Bella Ramsey says she wore a chest binder 90% of the time while filming 'The Last of Us.' Some trans and nonbinary people bind to appear more typically masculine or androgynous. If not worn properly, ...

Frances Reed became an expert in healthy chest binding practices so no one else would have to endure what they did to feel like themselves. The following is an excerpt from “Healthy Chest Binding for ...

A Missouri school district was advised by experts at St. Louis Children's Hospital to avoid requiring staff to disclose the chest-binding practices of students to parents. A student counselor at ...

For people who identify as transgender or gender-nonconforming and were assigned female at birth, binding can be essential to appearing more masculine — or simply feeling more comfortable in their own ...

A Minnesota health mentor offered an investigator posing as a student a gender-affirming chest binder while stating she will not inform the student's parents. A parent sent @LibsofTikTok, a picture of ...

Chest binding, or wearing anything to flatten the chest in order to appear masculine or androgynous, is one of many ways that transmasculine and nonbinary people can affirm their gender identity and ...

An NHS hospital trust drew up plans to give trans staff extra breaks if they wore chest binders or had to tuck their genitals away. In draft guidance seen by The Telegraph, University Hospitals Sussex ...

Binding is a hugely important part of transgender healthcare. Compressing one’s chest to reduce or eliminate the visible appearance of breasts is vital to combat gender dysphoria and often to maintain ...

Breathe: Journeys to Healthy Binding is a comic book guide to gender-affirming care with real-life stories and research-backed advice about chest binding, from Gender Queer author Maia Kobabe and ...

Maia Kobabe, has co-written “Breathe: Journeys to Healthy Binding” about the transgender experience focusing on chest binding and guidance for safe binding while emphasizing the importance of health ...

The LGBTQ+ Center of Orlando’s Affirmation Station Pop-up Closet program will now provide gender-affirming chest binders at no cost. Through a partnership with transitional apparel company gc2b, the ...