In this episode, we continue our discussion with Elliott Kotze and take a look at the current Gender Affirming Healthcare Guidelines. We discuss the assessment process, as well as the non-medical gender affirming practices, hormone therapy and surgical options.
References and Resources:
Treatment Guidelines:
Tomson, A., McLachlan, C., Wattrus, C., Adams, K., Addinall, R., Bothma, R., Jankelowitz, L., Kotze, E., Luvuno, Z., Madlala, N., Matyila, S., Padavatan, A., Pillay, M., Rakumakoe, M. D., Tomson-Myburgh, M., Venter, W., & de Vries, E. (2021). Southern African HIV Clinicians’ Society gender-affirming healthcare guideline for South Africa. Southern African journal of HIV medicine, 22(1), 1299. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajhivmed.v22i1.1299
Autobiographical material:
Hamblin, R (2021) A Queer and Crooked Memoir for the Not so Straight and Narrow
Kergil S. (2021) Before I Had Words: On Being a Transgender Young Adult
Tomson, A. (2016) Always Anastasia: A transgender life in South Africa