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Department of Health/ GIRES Information Booklets

The Department in partnership with it's Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and Transgender Advisory Group publishes a number of information leaflets, details of which are given below. The documents are available here to download. All are in adobe pdf format.

Image of Reducing health inequalities for lesbian,gay, bisexual and trans people cover and also a link if required for opening it

Reducing health inequalities for lesbian,gay, bisexual and trans people

Author: Dr Julie Fish (De Montfort University) for the DH Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Advisory Group

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) people experience a number of health inequalities which are often unrecognised in health and social care settings. These 13 briefings are intended to show that LGBT people can be younger, older, bisexual, lesbians, gay men, trans, from black and minority ethnic (BME) communities and disabled, and to dispel assumptions that they form a homogeneous group.

The briefings provide easy-to-read guidance for health and social care commissioners, service planners and frontline staff. They aim to inform the delivery of appropriate services and to support health and social care professionals in their everyday work with LGBT people by providing fundamental awareness and evidence of LGBT needs in relation to health.

 

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Reducing health inequalities for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people (Briefing 11- Trans Peoples Health)

 

 

 

 

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Berievement: A Guide for Transsexual, Transgender people and their loved ones

 

 

 

 

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A guide to hormone therapy for trans people

(Part of The Dept Of Health Literature Project produced by GIRES)

 

 

 

 

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A guide for Young Trans people in the UK

This booklet was produced by the trans youth group from Sci: Identity, working in partnership with Gendered Intelligence (http://www.genderedintelligence.co.uk) and GALYIC (Gay and Lesbian Youth in Calderdale - http://www.galyic.org.uk/)

 

 

 

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An Introduction to Working With Transgender people

Small 2 page introduction to transgender and the workplace.

 

 

 

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National Health Service funding processes and waiting times for adult service users (Trans wellbeing and healthcare)

(Part of The Dept Of Health Literature Project produced by GIRES)

 

 

 

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Medical care for gender variant children and young people: answering families' questions

Produced by GIRES in collaboration with Mermaids:

 

 

 

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Transgender experiences

(Part of The Dept Of Health Literature Project produced by GIRES)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Guidance for GPs, other clinicians and health professionals on the care of gender variant people

(Part of The Dept Of Health Literature Project produced by GIRES)

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A Guide to Trans Users Rights

(Produced by GIRES)

 

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A Guide to Lower Surgery for Trans Women

(Produced by GIRES)

 

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A Guide to Lower Surgery for Trans Men

(Produced by GIRES)