UofL Peds Endo Fellow ‘28 | Prior Army Pediatric Hospitalist/Army Veteran | Proudly Trans masc | Military Trans Ban Survivor x2 | Twice Banned Yet Still I Stand | 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 #MedSkyhttps://bsky.app/profile/ledgemd.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ledgemd.bsky.social/post/3mvo4dlomyc2jFuture Pediatric Endocrinologist coming June 2028!16 Sep 2026 21:44 +0000at://did:plc:cme3cuojtwet7vlolinw4rtx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvo4dlomyc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/ledgemd.bsky.social/post/3mvbr6qtqss2dI was 14. I was living on Long Island in Setauket, NY. My memory of that day is disjointed.11 Sep 2026 23:53 +0000at://did:plc:cme3cuojtwet7vlolinw4rtx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbr6qtqss2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/ledgemd.bsky.social/post/3mvbctgqlcc2bSept 11th, 2001 was a big reason I decided to join the military as a doctor. I wanted to do more for my country, be a part of something bigger than me. 25 years later I have completed 11 years of service, won awards for teaching, and been banned twice for being trans in the military.11 Sep 2026 19:36 +0000at://did:plc:cme3cuojtwet7vlolinw4rtx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbctgqlcc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/ledgemd.bsky.social/post/3muwvxzcpo22a07 Sep 2026 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:cme3cuojtwet7vlolinw4rtx/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwvxzcpo22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/ledgemd.bsky.social/post/3musnagk2xk26Trump’s America is not the one I chose to serve, but I will keep fighting and standing up for the America I did.05 Sep 2026 23:32 +0000at://did:plc:cme3cuojtwet7vlolinw4rtx/app.bsky.feed.post/3musnagk2xk26https://bsky.app/profile/ledgemd.bsky.social/post/3muaqqim6gk2wLiving my best life being unabashedly me. Queer, trans, and happy.29 Aug 2026 20:47 +0000at://did:plc:cme3cuojtwet7vlolinw4rtx/app.bsky.feed.post/3muaqqim6gk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/ledgemd.bsky.social/post/3mqq2cwrds22aRe: Hegseth to screen for low testosterone in all military men >30 from an ex-military doc This is an astonishing level of utter hypocrisy of allowing HRT to cis men, with far less backing medical literature to even support screening asymptomatic cis men for low T levels vs trans HRT.16 Jul 2026 01:07 +0000at://did:plc:cme3cuojtwet7vlolinw4rtx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqq2cwrds22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/ledgemd.bsky.social/post/3mqph3azoqc2fSo we were concerned for costs for trans military members which make up a small percentage of the military, but we don’t care about this? Get ready for a country shortage of T and waving away of being non-deployable for having an “unstable hormone condition” or “using an injectable medication”. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Jul 2026 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:cme3cuojtwet7vlolinw4rtx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqph3azoqc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/ledgemd.bsky.social/post/3mqci4mksrk2jThey are a huge soccer fan. Heia Norge! 🇳🇴10 Jul 2026 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:cme3cuojtwet7vlolinw4rtx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqci4mksrk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/ledgemd.bsky.social/post/3mppuiaez2s23Let’s talk. It’s now 1am in the morning and I’m up contemplating how this man effectively has turned many in the country against trans people.03 Jul 2026 05:58 +0000at://did:plc:cme3cuojtwet7vlolinw4rtx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mppuiaez2s23https://bsky.app/profile/ledgemd.bsky.social/post/3mpgpqv7swk2pFirst year of fellowship effectively down, so I’m making some new academic year resolutions and goals. -Go to at least one conference (looking at PES and/or Creating Change: let me know of others which you reccomend) -Network and continue to make connections in the world of LGBTQ+ Health 1/129 Jun 2026 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:cme3cuojtwet7vlolinw4rtx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpgpqv7swk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/ledgemd.bsky.social/post/3moyhqn2aks2zWhat does it mean to be Trans in America in June 2026? I live for today and plan for tomorrow. I review where I can not be me, in the land of the Free. Then review again because what was yesterday is no longer. I feel Pride, but the volume has been lowered. I don’t know if it was me. Or him.23 Jun 2026 22:39 +0000at://did:plc:cme3cuojtwet7vlolinw4rtx/app.bsky.feed.post/3moyhqn2aks2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ledgemd.bsky.social/post/3mov7abxrfs2xFinishing up year 1 of my Pediatric Endocrine program. In reflection of the past year, I have to go back a bit.22 Jun 2026 15:28 +0000at://did:plc:cme3cuojtwet7vlolinw4rtx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mov7abxrfs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ledgemd.bsky.social/post/3monmjo5s7k2i5 years today since graduating residency at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. To graduate from a military residency is something I never thought would no longer be possible for trans people. A snapshot of history past and present.19 Jun 2026 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:cme3cuojtwet7vlolinw4rtx/app.bsky.feed.post/3monmjo5s7k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/ledgemd.bsky.social/post/3mnwi3ld5n22cWhen you bring in or allow speakers who do not practice evidence based medicine, push back should be expected. Handing out an article from an ADA journal outside a speaker’s talk at ADA is the absolute mildest form of push back. Yet still they brought in the cops. Editorial and Petition below. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jun 2026 10:14 +0000at://did:plc:cme3cuojtwet7vlolinw4rtx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnwi3ld5n22chttps://bsky.app/profile/ledgemd.bsky.social/post/3mnl4tb5uz22qHappy Pride everyone! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️05 Jun 2026 21:53 +0000at://did:plc:cme3cuojtwet7vlolinw4rtx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnl4tb5uz22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/ledgemd.bsky.social/post/3mksrlgeosk2aDeeply disappointed in PAS, a conference I was looking for to presenting my education curriculum about gender affirming care at next year. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 May 2026 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:cme3cuojtwet7vlolinw4rtx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksrlgeosk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/ledgemd.bsky.social/post/3mkqfxqgzos2wDoes anyone have a good contact email for PAS or should I go old school and send a letter?30 Apr 2026 20:05 +0000at://did:plc:cme3cuojtwet7vlolinw4rtx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqfxqgzos2whttps://bsky.app/profile/ledgemd.bsky.social/post/3mkpa7pusk22zI’ve been thinking about the recent controversy at PAS over the gender affirming care panel they hosted and trying to think about the best way to respond. Has anyone sent a letter or email to an organization and felt it may any difference?30 Apr 2026 08:49 +0000at://did:plc:cme3cuojtwet7vlolinw4rtx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpa7pusk22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ledgemd.bsky.social/post/3mkfubzrzb22k26 Apr 2026 15:22 +0000at://did:plc:cme3cuojtwet7vlolinw4rtx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkfubzrzb22khttps://bsky.app/profile/ledgemd.bsky.social/post/3mkfi4xg3mk24The emperor has no clothes.26 Apr 2026 11:44 +0000at://did:plc:cme3cuojtwet7vlolinw4rtx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkfi4xg3mk24https://bsky.app/profile/ledgemd.bsky.social/post/3mjb6a4leuk2w12 Apr 2026 01:11 +0000at://did:plc:cme3cuojtwet7vlolinw4rtx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjb6a4leuk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/ledgemd.bsky.social/post/3mieewrcwic27This year, I am out and open for all who can't due to the risk of losing jobs, housing, friends and families, and their lives. I will continue to work to make this state, this country, this world a better and safer place for trans people. I will be a voice. I will be me.31 Mar 2026 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:cme3cuojtwet7vlolinw4rtx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mieewrcwic27https://bsky.app/profile/ledgemd.bsky.social/post/3mibxwpaosk2iTo my fellow Peds Endo colleagues, a sure fire way to not recruit me is to somehow send me mail with my dead name despite me never using that name in fellowship and never to my office address.30 Mar 2026 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:cme3cuojtwet7vlolinw4rtx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mibxwpaosk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/ledgemd.bsky.social/post/3mhtmkdblgk2224 Mar 2026 22:25 +0000at://did:plc:cme3cuojtwet7vlolinw4rtx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhtmkdblgk22https://bsky.app/profile/ledgemd.bsky.social/post/3mhjbtttuzc2rIf you ever see someone posting, “This post is from an actual human being”, trust me, it is not actually from a human being.20 Mar 2026 19:47 +0000at://did:plc:cme3cuojtwet7vlolinw4rtx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhjbtttuzc2r