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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.

Juana
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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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