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 ...

Chest binding (also known as breast binding) is designed to minimize the appearance of a person’s breasts and create the appearance of a flatter chest. Binding is used by transgender, non-binary, and ...

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 ...

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 ...