruited 1,000 adult men between the ages of 18 and 45. The study used a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled design. This means neither the participants nor the research assistants handing out the doses knew who received the actual hormone and who received an inactive substitute.
Half of the participants self-administered an intranasal testosterone gel, which delivers 11 milligrams of the hormone directly into the nose. The other 500 men received a placebo gel that looked and felt identical. Following a 30-minute waiting period, which allows the hormone to enter the bloodstream and reach the high-normal physiological range, the men completed a variety of behavioral tasks.
The main task of interest was a modified seven-item version of the Cognitive Reflection Test. The authors used a reworded version of the classic test to ensure participants had not seen the specific puzzles before on the internet. To keep participants motivated, the scientists offered a one-dollar cash bonus for every correct answer. Following the test, the men guessed how many questions they answered correctly out of seven.
The test scores failed to support the original 2017 hypothesis. The researchers found no statistically significant difference in test performance between the testosterone group and the placebo group. The men who received testosterone answered an average of 3.01 questions correctly, compared to 2.86 in the placebo group.
When analyzing the self-reported confidence ratings, the researchers found another unexpected result. The team had originally predicted that testosterone would make the men more overconfident in their performance. Instead, the data showed a significant decrease in self-confidence among those who received the hormone. The men in the testosterone group estimated they got fewer questions right compared to the estimates made by the placebo group.
“Not only did we fail to replicate our original finding, but the estimated effect actually pointed in the opposite direction,” Nave told PsyPost. “We also found evidence that testosterone reduced confidence rather than increased it, which runs counter to many existing theories. Because this finding was unexpected, we interpret it cautiously and believe it should be independently replicated before drawing strong conclusions.”
The researchers also explored whether the treatment changed how participants viewed their abilities relative to others. They asked the participants to guess how many questions the average participant in the study got right. They then calculated a relative confidence score by subtracting the participant’s guess about the average person’s score from their own self-estimated score. The data showed that both groups overestimated their performance compared to others, and the testosterone treatment did not significantly alter this gap.
In addition to the main experiment, the authors ran several exploratory analyses based on the participants’ natural hormone levels. They defined baseline testosterone as the naturally occurring hormone level found in the very first saliva sample. The researchers found a negative association between natural, baseline testosterone and test performance. Men with naturally higher baseline testosterone tended to score slightly lower on the cognitive reflection test.
The scientists also looked at cortisol, a hormone closely associated with stress. They found suggestive evidence of a positive interaction between baseline cortisol levels and the testosterone treatment on test performance. Additionally, they tested whether a person’s natural impulsivity changed how they reacted to the hormone dose. An earlier study suggested that testosterone might impair performance in low-impulsivity men, but the current massive sample found no evidence of any interaction between personality traits and the treatment.
Readers should be aware of a few limitations when interpreting these findings. The study only included adult men, which restricts the ability to generalize the results to the broader public. Men and women can process and react to sex steroid hormones differently. Future research needs to include female participants to see if these null results hold true across different populations.
The exact timing and dosage of the hormone administration also present limitations. The researchers waited 30 minutes after the nasal gel administration before starting the behavioral tasks. Although previous evidence favors a rapid timescale for testosterone’s influence on behavior, it remains possible that the hormone influences cognitive reflection over a much longer time frame.
The study only addresses short-term, sudden spikes in hormone levels. Administering testosterone over a longer period of time might influence cognitive reflection differently. Chronic exposure can lead to structural neural changes that differ entirely from those observed in a single-dose experiment.
“Our study examined the effects of a single, short term increase in testosterone in healthy men,” Nave told PsyPost. “It does not address the effects of long term testosterone exposure, hormone replacement therapy, or testosterone during critical developmental periods such as puberty, all of which could have different consequences but are much more difficult, and often impossible, to study experimentally.”
Looking forward, the researchers plan to continue exploring the boundaries of behavioral endocrinology. “One important direction is understanding when hormones do influence cognition and behavior and when they do not,” Nave said. “Our findings suggest that a temporary increase in testosterone does not meaningfully change people’s ability to override intuitive responses and engage in deliberate reasoning.”
The team hopes their methodological approach will inspire other scientists facing contradictory data. Nave hopes this project encourages more adversarial collaborations in behavioral science. “They require researchers to put aside attachment to their previous findings and focus on designing the strongest possible test of a scientific question, which ultimately benefits the entire field,” he said.
“For me, one of the most important aspects of this project is not just the result but the process,” Nave said. “This study brought together researchers who had previously published conflicting findings, yet we shared a common goal of finding the correct answer rather than defending our earlier work.”
“We agreed on the design and analysis plan before looking at the data, and I think this kind of collaboration provides a model for how science can efficiently resolve important disagreements,” Nave added. “More broadly, I hope people see this study as an example of science working as it should. Different laboratories sometimes obtain different results, and the best way to resolve those disagreements is not through debate, but by working together on larger and more rigorous studies that everyone agrees on in advance.”
The study, “Does Testosterone Affect Cognitive Reflection? Evidence From a Double-Blind, Randomized Controlled Study of 1,000 Participants,” was authored by Erik L. Knight, Gideon Nave, Steven D. Shaw, Coren Apicella, Pierre L. Bonin, Anna Dreber, Shawn N. Geniole, Magnus Johannesson, Dylan Manfredi, Pranjal Mehta, Valentina Proietti, Steven J. Stanton, Francesca R. Luberti, Triana Ortiz, and Justin M. Carré.
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #CognitiveReflectionTest #Testosterone #AdversarialCollaboration #PsychologicalScience #Cognition #HormonesAndBehavior #DeliberateThinking #ConfidenceBias #ScienceCommunication #BehavioralEndocrinology
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I love it when the hypocrisy of bigots comes back to bite them. The fact that Hegseth & Co didn’t see this coming speaks volumes.
#transbans #hegseth #testosterone #usmilitary #LGBTQIA #Transgender
https://open.substack.com/pub/chrisgeidner/p/reyes-hegseth-high-t-plan-vs-anti-trans-ban
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Judge in trans military ban case demands Pentagon explain Hegseth’s testosterone double standard
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#Satire #Humor #Hegseth #Masculinity #Testosterone #alt
BOROWITZ REPORT 7/22/26 SATIRE
Hegseth Says His Naturally High Testosterone Has Helped Him Apply Makeup -
@SocraticEthics Wow! #KashPatel , the Director of the #FBI , appears to be planning treasonous crimes in #Russia that are punishable by death.
That’s a bold choice. Maybe lay-off the #testosterone Kash? 🤔
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#PeteHegseth lost his cool during a Senate Defense Committee meeting when Senators #JonOssoff and #GaryPeters criticized his “failure of leadership” during the War in #Iran.
He was sweating profusely and panicking at times. Maybe he needed a shot of #testosterone. 😂
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Rupture de stock de la #testostérone #Besins : un obstacle de plus pour l'accès aux soins | Problematik
https://www.problematik-media.com/articles/rupture-de-stock-de-la-testosterone-besins-transgenre
#trans
