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Book SynopsisThe rates of medical bullying, absences by LGBT+ professionals due to lack of safety in the workplace, and subsequent suicidality for LGBT+ youth and adults are exponentially higher than for non-LGBT+ youth and adults. As a result, many LGBT+ patients and professionals are suffering needlessly, and many business leaders are unsure of what to do. This book solves that problem.
Featuring real-life situations and scenarios, a glossary, and further resources, this book enables professionals in a variety of business roles to integrate foundational concepts into their everyday interactions with potential and current employees to create an overall medical workplace culture that nurtures a welcoming, inclusive, and affirming environment for all. This book can be utilized by independent readers, department teams, and entire medical corporations reading experiences.
Setting out best practices and professional guidance for creating an LGBT+ inclusive medical workplace
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The number one reason why gender-affirming care is so critical, is because it is lifesaving. There are few interventions in the modern medical era that we can truly call lifesaving, but gender-affirming care is one of those. We know that when gender-diverse individuals have access to an affirming and culturally and clinically competent healthcare provider, they have decreased rates of depression, anxiety, and suicidality.
Gender-affirming care includes any aspect of healthcare that is delivered in a way that is informed by the lived experience of gender-diverse people with both cultural and clinical competence. It can include primary care, mental health support, gender-affirming hormone therapy, gender-affirming surgery, any other specialty care for general health, and more.
Gender-affirming care education starts in our health profession schools including medical school, graduate medical education programs, nursing school, pharmacy school, public health school, physician assistant school, social work school, psychology programs, physical therapy, and more. We need more educational programs for healthcare professionals who have finished their training programs, who did not have access to gender-affirming care education while in school.
We know that gender-diverse individuals have better health outcomes when they have even one supportive person in their life. We can all provide gender-affirming care in whatever we do. A great place to start or continue to do that is by reading The Medical Professional’s Guide to LGBT+ Inclusion: Creating a Workplace Culture that Nurtures a Welcoming, Inclusive, and Affirming Environment.
Dr. Jerrica Kirkley, MD (she/her)
Chief Medical Officer and Co-founder of Plume
Table of ContentsForeword by Dr. Marci Bowers, President of World Professional Association for Transgender Health. Preface. Acknowledgments. How Big of a Problem Is This? About the Author. Introduction. SECTION I THE FOUNDATION: TERMINOLOGY AND INSIGHTS. 1 Safety. 2 Hate Crimes. 3 Allyship. 4 Privilege. 5 Intersectionality. 6 Battle Fatigue. 7 Terminology. 8 Masking and Coming Out. 9 More Terminology. 10 Medical Experiences. 11 Retransitioning and Detransitioning & Going Back into the Closet. Additional Useful Terminology for Section I. Questions and Answers. Research Your Resources. Trans Joy. In Closing. SECTION II SCENARIOS: TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE. Scenario 1. Scenario 2. Scenario 3. Scenario 4. Scenario 5. Scenario 6. Scenario 7. Scenario 8. Scenario 9. Scenario 10. Scenario 11. Scenario 12. Scenario 13. Scenario 14. Scenario 15. Scenario 16. SECTION III PUT YOUR KNOWLEDGE INTO PRACTICE. 12 Assessing Your Workplace. 13 In the Medical Office and Collaborative Spaces. 14 Leadership and Learning Materials. 15 How to Implement Change. In Closing. Afterword Written by Danny Roberts, Star of MTV’s The Real World: New Orleans. Appendix I: Opposition. Appendix II: Suggested Readings & Resources. Appendix III: Suggested Reading for Youth. Index.
