Core to Who I Am

This summer, the Trump administration tried to roll back some federal protections for transgender patients. We look at the fight to secure health care for trans Americans and explore the extent to which policies designed to expand access have delivered on their promise. [This episode was originally published on July 14, 2020.]Guests:Kellan Baker, PhD, Centennial Scholar, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthMelvin Whitehead, PhD, Assistant Professor of Student Affairs Administration, Binghamton UniversityKatie Keith, Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown LawTaylor Brown, Staff Attorney, ACLU LGBT & HIV ProjectRead a transcript of the episode, see maps of which states offer legal protections to transgender patients, and more on our website: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/07/14/core-to-who-i-am/Sign up for our weekly newsletter to see what research health policy experts are reading right now, plus recommendations from our staff: bit.ly/tradeoffsnewsletterIf you value independent nonprofit health care journalism, donate to Tradeoffs. And when you give through the end of 2020, your gift will be doubled: https://tradeoffs.org/donateFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.