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Welcome to the Umbrary
About Us
- The collection of libraries and lists on this website is curated by Umbra who can be contacted at umbrary@gmail.com.
- You can request her services as a research librarian, visit the research requests page for info on how to.
- Umbrary is built and maintained through donations, which can be made through Ko-fi
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NOTE: the Etsy store is currently under construction
Project Goals
The Umbrary is an independent library network curated by Umbra, professionally aimed to provide the most concise up to date papers published in it's specialty fields, with a focus on high levels of evidence and public value. It is maintained through donations and thus kept as a free and open source service.
- Provide resources for scientists and medical professionals in such areas such as hypermobility and transgender treatment.
- Reduce harm by bringing together official standards of care and drawing attention to new medical understandings.
- Enable access to needed information freely to those who require help navigating the systems.
- Showcase accomplishments as a dynamic and growing curriculum vitae.
- Receive requests as a freelance research librarian.
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Featured libraries
The Transgender research papers library is curated by Umbra- a freelance research librarian, who has a ko-fi people can donate to if you wish to support and continue the existence of this resource - please give what you can!
It is a collection of up to date research papers on subjects which you may find useful for doing your own studies. In addition, there is also some helpful instructions on several ways to gain access to any papers you may need.
If you have any questions about our library you should contact Umbra. You can find her most up-to-date collection of papers on a google doc as this page is managed in periodic batches.
The library currently contains 671 papers!
Research Updates
Testosterone levels achieved by medically treated transgender women in a United States endocrinology clinic.
This study assessed the anonymous medical records of 98 trans women taking spironolactone as part of their feminizing regimen, and assessed how much their testosterone levels dropped over time. * Please note that spironolactone is not an anti-gonadotropin and thus does not aim to suppress testosterone production, instead it is an androgen receptor antagonist and instead prevents androgens from activating the receptor. This is a common misconception that can lead to fairly useless data when testing for testosterone levels.
The Transgender medical papers page is a thorough compendium of up-to-date trans-specific research with a high quality of evidence, as well as guides on ways to access them or find more.
The Ehlers-Danlos and hypermobility papers page is a another library with similar standards, yet as it relates to EDS and it's related conditions.