In this episode, activist and breast cancer survivor Yee Won Chong shares his experience as a transmasculine person navigating the healthcare system with Norma Steiner, MD, a gynecologic oncologist, who in turn offers her perspective on caring for patients across the gender spectrum. Topics include:
- 4 aspects of transgender care: emotional, social, medical, legal
- Getting language right and how to gracefully recover from fumbles
- Sensitively approaching ongoing cancer care in transmasculine and transfeminine individuals
- Handling billing and charting challenges when caring for transgender patients
- Ideas for institutional change to improve healthcare for transgender individuals
Presenters:
Yee Won Chong
Co-filmmaker, Trans Dudes with Lady Cancer
Senior Fellow, Racial Equity
Western States Center
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Strategist and Consultant
Portland, Oregon
Norma Steiner, MD
Gynecological Oncologist
Northwest Permanente
Portland, Oregon
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