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Aoife Martin: There are few people as expert in their own healthcare as trans people are - we have to be
Our new columnist writes about the importance of listening to trans people when it comes to healthcare, sparked by a recent visit to the doctor’s. By Aoife Martin Thursday 31 Dec 2020, 7:00 AM Dec 31st 2020, 7:00 AM 11,894 Views 0 Comments Aoife Martin
I HAD OCCASION to visit my GP just before Christmas, something I had avoided doing in these Covid-19 times, not wanting to burden my doctor unnecessarily.
I had been suffering for a number of months with intermittent pain in my lower left abdomen. Doctor Google had diagnosed me as having diverticulitis, a kidney stone and with not sitting correctly at my desk.
Transgender healthcare report recommends all patients receive psychological support in Ireland, not UK
The long-awaited report has been published by the HSE after a number of delays. By Órla Ryan Thursday 31 Dec 2020, 12:36 PM Dec 31st 2020, 12:36 PM 15,579 Views 0 Comments
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A LONG-AWAITED report on transgender healthcare in Ireland has been published by the HSE.
The report makes a number of recommendations including that psychological support for those under the age of 18 should be provided and delivered by the Irish health service, rather than in the UK as was previously the case.
The document was submitted by the National Trans Healthcare Steering Committee in February but only published on Christmas Eve.
Please help me.
By Rachel Rathbone.
I always knew I was female, from an early age. Never more so than when I went to primary school, an all-boys school with me, a little Transgender Girl, in among the chaos of the boys in the 1970s and 1980s when even being gay was outlawed and ridiculed. I spent six long years being beaten and bullied by students and teachers alike, day-in, day-out without fail. I was left depleted and in the end destroyed. I dug down deep to try and hide myself, Rachel.
I found it hard to learn so I taught myself how to read and write at home. I was scared mentally and still am physically.
NEW START
Transgender teen lashes out at HSE for ‘lack of medical support’ after being forced abroad for ‘life-changing’ op
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10 Dec 2020, 7:00
A TRANSGENDER teen forced to go abroad for a “life-changing” op blasted the HSE for the “lack of medical support” while trying to transition.
Deanie Cullen, 19, from Waterford, said his experience with the HSE was “infuriating” and raged: “I felt like I have been discriminated against for being trans.”
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Deanie opted to take matters into his own hands and access the treatment privately before travelling to Poland for top surgery earlier this year
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Discussing growing up feeling trapped in the wrong body, Deanie said he always kind of knew as a child