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Scenario

Why medical gatekeeping may reflect cultural bias

My gender expression feels natural to me but my doctor keeps suggesting psychological evaluation before hormone therapy and I wonder if my cultural background makes her suspicious.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Healthcare access can be complicated by provider assumptions about which cultural contexts produce 'legitimate' gender experiences.

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