Gauge It Right — A Trans HRT Needle Guide

An educational web resource for understanding needle gauges, lengths, and injection techniques used in hormone replacement therapy.

Live site: https://remixmb.github.io/gauage-it-right/

Educational use only. This site is not medical advice and is not a substitute for care from a qualified healthcare provider. Always consult your provider for guidance specific to your prescription, anatomy, and history. If you don't have a provider, the Resources page lists harm-reduction and gender-affirming-care directories.

What's covered

• Needle Basics — an interactive, enlarged outside-diameter illustration plus a separate proportional length comparison.
• Discussion Guide — compare broad gauge ranges found across reviewed patient-education sources, then confirm the actual supply with a clinician or pharmacist.
• Estrogen & Testosterone guides — overview of typical injection workflows.
• Resources — curated links to Planned Parenthood, GLMA, Trans Law Center, UCSF Trans Care, CDC and WHO injection safety, and community support.

Who it's for

• People newly prescribed injectable HRT who want to understand the equipment their pharmacy hands them.
• Peers and chosen family supporting someone through self-injection.
• Educators looking for a free, plain-language reference.

Stack

Plain HTML, CSS, and vanilla JavaScript (ES modules). No framework, no build, no tracking. Deploys to GitHub Pages from main/root.

Evidence and quality

• Source notes record the issuing organization, claim supported, review date, evidence class, and re-check condition.
• npm test performs dependency-free checks for JavaScript syntax, internal links, page structure, and the safety copy on the discussion guide.
• GitHub Actions runs the same checks on every push and pull request.

Contributing

Issues and PRs are welcome — especially:

• Corrections from clinicians or pharmacists
• Translations
• Accessibility improvements

See docs/CONTRIBUTING.md.

A note on the repo name

Yes, "gauage" is misspelled. Renaming would break the existing GitHub Pages URL that has been shared elsewhere, so the slug stays. Everything in the site itself spells gauge correctly.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.