In the second episode in our special series on GAC we talk to Tom, the parent of a trans girl and their families journey to help her thrive.

Content Warning. There is discussion of self harm and suicide in this episode. If this episode raises concerns or issues for you please contact support services below.

Episode Resources:

Transcend

Transcend.org.au

Transhub

Transhub.org.au

Royal Children’s Hospital Gender Service

https://www.rch.org.au/adolescent-medicine/gender-service/

Inner City Legal Centre FAQ on gender affirming care legal cases including Re:Jamie and Re:Kelvin

https://www.iclc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/ICLC-Transgender-children-and-medical-treatment-the-law-210901.pdf

Illawarra Shoalhaven Gender Alliance Trans health resources page: https://www.illawarrashoalhavengenderalliance.org.au/tgd-health

The Gender Centre:

https://gendercentre.org.au/

TVK support page:

https://www.tvk.org.au/support

Qlife

https://qlife.org.au/

Beyond Blue

https://www.beyondblue.org.au

LifeLine

https://www.lifeline.org.au

Ed is a young Transman. In this episode we talk to Ed and his mum Julia about his journey, accessing care, and what life is like for a young trans person who is just trying to live their best life.

Transcend

Transcend.org.au

Transhub

Transhub.org.au

Royal Children’s Hospital Gender Service

https://www.rch.org.au/adolescent-medicine/gender-service/

Inner City Legal Centre FAQ on gender affirming care legal cases including Re:Jamie and Re:Kelvin

https://www.iclc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/ICLC-Transgender-children-and-medical-treatment-the-law-210901.pdf

Illawarra Shoalhaven Gender Alliance Trans health resources page: https://www.illawarrashoalhavengenderalliance.org.au/tgd-health

The Gender Centre:

https://gendercentre.org.au/

TVK support page:

https://www.tvk.org.au/support

Qlife

https://qlife.org.au/

In this episode Kate and Cam speak to veterinary nurse, educator and counsellor Andrew Thompson about diversity in veterinary nursing, career pathways, mental wellbeing and positivity.

As always we have a transcript of the episode available at the link below.

The Veterinary Kaleidoscope Summit is on in Sydney from the 27th to the 28th of February as part of the Pride Amplified program. Many of our guests - including Andrew - will be presenting and part of the program. If you'd like to know more, or better yet, if you'd like to register to attend, you can do so via our website. We'd love to see you there!

Episode transcripts

Vet Kaleidoscope Linktree

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