Gatekeeping Questions
A series exploring the barriers that trans and gender diverse people face when trying to access healthcare. Each piece takes one of the questions that gets asked, examines where it comes from, and considers what good, evidence-based care actually looks like.
05 - What is the most important role for parents of a trans child?
Parents must "prioritise the child," stand up for them, avoid enforcing gender stereotyping, and provide "love and acceptance and belief."
04 - Why is accessible healthcare critical for those ready to medically transition?
The long journey of self-questioning is followed by an "urgency" to transition, highlighting the need for healthcare providers to be "accessible, be available, be ready, and be caring.
03 - How devastating is the experience of gender dysphoria?
Gender dysphoria is a "crippling, devastating, harmful, and all-consuming" condition that causes mental health issues when one's body is "so at odds" with their identity
02 - Understanding Gender Identity in Young Children
Many children know their gender identity "from very very early on," even if they initially lack the knowledge, the words, the language to make it known.
01 - Transgender identity is real, and it is a part of natural human variation.
Being transgender is "absolutely real" and a "beautiful part of natural human variation" for all societies.