For a decade, I've been getting my healthcare and referrals from the Callen-Lorde Community Health Center. At times, they can be maddeningly disorganized. But every health care provider and other staff member I've encountered there has made great efforts to be helpful. Plus, Richie Tran is the kind of doctor I always wished I could find before my transition. Well, maybe such doctors were out there, but I wasn't ready to talk to any of them, even if they could have heard what I wanted to say.
It seems that Callen Lorde's equivalent in Boston is Fenway Health. They do a lot of outreach--at least, every time I do a web search for anything related to LGBT health care, I come across something or another they've posted. And it's all been useful.
They really seem to like infographics. That's probably a good thing: Not everyone likes to read, or has the patience to do so, I guess. Fenway's stuff is eye-catching, and often appealing. If nothing else, they get their point across, as they do in this one:
If you can enlarge the infographic, look at the row of statistics to the left of the US map: Discrimination In Public Accomodations. Thirty-seven percent of us report having been harassed or disrespected in retail stores; three percent of us have been assaulted. For hotels and restaurants, those statistics are very similar: 35 and 2 percent.
I am one of the 29 percent of trans people who's been harassed or disrepected by the police, and the 29 percent who've had such experiences in health care settings. Fortunately for me, I haven't been assaulted by police officers or in health care settings, though two and six percent, respectively, of trans people have had such experiences.
And other trans people have had it worse. Much worse.
It seems that Callen Lorde's equivalent in Boston is Fenway Health. They do a lot of outreach--at least, every time I do a web search for anything related to LGBT health care, I come across something or another they've posted. And it's all been useful.
They really seem to like infographics. That's probably a good thing: Not everyone likes to read, or has the patience to do so, I guess. Fenway's stuff is eye-catching, and often appealing. If nothing else, they get their point across, as they do in this one:
If you can enlarge the infographic, look at the row of statistics to the left of the US map: Discrimination In Public Accomodations. Thirty-seven percent of us report having been harassed or disrespected in retail stores; three percent of us have been assaulted. For hotels and restaurants, those statistics are very similar: 35 and 2 percent.
I am one of the 29 percent of trans people who's been harassed or disrepected by the police, and the 29 percent who've had such experiences in health care settings. Fortunately for me, I haven't been assaulted by police officers or in health care settings, though two and six percent, respectively, of trans people have had such experiences.
And other trans people have had it worse. Much worse.
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