The Nurse Path blog, February 10., 2017 Some men have vaginas. It probably wouldn’t happen very often but if you are a health professional who cares for people during pregnancy and birth (ie a Midwife or Doctor), you may come across a transgender man who is pregnant. This can be really challenging for people who may not have come across transgender people or issues. This is a guide to maybe help...
Parliament of South Australia: Legislative Review Committee, 13 April 2016 On Tuesday 12 April 2016, the Report of the Legislative Review Committee into the Sexual Reassignment Repeal Bill 2014 was tabled in Parliament. The referral to investigate the Bill was brought in the Legislative Council in late 2014 by the Hon. Tammy Franks MLC. The report recommends the passage of the Sexual Reassignment...
Medical News Today, 29 October 2015
Many transgender men who have the capacity to bear children are faced with barriers in the healthcare system as a result of a lack of training, argue Juno Obedin-Maliver and Harvey Makadon in a commentary published in SAGE journal Obstetric Medicine.
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MedicineNet, April 22, 2015
When Samantha was 3, she drew a picture of a family. She explained that she was the daddy. By age 5, she’d told her mother, “My mind tells me I’m a boy.”
Mom made a note to ask her pediatrician about it.
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The Guardian, Friday 26 September 2014 16.57 AEST
“I was brought up with a rich sense of cultural pride, but from a young age I knew something wasn’t right. At age 17 I embarked on a transition to feel at ease with myself.”
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Huffington Post, Posted: 09/16/2014 4:34 pm EDT
A child assigned male at birth began confounding parents, family and neighbours at age 3 by repeatedly declaring and insisting, “I am a girl.”
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