"I deserve to have gender affirming care..."
"My name is Shea Buckley, I use they/them pronouns, and I am a trans, gender non-conforming, queer medical student in my first year at...
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Jan 21, 2022
"She Diagnosed me with Ego-Dystonic Lesbianism..."
"My family structure consists of me and my wife. We’ve been together since 2012, and we have a daughter named Chloe. She is two and some...
Dec 17, 2021
"Your queerness is important..."
“I am Landon Casolari, I use he/him or they/them pronouns. I am currently studying to become a therapist. It is exciting but it is a lot!...
Dec 3, 2021
"I am not an inconvenience..."
"For context, I am a trans individual and that is not something I came to realize until college. When I was 12-13 roughly (existing as a...
Nov 19, 2021
"You need to protect your own energy..."
"My name is Sabina. I’m a third year medical student at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and I plan to apply for OB-GYN...
Oct 29, 2021
"I’m going to make waves..."
"Some people might be more *stable* in their identity. I’ve come to the end of the journey of discovering who I am and how I identify...
Oct 15, 2021
"I should be able to stand up for my human rights."
"My name is Eliana Rubin. I use they/them and she/her pronouns. I am originally from and currently live in Los Angeles, CA. I'm attending...
Oct 9, 2021
"Say it, Stand up for it, Speak up for it..."
"I'm a first year medical student now, I took a pretty long route to it – so I'm 28. I came out in HS twice. I first came out in 10th...
Sep 17, 2021
"There should be a lot more empathy and human connection."
“My name is Madeleine, or Maddie. I go by either. I use she/her/hers pronouns. I am an Asian woman of color, queer, and chronically ill....
Aug 27, 2021
"Weaknesses are actually the things that make you the best person you could possibly be..."
“Like every little gay boy, my journey to coming out started at about 4 or 5-years-old. I remember running around the house in my mom’s...
Aug 20, 2021
"You are worthy of having an identity."
"I graduated medical school in 2015, did my residency in anatomic and clinical pathology, and am sub specialized in forensic pathology. I...
Jul 30, 2021
"Now, I realize that I always knew and that it was always a part of me..."
"A while ago I had shared a popular infographic from Pink New on my Instagram story. It was a pie chart of what people *think* trans...
Jul 23, 2021
"Live your life as your true self. "
"I always take the opportunity to be able to talk about being trans in medicine and being a trans Person of Color in medicine. Growing...
Mar 19, 2021
"Uncleaving sex and gender is going to change the entire world..."
"Starting as a teenager, I came to think of queer health through of lens of social justice in many different ways. I started thinking...
Oct 23, 2020
"We have to transition from hearing history to writing it"
“I pretty much knew since I was 12 or 13 when those damn underwear models caught my eye - just you know casually flipping through...
Oct 9, 2020
"LGBTQ+ patients should feel comfortable bringing issues up with their doctors..."
“My name is Larry and I am a pediatric sub specialist on the East Coast. Over the years, through my journey from medical school to...
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