by Sarah Kapostasy, LPC and Julie Thompson, PA-C

Out Youth and Black Trans Leadership of Austin recently conducted a needs assessment of 50 QTBIPOC individuals in Central Texas. We are excited to share the full results of this survey at a later date. In the meantime, I’m happy to report that the majority of individuals seeking gender-affirming care in our sample, including hormone replacement therapy, reported having access.

At the same time, it is important that we are attentive to the quality of care provided, as prescribing HRT can have significant nuance. In particular, recent attention has focused on those who identify as non-binary and their struggles seeing care in a binary system, as described in this article from last year: https://www.thelily.com/these-nonbinary-patients-were-seeking-trans-health-care-but-in-a-binary-system-they-felt-invalidated/

So, we feel fortunate to have been able to host Julie Thompson, PA-C the Medical Director of the Transgender Health Program at Fenway Health in Boston for a recent webinar presented on April 28, 2022. Julie discussed the nuances of prescribing hormones and provided tips for working specifically with non-binary patients on medical affirmation.

You can view the recording of this webinar until July 7, 2022. We encourage all medical providers in Central Texas who were unable to join us to check it out!