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What's it like to be young, LGBTQ in rural NC? Isolated, tough, but it's changing. msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
U.S. Department of Education extends Title IX protections to gay and transgender students ncpolicywatch.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ncpolicywatch.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
/ Navigating the healthcare system isn’t easy for anyone, but this episode examines the particular challenges trans and gender nonconforming people face accessing quality and affirming care. What can those both inside and outside the healthcare system do to improve health outcomes for trans and gender nonconforming patients? Episode Six: What It’s Like To Be Trans In The Exam Room Ever heard of trans broken arm syndrome? Listen • 23:17 What don t I know? Morgan Givens says that healthcare providers, journalists and others have a massive lack of knowledge about the experiences of trans and gender nonconforming people. Without immersing yourself in history, narratives and first-hand experiences of trans and gender nonconforming folks, you don’t know what you don’t know. For many trans and gender nonconforming folks in the healthcare system, this lack of knowledge means that they end up having to educate their providers on how t ....
April has been a cruel month for North Carolina’s transgender community. The General Assembly has debated bills that would exclude them from sports teams, bar them from receiving gender-transforming surgery before they’re 21, and allow doctors to discriminate against them. These crises are linked, LGBTQ advocates say. Anti-transgender rhetoric and legislation drives the rising violence in North Carolina and nationwide against transgender people, many of whom already face staggering health and social inequities. “Being a Black trans woman in America means you’re far more likely to experience inequities and prejudice, including extreme poverty and systemic, state-sanctioned violence and murder,” said Rebby Kern, director of education policy for Equality NC, at a press conference this week. ....
Published April 28, 2021 at 9:00 AM EDT Flickr/Ted Eytan https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ / Wednesday, April 28, 2021 The murders of two transgender women in Charlotte this month put the LGBTQ community on alert. But truth be told, they’re always on alert. Transgender individuals, especially trans women of color, are more susceptible to violence, harassment, and discrimination. Not only are they at greater physical risk than most of the population, they experience greater unemployment and homelessness and suffer from mental health issues in greater numbers than the general population. As trans visibility increases and as state legislatures around the country attempt to pass anti-trans legislation, we look at what this community faces on a daily basis. ....