{"id":206,"date":"2018-03-15T01:35:05","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T01:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.doctorlizmusic.com\/voice\/?page_id=206"},"modified":"2020-07-23T18:47:24","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T18:47:24","slug":"hormone-replacement-therapy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.doctorlizmusic.com\/voice\/?page_id=206","title":{"rendered":"Hormone Replacement Therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many transgender people choose to pursue hormone replacement therapy, which can cause significant changes in the voice.\u00a0 While these changes impact all people who undergo HRT, they have special significance for singers.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Female to Male (testosterone)<\/h2>\n<p>Singer\/Composer CN Lester has been doing research on the effects of HRT. They write about this in their blog, <a href=\"https:\/\/cnlester.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Gentleman and a Scholar<\/a>. Here is one post about this:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cnlester.wordpress.com\/2013\/01\/15\/singing-and-t-some-tentative-thoughts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/cnlester.wordpress.com\/2013\/01\/15\/singing-and-t-some-tentative-thoughts\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Singer Joshua Riverdale wrote a great article called <a href=\"http:\/\/transguys.com\/features\/testosterone-ftm-singing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Testosterone and the Trans Male Singing Voice<\/a>. Though dated 2009, it contains great illustrations, links to videos of trans male singers and\u00a0recommendations for trans male singers that are still relevant.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Male to Female (estrogen)<\/h2>\n<p>The impacts of HRT on a male transitioning to female through HRT is less dramatic than for a female transitioning to male. In general, the voice itself does not change range. We have not yet found resources for the pedagogy of working with\u00a0singers undergoing this treatment. This page will be updated as we gather information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many transgender people choose to pursue hormone replacement therapy, which can cause significant changes in the voice.\u00a0 While these changes impact all people who undergo HRT, they have special significance for singers. Female to Male (testosterone) Singer\/Composer CN Lester has been doing research on the effects of HRT. They write about this in their blog, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.doctorlizmusic.com\/voice\/?page_id=206\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Hormone Replacement Therapy&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-206","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.doctorlizmusic.com\/voice\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.doctorlizmusic.com\/voice\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.doctorlizmusic.com\/voice\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.doctorlizmusic.com\/voice\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.doctorlizmusic.com\/voice\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=206"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.doctorlizmusic.com\/voice\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":229,"href":"http:\/\/www.doctorlizmusic.com\/voice\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/206\/revisions\/229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.doctorlizmusic.com\/voice\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}