STARTING 20 MINUTES: Join us for “A Healthy People 2020 Spotlight on LGBT Health: Transgender Health” on Tuesday, May 8 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. EDT. This Webinar will provide more information and stimulate discussion about: The new Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LBGT) Health topic area Gender identity and development Transgender health issues For info and to register, go to http://content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd/USOPHSODPHPHF-3e2397   

STARTING 20 MINUTES:

Join us for “A Healthy People 2020 Spotlight on LGBT Health: Transgender Health” on Tuesday, May 8 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. EDT. This Webinar will provide more information and stimulate discussion about:

  • The new Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LBGT) Health topic area
  • Gender identity and development
  • Transgender health issues

For info and to register, go to http://content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd/USOPHSODPHPHF-3e2397   

My new (somewhat giant) post with Annika on Autostraddle tackles the old standards of care, some of the revisions, and what this means/has meant for trans people seeking medical transition! Please read/share! I think very few people realize how difficult and backwards trans healthcare is! Autostraddle — Transgender People, Transitioning and Those Darn Standards of Care For starters, the title was The Standards of Care for Gender Identity Disorders. It literally positioned counselors, psychologists, doctors, and surgeons as “gatekeepers.” It required a certain amount of psychotherapy and/or full-time living in your desired gender role before you could undergo hormone therapy. Patients’ “eligibility” for medical interventions (hormones or surgery) was “assessed” by their clinicians based on whether they met required criteria. PS I dorked out and used screencaps from Ghostbusters to illustrate the whole “gatekeeper concept”

My new (somewhat giant) post with Annika on Autostraddle tackles the old standards of care, some of the revisions, and what this means/has meant for trans people seeking medical transition! Please read/share! I think very few people realize how difficult and backwards trans healthcare is!

Autostraddle — Transgender People, Transitioning and Those Darn Standards of Care

For starters, the title was The Standards of Care for Gender Identity Disorders. It literally positioned counselors, psychologists, doctors, and surgeons as “gatekeepers.” It required a certain amount of psychotherapy and/or full-time living in your desired gender role before you could undergo hormone therapy. Patients’ “eligibility” for medical interventions (hormones or surgery) was “assessed” by their clinicians based on whether they met required criteria.

PS I dorked out and used screencaps from Ghostbusters to illustrate the whole “gatekeeper concept”