Lancaster University’s Centre for Gender and Women’s Studies (CGWS) is pleased to announce its Transforming Medicine conference in conjunction with the SexGen network, which is to be held at the Lancaster University campus in Bailrigg, Lancaster on Thursday May 25th from 10am until 5pm.
The programe will cover a diverse range of presentations providing perspectives on transgender health.
Register for free tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/trans-forming-medicine-perspectives-on-transgender-health-tickets-31319169479
The full programme can be downloaded here: https://www.docdroid.net/T6NVImX/trans-forming-medicine-programme.pdf.html
Conference schedule
9.45 – 10.15 am
Welcome, registration and housekeeping
10.15 – 10.45 am
‘Finding our voice’: Speech and language therapy for trans people, a charity-university partnership delivered in the community
Presented by Louie Stafford and Sean Pert
10.45 – 11.15 am
‘We came to you for answers’: Parental encounters with Gender Identity Clinics (GICs)
Presented by Cron Cronshaw
11.15 – 11.45 am
Break
11.45 am – 12.15 pm
Nothing about me without me: Trans health research at the Gender Identity Clinic
Presented by Benjamin Vincent, Ruth Pearce and Michael Toze
12.15 – 12.45 pm
The experience of living with HIV among trans women: A qualitative study
Presented by Rusi Jaspal, Christos Daramilas, Sebastian Cordoba, Sitira Williams and Zowie Davy
Co-authored by Shema Tariq
12.45 – 2.00 pm
Lunch
With help from our friends at The Radish, a lunch of bread, salads, fruit and cakes will be provided for conference attendees.
2.00 – 2.30 pm
‘I’ve just done your work for you’: Older trans people as expert patients within general practice
Presented by Michael Toze
2.30 – 3.00 pm
Taking time off: Provisions and implications for trans people accessing affirming surgeries and ongoing medical care while in employment or education
Presented by Matson Lawrence
3.00 – 3.30 pm
Break
3.30 – 4.00 pm
‘Having a vagina says nothing about your maleness or masculinity’: Exploring cervical screening in trans men, a thematic analysis
Presented by Joanna Semlyen
4.00 – 4.30 pm
Unfettering our appetites: Moving beyond ‘co-morbidity’ in exploring relationships with food among transgender people
Presented by Felix McNulty
4.30 – 5 pm
Closing comments
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