Transhealth Northampton is trying to change that via in-person and telehealth appointments for patients in rural Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut and other surrounding states. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about half of states have LGBTQ+ affirming health centers, but most do not specialize in LGBTQ+ health, and transgender care in particular can be hard to access. They typically work from LGBTQ+ clinics in major cities. That Northampton did not have a transgender health clinic prior to 2021 is perhaps more suprising than the fact that it does now.īut doctors like Cronyn are hard to come by. Rainbow flags adorn nearly every business year-round. Northampton’s population was 90 percent White in the last census, but its storefronts and churches are decorated with “Black Lives Matter” banners. “The dream is to create that space where people can be authentic and co-creative and generative,” said Dallas Ducar, a trans woman who left her position as the clinical lead for mental health services at the Massachusetts General Hospital Transgender Health Program to start Transhealth. In many circles, transgender people have opted to get information and advice on hormones, surgery expectations, aftercare and dysphoria from YouTube, Instagram and TikTok, because providers are not versed in their medical needs. Many providers have also historically struggled to provide truly comprehensive transgender care: Patients report being misgendered and facing situations where their providers may embrace who they are - but don’t understand their unique medical needs.
Transgender Survey by the National Center for Transgender Equality reported that just 40 percent of transgender people were out to all of their health care providers. Andrew Cronyn sold his home and left his 250-patient practice in Tucson to join TransHealth Northampton. Nurses have been at the frontlines of every major health crisis-but what happens during a dual pandemic? For Penn Nursing alumni and students addressing the novel coronavirus, systemic racism, or both, the answer is simple: jump in with both feet.At 54, after six years in practice, Dr. Silverstein Term Endowed Professorship in Global Women’s Health, called on Committee members to recognize and exploit the power of “fun and delight” in public service ad campaigns designed to change hesitators’ vaccine perceptions. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology about the grim challenge of COVID vaccine hesitancy, Penn Nursing’s Alison Buttenheim, PhD, MBA, the Patricia Bleznak Silverstein and Howard A.
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