‘From Infants To Older Adults’: Harvard Medical School Offers Class On Transgender Medicine ‘Across The Lifespan’

Students from Harvard Medical School will be administering LGBTQIA+ Care for the elderly “from infants to older adults,” Thanks to a course that was run by an LGBT activist.

This is the name of the course “Caring for Patients with Diverse Sexual Orientations, Gender Identities, and Sex Development.” The elective course is four weeks long and held mostly at Massachusetts General Hospital. It’s available full-time every other month. The course’s two directors are both affiliated with Mass General. One of them is an activist advocating for minor transgender surgeries.

“This elective is a four-week multidisciplinary clinical-and-scholarly experience that trains students to provide high-quality, culturally responsive care for patients with diverse sexual orientations, gender identities, and sex development,” The course description reads. “Many of these patients identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex or asexual (LGBTQIA+). Clinical exposure and education will focus on serving gender and sexual minority people across the lifespan, from infants to older adults.”

“Students will work with multidisciplinary teams in a variety of clinical settings and specialties, including but not limited to Adolescent Medicine, Endocrinology, Family Practice, Infectious Disease, OBGYN, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Psychology, Primary Medical Care, and Plastic Surgery,” It adds. “They will be immersed in clinical practices committed to promoting health and resiliency for gender and sexual minority communities.”

This course is not only offered by Harvard Medical School or Massachusetts General, but also offers other options. “partnerships and clinical experiences” At Boston Children’s HospitalAccording to reports,, has offered several trans “affirming” Für minors.

In a video released by BCH, a doctor from BCH stated that transgender patients knew their identities. gender identity “as early as seemingly from the womb.”

“They will usually express their gender identity as very young children, some as soon as they can talk, they might say phrases such as ‘I’m a girl’ or ‘I’m a boy’ or ‘I’m going to be a woman’ or ‘I’m going to be a mom,’” Dr. Kerry McGregor, a psychologist at BCH’s Gender Multispecialty Service clinic, said in the video. “Kids know very, very early.” McGregor stated that patients can be seen as young as 2 years old at the clinic.

Students can also work with the Harvard-affiliated Fenway Health Center, Boston Health Care for the Homeless and other LGBT-serving health-care organizations.

According to The College Fix, Alberto Puig and Alex Keuroghlian, are the directors of the course. They work for Massachusetts General. Keuroghlian is also a psychiatrist with the Fenway Health Center. He is also a radical LGBT activist. “gender-affirming” Health care for children. He published Research In 2021, Texas Governor was attacked by a claim that gender-affirming healthcare led to better mental outcomes for transgender children. Greg Abbott This year was a success in trying to stop this practice.

Students who complete the course are also encouraged to conduct transgender research. “At the beginning of the elective, each medical student will receive an updated packet of foundational and current peer-reviewed articles in the area of gender and sexual minority health, to ground their clinical experience in relevant basic science and evidence-based practice,” The course description is.

The course is part of Harvard Medical School’s Sexual and Gender Minority Health Equity Initiative, which seeks to “foster excellence caring for patients with diverse sexual orientations, gender identities, and sex development.”

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