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She added 🗣️ "The reason NHS provides gender affirming treatments, hormones, surgeries, mental health and social support is because they're proven to improve mental health, to reduce gender dysphoria and significantly reduce depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts."

Taylor @racheltaylormp.bsky.social argued that no one accepts extraordinary waitlists for cancer care or hip replacements, so why do we accept them for Trans+ care?

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🎧 This episode was hosted and produced by Amber Deveraux, @tincanaudio.co.uk with voiceover from @ashleigh.whatthetrans.com

This is was originally published in The Queer Gaze - our newsletter space commissioning and mentoring emerging and underrepresented queer creatives.

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