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Directory of LGBTIQ+ inclusive and affirmative health services in Australia.

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Can you recommend a good doctor?

We're collecting community submissions for the directory

Go to https://t.co/C6OadCSTxx to nominate a great doctor and sign up to the mailing list 🌈

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What is informed consent?

It's about centring the trans person in the decision making process

Resists the notion that a doctor can determine the validity of a person's gender

@DrFionaBisshop Teddy Cook
https://t.co/ijlSVnHKC4
#AusPATH2022 @auspathorg

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Trans is a movement away, not a movement to

Trans people aren't changing, we are already ourselves

Teddy Cook @ACONhealth & Ariel Ginger on evolving language
@auspathorg #AusPATH2022

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Ghassan Kassisieh on accessing gender affirming healthcare & the law on consent -

Young people are actually the best advocates for themselves. They often make us feel humble to see their clarity & courage for self-advocating

@ghassan_EA
@EqualityAu
@auspathorg #AusPATH2022

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Delay in surgery results in suicidality in trans people

Delay in surgery results in attempting suicide in trans people

This is a public health crisis in this country

Teddy Cook @ACONhealth
#auspathconference2022
#AusPATH2022

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Sterling Quinn explains how important it is for clinicians to speak with clients, asking how they feel about their voice, their goals, and their satisfaction with training.
Trans voice training is goal based, not necessarily to do with people's identity
@auspathorg #Auspath2022

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Sterling Quinn presenting on perceptual ratings of gender & satisfaction in trans voice training
@auspathorg #AusPATH2022 @latrobe

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We need to decolonise what it means to be transgender

We have roles in our community: care takers bringing up children, women's work, healers, spiritual healers, medicine makers, story tellers

Brianna Curtis, Community Panel Discussion
@auspathorg #auspathconference2022

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We're accepted in our community as we are

We want to transition on Country, but you are sent to a white service, usually in the capital cities

Shona (MadB), Community panel discussion
@auspathorg #auspath2022

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Laura Wells from @telethonkids reports on a qualitative study of the well-being of parents of trans children. @thegenderfairy1 @transcend_aust @PGDCsupport

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Alex Bravo and Elle Void talking about the importance of trauma-informed peer navigation for helping the trans community. Peer navigators are not crisis workers or counsellors
#AusPATH2022

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Emery Wishart presenting on Discharged - transgender suicide peer supports

- the power of peers
- safe spaces to speak openly
- empowering conversations

Transfolk of WA
@auspathorg #AusPATH2022

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Feedback from service providers in Western Sydney-

Orgs don't have knowledge, understanding or expertise to address needs of trans community members, especially those with intersectional identities
@auspathorg #AusPATH2022 @ACONhealth

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LGBTQ+ community leaders in Western Sydney

Challenging for trans people to access GPs with training in gender-affirming healthcare

Young trans people could not access publicly funded multi-disciplinary healthcare - significant gap in service provision

@auspathorg #Auspath2022

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LGBTQ+ community leaders in Western Sydney feedback-

GPs required training in gender-affirming healthcare and culturally safe healthcare

Concerns about confidentiality and safety

@auspathorg #Auspath2022 @ACONhealth

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Experience of a transfeminine person in a Qld public hospital - told they could not, should not breastfeed their newborn. Told that "male milk" was not good for a baby, & staff insisted on sexual health screen for both partners before considering
#transphobia
#auspath2022

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Inducing lactation in transfemme people. Case studies showing that starting doses of domperidone and estrogen early can make it happen!

-- Naomi Achong
#AusPATH2022

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I’m in the Mental health and well-being session (in case you hadn’t realised!). Thanks @LGBTIQ_DocDir for keeping us up to date on Strengthening Communities session 🙏 #auspathconference2022

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We see clients who are out to their GPs but their GP may not have the TGD expertise so are referred to the TGDiCH clinics.
Demand cannot be met solely via standalone clinics: we need circular networks
@auspathorg #auspathconference2022 #auspath2022 @ThorneHarbour

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These voices we say are hard to reach are just hardly reached

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- Teddy Cook on including marginalised and historically excluded voices

@auspathorg @ACONhealth #auspathconference2022 #AusPATH2022

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There is a closed feedback loop, getting the results back to community, keeping community up to date on the research

Alex Wong - Designing a trans-led project @ACONhealth
@auspathorg #auspathconference2022 #AusPATH2022 https://t.co/NGfjJUzDcY