Our 2023 Annual Report is now available, with an overview of publications, media and stakeholder engagement and professional leadership activities #transresearch #transhealth #transhealth care A/Prof Ada Cheung (she/her) Brendan Nolan Alex Wong (he/him) UniMelb MDHS
transresearch.org.au/reports

A/Prof Ada Cheung (she/her) Alex Wong (he/him) Ariel Ginger 56% of trans respondents reported experiencing healthcare discrimination since the start of the pandemic - illustrating an urgent need for better trans health training in primary, allied health, and specialised care! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.56…

12 oral presentations🎙️+ 3 posters in 3 days‼️ SO incredibly proud of my #TransHealth Research 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 team & collaborators 🥹who worked so hard for #AusPATH2023 ! 🙏 to auspathorg on best conference yet. Dr Sav Zwickl Alex Wong (he/him) Brendan Nolan UniMelb MDHS Austin Health 🧵1/14

My talented colleague’s reflections on intersectionality within the LGBTQIA+ community 😍 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Looking forward to “Making the leap! Assessment and prescribing gender affirming hormone therapy” Dr Lachlan Angus from🏳️‍⚧️UniMelb MDHS upskilling our audience of Endocrine Society of Australia endocrinologists, gynaecologists, cardiologists, pathologists, urologists + scientists 👩‍🔬 #transhealth 1/7

Excited to kick off the ACMAV conference breaking down barriers & “cultural taboos” #genderdiversity #transhealth #DEI Alex Wong (he/him)

Media needs to do better. After appearing on QandA last year with #StanGrant , torrents of hate flowed my way on social media - some of it transphobic, some of it racist, some of it sexist. Screamed at by an audience member. No support from abctv. Do ratings trump duty of care??

I’m often asked “how come you work in #transhealth ?”. This is why 👇 #IDAHOBIT2023 UniMelb MDHS @UniMelb 1/2

NEW BLOG: Spotlighting #trans suicidality at the National Suicide Prevention Conference 2023. 'If you care about #SuicidePrevention you need to care about trans people'
#NSPC23 #mentalhealth
transresearch.org.au/post/nspc23

The date 🗓️ May 17 was chosen to commemorate the decision to declassify homosexuality as a mental disorder. 🏳️‍🌈 The World Health Organisation made this decision only 33 years ago, and there is still more work to do for LGBTQIA+ people. 2/8

Today is International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia. This day has, in more recent years, also been used to acknowledge discrimination against all LGBTQIA+ people. 🧵 1/8
#IDAHOBIT #IDAHOBIT 2023 #LGBTQIA #transgender #nonbinary UniMelb MDHS

Share the they/them kitten to make a transphobe cry

This shit is totally fucked up, trans people have a legal right to access health services and to be admitted to the appropriate hospital wards.

13 years ago, a head nurse at my local hospital once told me that I was going to be admitted to a men's ward when I was seriously ill…

Today marks 3 years since the launch of TRANSform! Thank you to the 2000+ participants, our many collaborators & incredible research team for making this all possible! A/Prof Ada Cheung (she/her) Alex Wong (he/him) Ariel Ginger transresearch.org.au/post/transform…
#transhealth #transresearch

are you even a healthcare provider if you don’t get home and immediately do the same things you spent all day telling your patients not to do while saving their lives from doing those things

Daily routine

Tomorrow for #TransAwarenessWeek  the University of Melbourne workshop is a spotlight on #TransResearch with Dr Sav Zwickl and I, together with Georg Tamm and Dr Asiel Adan Sanchez. 4-6pm AEDT. Register👉
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Tomorrow, I will be discussing trans-led research as part of the 'Trans in Academia' event hosted by GSA UniMelb for #TransAwarenessWeek To register: facebook.com/events/4363105…