Trans Gap Project (TGP)

A number of medical decisions involve gender-based scores. However, there is limited research for the trans community - The Trans Gap

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🤖 AI Image Generators Flag "Transgender Happy" as Content Warning!
In a series of tests TransGapProject used Bing & Canva's AI image generators to scrutinise transgender content. The results unveil troubling disparities and biases in AI interpretation. 1/10
#TransAwarenessWeek

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But having more equal, diverse technologies improves all our public health as AI technologies have a better understanding of the general population. 8/10

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#TransAwarenessWeek #transgapproject #transgender #transhealth

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We understand technology companies go through a rapid change of information, but it is vital that they reflect our society. Not just to be inclusive and ensure groups too often stigmatised our stakeholders in future technologies. 7/10

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We know AI is increasingly being used in medicine, from breast cancer recognition to predicting heart attack risk. Thus, if the methodology underpinning these technologies does not include transgender individuals, their healthcare will worsen as medicine shifts to adopt AI 6/10

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Moreover, in this initial test phrases prompts “transphobic lawyer” and a “transphobe walking in the park”, both generated images without any content warnings 4/10

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This raises concerns about the AI's perception and treatment of transgender content, as it seemingly associates transgender individuals with content that violates its policies. With the potential for harmful and stigmatising outputs that perpetuate discrimination. 5/10

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In Sept '23 using Bing's AI powered by the team behind ChatGPT (OpenAI). The AI consistently issued content warnings and generated no image for all of the following prompts: “transgender couple”, “trans person having fun”, and “trans doctor” 3/10

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In Nov '23 using Canva's AI image generator. The AI issued content warnings and failed to generate certain images for the following prompts: “transgender friend”, “transgender working successfully”, and “transgender happy” 2/10

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🤖 AI Image Generators Flag "Transgender Happy" as Content Warning!
In a series of tests TransGapProject used Bing & Canva's AI image generators to scrutinise transgender content. The results unveil troubling disparities and biases in AI interpretation. 1/10
#TransAwarenessWeek

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👨‍⚕️ Our aim remains clear: to establish a robust medical evidence base for the transgender community.

#TransAwarenessWeek #transgender #transhealth #transgapproject

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🌈 A Pioneering Journey with TransGapProject (TGP). Celebrating 12 Months...

🗓️ November 2022: In Nov 2022, We embarked on a mission to create a significant impact in transgender health research.

#TransAwarenessWeek #transgender #transhealth #transgapproject

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5/5 🚀 Future research should explore ways to ensure a more diverse and representative participant pool, both in terms of geographic location and demographics, to enhance external validity 🔍 #TransResearch #TGP

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1/5 🏳️‍⚧ A thread looking at the paper “The Current State of Transgender Health Curricula in Graduate Surgical Education: A Systematic Review of Survey Data” @JSurgEduc  #HealthResearch #TransResearch #TGP

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4/5 📚 Study suggestion: Address potential biases in survey responses and explore differences in experiences between early-year residents and advanced trainees in surgical education. Enhancing research rigour for a comprehensive understanding! 🎓 #ResearchBias #SurgicalEducation

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Addressing the recent UK Government decision to ban transgender individuals from specific hospital wards. Let's foster inclusivity, empathy, and evidence-based healthcare policies. 🏥💙 #InclusiveHealthcare #TransRightsAreHumanRights #ConservativeConference #trans #lgbthealth