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A Masters student I'm mentoring will be starting her (she's still using female pronouns at the moment) PhD at the same university this fall; her goal is academia, and we've talked a lot about grad school, academia, etc. She recently disclosed to me that she is transgender (female-to-male) and said that she is wondering about the possible professional implications of transitioning during graduate school (especially in the same department she completed her masters in) or being transgender in academia in general. I admitted that I don't know much at all about this but told her that I'd do some research into it and get back to her. Does anyone have any advice, experience, etc., on this?