Transgender medicine is so so simple. Every single person should know about it.

I think the level of public understanding about what transgender medicine is so much lower than it should be. 20-25% of the US and UK population know nothing at all about it. And from my experience as a doctor, very few people, professional and public, know what medicines like testosterone or oestrogen actually do physically or mentally.

I want to do what I can to change that and explain what the trans community take as part of the process of stepping into their true identity. I've made a video which I'm going to share any time I come across somebody who doesn't know enough about trans medicine, or what it does.

This is just a start, I know. Education about transgender medicine should be a compulsory part of Relationships, Health, and Sex Education across the globe. Everybody has a responsibility to learn about it so that they're ready to support transgender friends and family. What else do you think we can do or campaign for as a community to raise awareness of the most basic parts of being transgender?