from current thread: "We’re Still Here Conference 8th September: A report from the inside OP TheHarpySings* wrote:
Okay. So here’s my notes
1) Health Panel:
Chair was Dr Ben Vincent of GIRES.
Part of the discussion on this panel was around GPs reluctance to prescribe “bridging hormones”. GPs are reluctant/afraid to prescribe them for liability reasons. Apparently a brand of T-Gel was withdrawn and GPs are reluctant to switch brands.
There was then a bit of chatter about whether a person’s sex was relevant for healthcare stats.
Then there was discussion about trans children. Dr Vincent was very scathing about GIDS-said there was disgusting and unethical practices. BV spoke about dispelling the myths about desistance and the myths of ROGD- BV called this “concern trolling, malicious and ethically bankrupt”. BV would like a review of the whole system.
Then Dr Vincent said that they’d received a review copy of “Born in your own body” edited by Heather Brunskell-Evans and Michele Moore. BV is reviewing it for some Royal College and said “I will tear it a new arsehole”
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3398737-We-re-Still-Here-Conference-8th-September-A-report-from-the-inside
Dr Ben Vincent describes influence on BMJ, GPs, NHS etc:
6/7/17
"I’m really delighted that a team (of which I was a member) comprised entirely of trans voices has been published in the BMJ (the British Medical Journal). Our article provides basic information for GPs providing healthcare to transgender people."
genderben.com/2017/07/06/i-am-your-trans-patient/
BMJ article: 'I am your trans patient'
BMJ 2017; 357 doi: doi.org/10.1136/bmj.j2963 (Published 30 June 2017) Emma-Ben Lewis, clinical teaching associate, Ben Vincent, medical sociologist, Alex Brett, Sarah Gibson, Reubs J Walsh, developmental neuropsychologist:
(extract)
"Thinking outside the “M/F” tickbox
You’ll need to think outside the tick-box about what’s relevant for my body: is a smear test really necessary for all women (and only women)? Or is it for everyone with a cervix? The same goes for prostate and breast screening, and for any aspect of medicine where there’s a distinction between how you’d treat a “male” and how you’d treat a “female.” Those categories have never been the whole story—trans and intersex people have always been here—but the medical literature often oversimplifies, to our detriment. Knowing that I’m trans doesn’t tell you anything about my primary and secondary sexual characteristics; but then neither does knowing—or assuming—that I’m not. If you need to ask, check whether I prefer to talk about my body in a particular way to minimise discomfort—I might want to avoid certain words, for example. Although I might be comfortable talking about my breasts, or going to get a routine prostate screening, it’s also possible that I might want you to talk about my “chest” instead, or help me find ways to engage with the men’s health unit that won’t cause me tremendous distress." (continues)
"Footnotes
Competing interests: We have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and declare the following: none."
www.bmj.com/content/357/bmj.j2963