Over the last 25 years, scientists have become more and more keen on understanding the contribution of the brain in how transgender people feel about themselves. Although studies are increasing, neuroscientists are still trying to answer the question whether the brains of transgender people resemble those of their self-identified gender, their sex assigned at birth, or whether they have a totally different brain profile.

The Covid-19 pandemic reveals global inequalities that are a consequence of European colonialism. At the same time, Europe’s increasing reliance on foreign-trained and foreign-born medical staff amounts to a second colonial drain.