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Luke Flower

The medic making a difference to the care of trans patients

03 Feb 2025

Medical students are taught about some of the rarest diseases, yet do not learn something as important as how to care for trans patients. This needs...

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Woman with transgender flag make-up

People who are autistic and transgender/gender diverse have poorer health and health care

21 Jan 2025

Autistic transgender/gender diverse individuals are more likely to have long-term mental and physical health conditions, including alarmingly high...

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Trans Rights Protest London, April 2022

GP survey reveals health and healthcare inequalities of trans and non-binary adults

07 Feb 2023

Trans and non-binary adults are more likely than the general population to experience long-term health conditions, including mental health problems...

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Transgender flag

Transgender and gender-diverse individuals are more likely to be autistic and report higher autistic traits

07 Aug 2020

Transgender and gender-diverse adults are three to six times more likely as cisgender adults (individuals whose gender identity corresponds to their...

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Celebrating Cambridge’s LGBT+ scientists and engineers

05 Jul 2018

Cambridge celebrated the first ever LGBTSTEM Day on 5 July – recognising all those who work in science, technology, engineering and medicine and who...

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Sacramento Pride Parade, supporting the LGBT community, June 15 2013. The new study highlights the leadership of many Churches in the United States in shifting the balance of Christian attitudes towards trans people.

Global Christian attitudes towards transgenderism “softening”, study suggests

02 Dec 2015

A mapping exercise examining the positions of major Christian denominations on transgender identities suggests that a growing number of Churches...

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