Doctor is fighting for transgender community

[The Philosopher]

from thespec.com

A doctor who says she is the first transgender to be president of a major hospital medical staff in the world believes the transgender community has to work on its own to have its community accepted.

Dr. Carys Massarella told an audience Wednesday night she has committed her life to demystifying transgenders and she works on getting doctors and government officials to understand the community.

She strives to have doctors think there is nothing wrong with being transgender, and that if someone confides in a doctor they are transgender, the doctor will tell that person it is privilege to be informed of that fact.

“Being transgender is no different than — God forbid — being heterosexual,” the doctor told about 100 people marking Trans Day of Remembrance, which began in 1999 as a response to the growing issue of violence and the killing of transgenders.

“There’s lots of work to do and we need allies.”

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Massarella estimated she was one of a few doctors who are transgenders. According to the website KidsHealth, people who are transgender feel like they’re living inside a body that’s all wrong for them. They often say they feel trapped in someone else’s body.

Massarella said more and more young people are coming out on being transgender and she credits social media with making that happen because “information has transformed the experience of being transgender.”

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