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trans health care
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Trans health care locked down again
Assessment psychologist remains a bottleneck On Friday 10 January, the daily newspaper NRC reported that Amsterdam UMC is closing its doors to new patients: feel free to register, but do not expect a call in the coming years. Amsterdam UMC and Transvisie qualified this message, but Principle 17 points out the cause and provides alternatives.…
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Hormones & self-medication
For some trans people, the waiting times are too long. They cannot wait 5 to 6 years before they are ‘allowed’ to start their medical treatment. In that case, it is good to know that there are other ways. On this page: Hormones via the GP There are now 300 GPs in the Netherlands who…
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How do you take more control during your medical transition?
In Dutch trans healthcare, there seems to be little room for the personal input of trans care recipients. On paper, it is reasonably well organised, but in practice it is often more difficult. Many trans care recipients experience medical treatment mainly as ‘a series of hoops’ that you have to ‘jump through’ in order to…
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Educational tour through the Netherlands: trans care workshops prove to be very necessary
In November and December, Principle 17 delivered five workshops with the theme ‘Trans health care, but differently’. During this tour, we met over 40 people, each with their own questions and concerns. All participants were explicit about one thing: trans health care in the Netherlands needs to be much better! All the workshops started with…
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Why Van Dale should not have nominated ’transition regret’
It happens very occasionally that a transgender person regrets a medical treatment, and that is why it is good we have a word for it. After all, without words you cannot talk about your experiences. However, with the nomination of the word ’transition regret’, dictionary maker Van Dale has lent itself to a political statement.…
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Informative workshops on trans health care – but differently
Principle 17: “Trans people have more rights than they think!” Every person has the right to a pleasant life and good facilities. This is stated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Trans people have the same rights as every other person. Only the Dutch protocol for trans health care has not yet fully understood…
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New booklet on being transmasculine in a multiple system
Being transmasculine in a multiple system has its own challenges, on top of the challenges of being transmasculine and the challenges of living in a multiple system. The unique booklet ‘Being Transmasculine in a Multiple System’ describes guidelines and tips, based on expertise and lived experience, for multiple systems who want to know more about…
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Do Trans Teens Have Rights to Their Bodies?
According to a study by Komodo Health, as reported in Reuters, from 2017 to 2022 at least 4,780 adolescents started puberty blockers and another 14,726 started hormone treatment. That’s about 20,000 kids. Komodo Health found that over the same period, at least 121,882 children aged 6 to 17 were diagnosed with gender dysphoria. Since hormones…
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What care do you need? And are you able to get that?
With these questions we like to talk to members of the trans community in the Netherlands. Our impression is that as a trans person you often have to pull to get complete and relevant information from healthcare providers. And you have to do your best to keep the assessment as light as possible. Principle 17…
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Gender-affirming care has a long history in the US – and not just for transgender people
When politicians today refer to gender-affirming care as new, “untested” or “experimental,” they ignore the long history of transgender medicine in the United States. It’s been nearly 60 years since the first transgender medical clinic opened in the U.S.. Dr. Milton Edgerton had cut his teeth caring for transgender people at Johns Hopkins University in…
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