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An important read, and a wake-up call for healthcare providers, researchers, educators, and administrators. From the authors of a study just published in JAMA Open Network: "Our participants often spoke of access to affirming and competent care as being at odds with one another. This was especially true for our participants of color, for our disabled participants, and for our larger-bodied participants. These folks often had to choose between care that was competent and affirming and safe for them as a trans person versus care that was competent for them as someone who was a person of color, disabled, and/or larger bodied." We need to listen to this and take it in. Your care isn't automatically gender-affirming if you prescribe hormones, or put a rainbow flag on your badge. We need to look at our individual practices and the systems we work in through a critical intersectional lens that prioritizes the needs of the most vulnerable patients. I believe that now, trans patients should be at the top of the list. Overt discrimination in healthcare is still commonplace for these folks. Everyone who touches healthcare can work on this, from providers to entrepreneuers. Some ideas in the article-- what will you start with? #transgenderhealth #transhealth #lgbtqhealth #nursepractitioner https://lnkd.in/g4APZdwY

Study Identifies Ways to Improve Gender-Affirming Healthcare

Study Identifies Ways to Improve Gender-Affirming Healthcare

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