Equality Tasmania has welcomed the launch of the Tasmanian Health Department’s first LGBTIQA+ Action Plan. Spokesperson, Rodney Croome, said, “Local and national research shows that LGBTIQA+ Tasmanians have poorer health, including mental health, than other Tasmanians and other LGBTIQA+ Australians, and that our poorer health is due to discrimination and stigma.” “The Department of Health’s […]
Category: Healthcare
Community survey calls for improved care for transgender Tasmanians
To mark International Transgender Day of Visibility (March 31st), Equality Tasmania has released a landmark report on transgender people’s experiences in Tasmania. The report details the results of a community survey of over 80 trans and gender diverse adults about their experiences of medically affirming their gender in Tasmania (some people call this ‘transitioning’). Lead […]