Transgender medicine is so, so simple. How can we better educate about it?

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The level of education about 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 either physically or mentally.

I want to do what I can to change that so I've made a video which I'll share any time I come across somebody who doesn't know enough about trans medicine, or what it does.

A video is just a start, I know. Education about transgender medicine should be a compulsory part of relationships, health, and sex education everywhere. 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?

Posted Sep 28, 2025, 1:46 PM UTC

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