Dana El-Kurd
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And I think this is also gets into what's important about this shop, which is that this is one of the few electrolysis places I've ever encountered where huge portions of the staff are trans.
Can you talk a bit about what, what that's been like doing, you know, like doing this kind of gender affirming care?
on other trans people who normally, I could say this in a medical setting, I can count on one finger the number of trans healthcare providers.
I mean, I guess if you count pharmacists, I can add like a second finger.
Like in my entire life, and I'm extremely lucky that I've even gotten one trans healthcare provider who is trans.
Well, it's an honor and a privilege to be able to work with other trans people for gender-affirming care for our community.
Because we don't just serve the Vancouver area, we also serve the PDX area.
And further, we have patients that commute from hours and hours away.
For people who don't know, a little bit of geography stuff that will become important later.
So this is Vancouver, Washington, which is just like right across a river from Portland.
This amazingly, the fact that technically speaking, this river is like the state border will become important in a little bit.