'Gender dysphoria can in large part be alleviated through treatment,' states the World Professional Association for Transgender Health in its Standards of Care. [...] Transgender people are not deluded, [...] they are suffering; therefore, medical professionals have a duty to ease that suffering. In this view, dysphoria is more akin to a herniated disc — a source of debilitating but treatable pain.”

Andrea Long Chu, The New York Times

Health Care Professionals

Florence Ashley, B.C.L., LL.B., Jurist and Bioethicist
www.florenceashley.com

Jacub Fernandes, Registered Psychotherapist
jacubfernandes@gmail.com
www.elephanttherapy.com

Reece Malone, Master of Public Health, Doctorate of Human Sexuality
info@reecemalone.com
www.reecemalone.com/reece-malone/

Dr. Mari-Lynne Sinnott, MD CCFP, Clinic 215
clinictwofifteen@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/clinic215/
www.archguelph.ca/transgender-health-care

Organizations

Informed Consent for Access to Trans Health (ICATH) promotes the use of informed consent as a recognized standard of care to support the ultimate well-being and autonomy for people who are transgender, intersex, and gender non-conforming.

The Catherine White Holman Wellness Centre offers answers to frequently asked questions about informed consent.

Re:Searching for LGBTQ2S+ Health is a team of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, Two-Spirit, and queer (LGBTQ2S+) and ally researchers who focus on understanding how LGBTQ2S+ people experience physical and emotional (mental) health, and how they access health services.

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Footnotes
  1. Bouman, W.P., Richards, C., Addinall, I., de Montis, A. Arceus, J…. & Wilson, D. (2014). Yes and yes again: Are standards of care which require two referrals for genital reconstructive surgery ethical? Sexual and Relationship Therapy 29(4), 385. ↩︎