The Transgender Cancer Experience: A Conversation Between an Oncologist and a Transmasculine Individual on Navigating the Healthcare System

In this episode, activist and breast cancer survivor Yee Won Chong shares his experience as a transmasculine person navigating the healthcare system with Norma Steiner, MD, a gynecologic oncologist, who in turn offers her perspective on caring for patients across the gender spectrum. Topics include:4 aspects of transgender care: emotional, social, medical, legalGetting language right and how to gracefully recover from fumblesSensitively approaching ongoing cancer care in transmasculine and transfeminine individualsHandling billing and charting challenges when caring for transgender patientsIdeas for institutional change to improve healthcare for transgender individualsPresenters:Yee Won ChongCo-filmmaker, Trans Dudes with Lady CancerSenior Fellow, Racial EquityWestern States CenterEquity, Diversity, and Inclusion Strategist and ConsultantPortland, OregonNorma Steiner, MDGynecological OncologistNorthwest PermanentePortland, OregonLink to full program:http://bit.ly/3Ugz0LR

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