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 ...

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 ...

The LGBTQ center at Binghamton State University of New York recently hosted a closed-door "TransTape" chest binding event, instructing women how to bind their breasts. "We’re excited to announce we ...

Binding your chest can be a way to manage gender dysphoria, feel more comfortable in your skin, or stay safer in an increasingly transphobic world. For those unfamiliar, binding refers to flattening ...

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 ...

In the early 1980s, Jamison Green needed to bind his chest so that he would be less likely to be perceived as female when he walked down the street or went into the men’s restroom at work. He first ...