Trans People Know Best About Trans Health (Part 2)
First, if we are trans, we need to trust ourselves and cultivate our discernment.
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Trans People Know Best About Trans Health (Part 1)
Here's a radical thought:
Trans people know best about trans health.
I tend to believe the principle that doctors are experts on bodies in general, and that each person is the expert on their own body, and that the best clinical care is provided at the intersection of
LGBTQ Health Equity Mantras
1. WORKFLOWS BEFORE RAINBOWS.
2. COMPASSION BEFORE COMPETENCE.
3. DON'T RAISE AWARENESS. CHANGE BEHAVIOR.
4. TOP OF MIND MEANS TOP OF BUDGET.
5. SET HIGH EXPECTATIONS. COMMIT TO THEM.
6. INVEST IN TRANS LEADERS.
7. PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO CHALLENGE YOU.
8. x PATIENT NAVIGATION IS HEALTH
Trust Trans Experts
Like most trans people who have been working in healthcare for the past 15 years, I've frequently done Trans 101 type trainings for free. As a program assistant in my early 20s, I trained medical residents and faculty about trans health because there apparently wasn't someone
What is a comprehensive LGBTQ+ primary care program?
At Bergen New Bridge Medical Center, we are building a comprehensive LGBTQ+ primary care program. Let's talk about what that is.
A comprehensive LGBTQ+ primary care program REQUIRES an interdisciplinary team.
A clinician trained in LGBTQ+ health who sees patients without wraparound navigation or programmatic support is NOT
intuition is a practice
When I was growing up, there was no way to look up when the train came.
Sometimes a tourist would ask, "Where is the train schedule?"
A New Yorker would reply, "There is no train schedule."
I mean, there was. I suppose there probably was a
the old spiritual equation
Once, I might have boiled my beliefs about spiritual life down to a simple equation:
MEDITATE MORE = BETTER LIFE
Meditating more was easy enough to quantify. If a 30-minute period was good, surely a 35-minute one was better. If one period a day was good, why not two? Why not