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Podcast: Decera Clinical Education Infectious Disease Podcast
Episode: Be an Ally: Navigating the Healthcare System as a Transgender Individual With HIV
Description: In this episode, a transfemme nonbinary individual living with HIV shares her experience navigating the healthcare system, alongside her infectious disease physician, Michelle D. Collins-Ogle, MD, FAAP, FPIDS, AAHIVS. Hear them discuss key considerations when caring for gender-diverse individuals, including: Understanding how people are more than just a diagnosis Prioritizing individuals’ needs and providing whole-person care using shared decision-makingStrategies to make an environment more affirming and welcoming How to be an ally to transgender individualsListen to the individual in front of youHear what they’re telling youMake sure they are being affirmed and seenLink to the full pr...