“As a clinician, you have to be passionately involved”: Advocacy and professional responsibility in gender-affirming healthcare

“Being Queer, It Was Really Isolating”: Stigma and Mental Health Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) Young People During COVID-19

“…Furthermore, results support the importance of clinicians and health educators speaking with LGBTQ+ YYA—and when appropriate and safe for YYA, their families—about their whole selves and whole lives to ensure they can be linked to appropriate mental health services and LGBTQ+ youth programs; this in turn necessitates that health professionals familiarize themselves with local, state, and national factors which could contribute to stigmatization as well as resources available to support LGBTQ+ YYA. As others have concluded, and as our results regarding political environment support, there are also urgent opportunities for health care professionals to also become further involved in advocacy for LGBTQ+ youth (Lynne-Joseph, 2023; Thompson et al, 2023).…”

Reflecting on a decade of progress: Zero Discrimination Day and the ongoing struggle against transphobia

“…Many healthcare workers recognize advocacy for gender‐affirming care as part of their professional responsibility to improve access to care, but also as a way to denounce marginalization, support equity and endorse legal recognition of these communities [ 7 ]. Nurses, paediatricians and family doctors can significantly contribute by providing non‐judgemental care, supporting the integration of care with mental health and social services (or facilitating referral when unavailable), enhancing capacities related to the specific needs of the population, promoting interdisciplinary care in inclusive and safe spaces, encouraging family acceptance and involving communities in the response [ 8 , 9 ] (Table 1 ).…”