Episode 133: Gender Affirming Care is Trauma-Informed Care

June 07, 2022 00:45:48
Episode 133: Gender Affirming Care is Trauma-Informed Care
Into the Fold: Issues in Mental Health
Episode 133: Gender Affirming Care is Trauma-Informed Care

Jun 07 2022 | 00:45:48

/

Show Notes

June is Pride Month. We recognize the contributions lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/queer plus individuals have made to society--and the continued urgency of their struggle. The LGBTQ+ community has had to fight for acceptance, inclusion, and civil rights in a society that has historically shunned their very existence. The LGBTQ+ community continues to face many obstacles to their individual mental health and well-being, and this has never been more true than in the summer of 2022. In this episode we explore gender affirming care as a form of trauma-informed care, and what it means to try to be trauma-informed for a community in peril. Our guests are Eli Lawrence, Clinical Supervisor of Behavioral Health for Waterloo Counseling Center; and Andrea Segovia, Senior Policy and Field Advisor for Trans Education Network of Texas. Related links: Episode 122: Gender Affirmation Can be Life and Death https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-gender-affirmation Episode 82: Gender Identity and Well-being: Toss the Rulebook https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-gender-identity-and-well-being Hogg Foundation Statement on Pride Month 2022 https://hogg.utexas.edu/statement-on-lgbtq-pride-month

Other Episodes

Episode

April 09, 2019 00:25:50
Episode Cover

Into the Fold, Episode 78: Mental Health and Housing: The Need for Alternatives

A crucial part of mental health and substance use recovery is giving people the ability to live independently in the community. The availability of...

Listen

Episode

July 28, 2020 00:26:17
Episode Cover

Episode 101: Asian American identity in the Time of COVID-19

This week we are joined by Dr. Eric Tang, Associate Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies and Director of the Center for Asian...

Listen

Episode

November 26, 2019 00:28:50
Episode Cover

Episode 89: Indigenous Mental Health

For many indigenous Americans, Thanksgiving is not just problematic -- it commemorates genocide, dispossession, forced removal, and cultural erasure. This emotional gauntlet has mental...

Listen