As part of the first NIH-sponsored research exploring the impact of gender-affirming interventions for transgender youth, Mere feels a responsibility to create an environment of trust, safety, sensitivity, transparency, and honesty with each research participant. Continue reading Patients & Providers: Affirming Practices for Gathering Research Data
As a transgender medical provider, Keaton has educated other providers to make an impact in how they treat trans patients. Continue reading Patients & Providers: Both Sides of the Coin
Dr Scott Mosser has established himself as one of the top surgeons in the transgender community. But how did he come to do this work when not a lot of doctors are doing it? Continue reading Patients & Providers: Redefining the Patient-Doctor Relationship
What if there were doulas for health care? E. Kale Edmiston envisioned The Trans Buddy Program to help trans people access health care by pairing them with peer advocates. When navigating a system that so often leaves you out, having someone there who understands your needs can go a long way. Continue reading Patients & Providers: The Trans Buddy Program
Mere’s education to become a Gender Specialist, Social Worker, and clinical researcher was intertwined with their own path to discovering their trans non-binary identity. Continue reading Patients & Providers: Obligation to Ethics
Allie’s eyes were opened to the intricacies and realities of trans health after a student-patient partnership allowed her to connect with a transgender patient for the first time. Continue reading Patients & Providers: Binders of Our Own
Dr. Acquaviva believes trans patients should not have to educate their providers. She uses her experiences as a cisgender lesbian social worker who is often misgendered to help her fellow providers competently care for transgender patients. Continue reading Patients & Providers: Expect Excellence
Prohormones Growing up, I had always felt a little off. I simply didn’t share the interests of boyfriends, wedding fantasies, or fashion, switching early on from dresses and skirts to an odd mix of boys’ and girls’ clothes. But it took me until I was in my mid to late teens that to finally learn about other folks like me, mostly reading about men having … Continue reading Featured Voices: Prohormones
Rejection. Angst. Curiosity. Acceptance. Grief. Unraveling their relationship with testosterone, Audley cycled through a rollercoaster process of emotions. Continue reading Featured Voices: The Phases of Testosterone
Caidin wasn’t planning on going on testosterone, but transition has a way of derailing even the most meticulous of planners. Continue reading Featured Voices: One Year on T
