EP151 - How to Spin Trends & Influence Healthcare

About this episode

The episode discusses recent troubling news regarding healthcare and trans rights in the US and UK.

On this fortnight's episode, our embattled hosts Flint, Ashleigh & Alyx go over: Difficult news from the Southern states of the US in Pond Hopping. CONTENT WARNING: This story contains talking about suicide, potential murder and racism. This is signposted within the episode and a time code to skip over this story is included. TransActual's new report "Continuing to Endure the UK's Hostile Environment. How a particular professer is prohibited from participating in the PATHWAYS trial by the MHRA. Our main section talks about the now 'official' halting of HRT prescriptions to 16 and 17-year olds. References: https://whatthetrans.com/ep151 Submit to a zine! Extended deadline: March 28th - Open Call — Carnations, Violets & Lavender

People in this episode

Hosts: Flint, Ashleigh, Alyx

Topics covered

• healthcare
• HRT prescriptions
• suicide
• racism
• trans rights
• UK policies

Keywords

• HRT
• trans rights
• healthcare trends
• suicide
• racism
• MHRA
• PATHWAYS trial

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: TransActual, MHRA

Places: Southern states of the US, UK

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