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To: Cavan county council
Trans healthcare Cavan
We want Cavan county council to back the informed consent model of trans healthcare.
Why is this important?
Irish trans healthcare is consistently ranked one of the worst in Europe. Trans people report that the Irish healthcare system fails them time and again, and many who are lucky enough to afford it must travel abroad to access life saving medical treatment.
We are calling on Cavan county council to back a model of trans healthcare which is recommended and endorsed by WPATH and WHO, and by transgender community organisations such as Transgender Equality Network Ireland, Trans Healthcare Action and Transgress the NGS. Trans healthcare should be based on sound science and input from the transgender community.
This would include:
1. Following an informed consent model of healthcare.
2. Replacing the national gender service with a new national clinical program for trans healthcare, designed in collaboration with trans people.
3. Creating guidelines and support for GPs to treat trans patients in primary care settings, and recognizing the importance of GPs in providing gender-affirming care.
4. Establishing guidelines and facilities for trans healthcare for young people under the age of 18
5. Implementing full a ban on conversion therapy
6. Providing support for those seeking non- medical gender recognition and full protection for non-binary individuals based on the 2018 Government Review of the Gender Recognition Act 2015
7. Respecting the bodily autonomy of intersex individuals
We are calling on Cavan county council to back a model of trans healthcare which is recommended and endorsed by WPATH and WHO, and by transgender community organisations such as Transgender Equality Network Ireland, Trans Healthcare Action and Transgress the NGS. Trans healthcare should be based on sound science and input from the transgender community.
This would include:
1. Following an informed consent model of healthcare.
2. Replacing the national gender service with a new national clinical program for trans healthcare, designed in collaboration with trans people.
3. Creating guidelines and support for GPs to treat trans patients in primary care settings, and recognizing the importance of GPs in providing gender-affirming care.
4. Establishing guidelines and facilities for trans healthcare for young people under the age of 18
5. Implementing full a ban on conversion therapy
6. Providing support for those seeking non- medical gender recognition and full protection for non-binary individuals based on the 2018 Government Review of the Gender Recognition Act 2015
7. Respecting the bodily autonomy of intersex individuals