Although mostly known as a Black lesbian feminist poet and confidante of Audre Lorde, Parker also served as the medical coordinator and executive director of the Oakland Feminist Women’s Health Center during a time of significant growth for this organization. As someone who is both a creative writer and
Over the course of his life, he was a doctor, a seaman, an author, a Buddhist monk, and the first known trans man to receive a phalloplasty.
AIDS activist who focused on the needs of women living with HIV/AIDS and wrote a real talk column for the People With AIDS Newsline called ‘KOOL AIDS WITH ICE.’ (Note: Although it’s my understanding that De La Cruz was cisgender and heterosexual, the history of AIDS activism is
First, if we are trans, we need to trust ourselves and cultivate our discernment.
Here's a radical thought: Trans people know best about trans health. I tend to believe the principle that doctors are experts on bodies in general, and that each person is the expert on their own body, and that the best clinical care is provided at the intersection of
Like most trans people who have been working in healthcare for the past 15 years, I've frequently done Trans 101 type trainings for free. As a program assistant in my early 20s, I trained medical residents and faculty about trans health because there apparently wasn't someone
At Bergen New Bridge Medical Center, we are building a comprehensive LGBTQ+ primary care program. Let's talk about what that is. A comprehensive LGBTQ+ primary care program REQUIRES an interdisciplinary team. A clinician trained in LGBTQ+ health who sees patients without wraparound navigation or programmatic support is NOT
When I was in first grade, my best friend David and I had our entire future figured out. When we grew up, we were going to design a rocket that would go all the way to the sun.
What to do with the seductive idea that it's all going to come together somehow, someday?
We deserve to put work out there that is still in progress. This is still in progress. We deserve systems for sharing and archiving our work that are weirder and wilder than a chronological list of every newsletter we've ever sent. We deserve rest. We deserve to re-