Failed by the healthcare system, transgender people find help elsewhere

How transgender people use online communities to fill the gaps in gender-affirming care.

 For Transgender Youth, Stigma Is Just One Barrier to Health Care

Discrimination, delays and systemic hurdles prevent young trans people from reaching the care they need, a new study finds.

 Making Primary Care Trans-Friendly

The medical knowledge needed to treat transgender people is not particularly complex, but patients still often struggle to find doctors who are prepared to treat them.

 Sen. Rand Paul misunderstands transgender medicine. Here’s the truth

The standards of care require hormone therapy for at least one continuous year before doctors perform “top” (breast removal/construction) and “bottom” (vaginoplasty/phalloplasty) surgeries.

 The Future of Transgender Healthcare Is Online

Transgender patients often travel long distances and pay more for less-than-competent medical care. But as doctors embrace virtual treatment models, those problems may soon be obsolete.

 The Pervasiveness Of Transgender Health Care Discrimination

A new report from the Center for American Progress finds that nearly half of transgender people have experienced mistreatment at the hands of a medical provider.

 Trans People Already Struggle to Get Healthcare. COVID Only Made Things Worse

Thousands of people were languishing on medical waiting lists when the lockdown hit. Now it's almost impossible to get an appointment.

On Hold - Trailer

Watch our documentary 'On Hold,' out Wednesday, to hear from transgender patients who are desperately battling for fair treatment in the Canadian healthcare system.

'Finally Normal’: How A New Medical Landscape Is Changing Life For Trans Youth

For medical professionals working with transgender youth, the Dallas program is part of a major shift happening throughout the country. Fifteen years ago, when Dr. Michele Angello started her private therapy practice for transgender people in Philadelphia, there were only two places in the country that had the resources and the expertise to help her patients transition to the gender with which they identified.

Doctors Must Educate Themselves on Transgender Health Care

The American health care system promises equal and nondiscriminatory treatment for all individuals, regardless of their gender identity. Yet transgender patients are all too often wrongly identified, socially ridiculed and often denied medical treatment by their physicians.

For Trans Men, Reproductive Health Is Yet Another Obstacle to Overcome

The stigma against trans men's health, coupled with misinformation, makes attaining adequate care incredibly difficult. We talked to trans guys and leading health experts to unpack the status of this under-researched issue.

For Transgender People, a Good Doctor is Hard to Find

With the exception of doctors whose specialties entail administering sex-change hormones or post-op care for those who have undergone surgery, there’s not much providers should do differently when treating transgender individuals. There is, however, a need for greater awareness and understanding. For instance, transgender patients face health risks that may not be intuitive to some providers, such as the continued risk of prostate cancer among male-to-female transgender people.

Gender identity is hard but jumping to medical solutions is worse

We need to overcome poor practices and norms in transgender treatments, says Carey Callahan, who “detransitioned”

Myth #5: All trans people medically transition

Not everyone who is transgender prioritizes or desires procedures, such as hormone therapy and gender-affirming surgeries, required for a full medical transition. While some undergo medical transitions for cosmetic, psychological, or health reasons, many won’t because they can’t afford it, face some other obstacle, or simply don’t want to.

New guidelines aim to enlist primary care physicians in transgender care

This isn’t the first set of such guidelines. They go back at least 10 years, initially aimed at endocrinologists, the medical specialty to which transgender individuals were often referred. What is newsworthy about the new guidelines is the audience, “your critical mass of general internal medicine people who are primary care providers and also people who are family medicine doctors,” said Dr. Joshua Safer, professor of endocrinology and executive director of the Mount Sinai Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery in New York City.

Ten Things Transgender Persons Should discuss with Their Healthcare Care Provider

Following are the health issues GLMA’s healthcare providers have identified as most commonly of concern for transgender persons. While not all of these items apply to everyone, it’s wise to be aware of these issues.

The Difficult, Confusing, and Frightening Path to Medical Care for Transgender People

Some transgender people avoid health care out of fear. In Nashville, Trans Buddy brings back trust.

Transgender and non-binary people face health care discrimination every day in the US

Many people may experience anxiety when seeking medical treatment. They might worry about wait times, insurance coverage or how far they must travel to access care. Transgender and non-binary individuals have an added fear: gender-related discrimination. This can involve being outed due to a name or gender mismatch on an insurance card, being completely denied care or even being left to die.

Transgender Patients Face Challenges at the Hospital

“I don’t expect every doctor in the world to become an expert in trans medicine, but I do think they should be knowledgeable enough to know what they don’t know and pick up the phone and call an expert,” said Mr. Bailey, 51, deputy director of employee engagement at the Human Rights Campaign, an advocacy group for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.

Transgender People Still Experience Barriers to Healthcare

At a time when more and more transgender people are seeking health care, access to quality care remains illusive for many. This should not come as a surprise.

Why the way we approach transgender and non-binary healthcare needs to change

There is little teaching on gender and sexuality at either of New Zealand’s medical schools. It’s partly due to lack of time, but also lack of confidence and knowledge to teach the topic. Medical education needs to change urgently to prepare doctors to adequately care for their transgender and non-binary patients.

‘GPs fob us off’: most trans people avoid the doctor when they’re sick

Survey shows need for training to ensure patients are listened to.