Podcasts
Re: Imogen and its impact on access to treatment for transgender youth, with Professor Fiona Kelly and Dr Ken Pang
Professor Fiona Kelly and Dr Ken Pang
Vol 216, Issue 5: 21 March 2022. Professor Fiona Kelly is Dean and Head of the La Trobe University Law School. Dr Ken Pang is a paediatrician with the Murdoch Children's Research Institute. They discuss Re: Imogen's impact on access to treatment for transgender youth in Australia, and the concept of Gillick competency in mature minors. This accompanies their coauthored Perspective at the MJA. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 25 mins, 11 secs.
Helping LGBTQA+ patients survive conversion practices, with A/Prof Jennifer Power and A/Prof Timothy Jones
Associate Professor Jennifer Power and Associate Professor Timothy Jones
Vol 216, Issue 5: 14 March 2022. Associate Professor Jennifer Power and Associate Professor Timothy Jones are from the Australian Centre in Sex, Health and Society at La Trobe University. They discuss conversion practices and how health practitioners can help their LGBTQA+ patients to recover. This accompanies their open access MJA Perspective. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 22 mins, 9 secs.
Harms of misgendering trans and gender diverse Australians, with Penelope Strauss and Emery Wishart
Penelope Strauss and Emery Wishart
Vol 212, Issue 4: 4 March, 2020. Penelope Strauss is a youth mental health researcher at Telethon Kids Institute. Emery Wishart is Services Manager with Transfolk of WA. They discuss misgendering and stigma experiences for trans and gender diverse Australians in health care settings. With MJA news and online editor Cate Swannell. 15 mins, 35 secs.
Trans and gender diverse sexual health, with Dr Denton Callander and Mr Teddy Cook
Dr Denton Callander and Mr Teddy Cook
Vol 211, Issue 7: 23 September 2019. Dr Denton Callander is a Senior Research Fellow at the Kirby Institute. Mr Teddy Cook is the Manager of Trans and Gender Diverse Health Equity at ACON. They talk about trans and gender diverse sexual health and better data collection. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 19 mins, 54 secs.
Hormone therapy for transgender and gender diverse adults, with Dr Ada Cheung
Dr Ada Cbeung
Vol 211, Issue 3: 5 August 2019. Dr Ada Cheung is an NHMRC Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne and an endocrinologist at Austin Health. She discusses hormone therapy for transgender and gender diverse adults in Australia, to accompany her coauthored position statement in the MJA. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 23 mins, 50 secs.
LGBTI ageing and aged care, with Samantha Edmonds
Ms Samantha Edmonds
Vol 209, Issue 3: 23 July 2018. Samantha Edmonds is National Project Manager of Silver Rainbow, part of the National LGBTI Health Alliance. She talks about the special needs of LGBTI elders and how aged care is evolving. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell.
Caring for trans and gender diverse children and teens, with A/Prof Michelle Telfer
Associate Professor Michelle Telfer
Vol 208, Issue 11: 18 June 2018. Associate Professor Michelle Telfer is Director of the Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne Gender Service. She talks about the new Australian standards of care for trans and gender diverse children and adolescents. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell.