Geographic Access to Gender-Affirming Care

About the talk

While the extant literature has established the barriers to accessing care that transgender and gender diverse communities face, less attention has been paid to where gender-affirming care is provided and how geographically accessible it is. This talk focuses on a case study modeling access to gender-affirming hormone therapy in Texas, and looks at some preliminary data from a new study on travel patterns in accessing gender-affirming versus primary care.

About the speaker

Dr. Avery Everhart is an Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of British Columbia. She is also a Co-Founder and Distinguished Fellow at the Center for Applied Transgender Studies, and Reviews Editor for their platinum open-access journal Bulletin of Applied Transgender Studies. Dr. Everhart’s recent work focuses on access to healthcare for transgender communities.