Living Library: Bringing Stories of Women’s Health to the Forefront Oral Interviews Collection
06 - Gender Affirming Care: Health Equity for All
Description
Book synopsis
I work at Nebraska Medicine’s Gender Care Clinic as the primary nurse care coordinator. I will speak on the concept of “trans broken arm syndrome” and share my personal and professional experience as a trans man caring for gender-diverse patients. I began my own journey as an adolescent over 15 years ago. The landscape of gender-affirming care has become both increasingly sensationalized and stigmatized, and there is still much work to be done to combat the staggering health disparities and inequities this community experiences. I hope that in sharing my story, individuals will be better able to differentiate misinformation from the media, show how important it is for individuals to have access to this care, and humanize experiences that differ from their own, especially regarding providing empathetic and affirming health care.
About Dom
Dom Gliko
Primary Nurse Care Coordinator at Nebraska Medicine’s Gender Care Clinic