Our system of King County school-based health centers (SBHC) support and care for transgender and gender-diverse youth. Many SBHC sites currently provide or are exploring providing gender-affirming care. Seattle Children’s Hospital provides a wealth of national and local resources and educational tools for healthcare professionals providing gender-affirming care. Find more information and access to these…
VietQ is hosting Washington’s first Vietnamese LGBTQ conference on February 29, 2020 from 10am-4pm at Asian Counseling and Referral Services main offices. Titled “BAN – Means More Than Friends,” the conference is “for queer Vietnamese folks to share community, celebrate our lives, and engage in discussions as it relates to our intersecting identities.” Family members…
AMARA Community Workshop Description Angela Tucker, trans-racial adoptee and Amara’s Director of Post-Adoption Services, expands on Amara’s Partnering for Permanency class with this interactive and informational workshop. The workshop includes facilitated discussions with parents and caregivers about privilege, implicit bias, micro-aggression and an adult adoptee panel. Teaching modalities will include a mix of lecture, video,…
Year after year, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) results highlight the needs and strengths of our students and help us as school health professionals hone and refine our work to support their success. In particular, the YRBSS analysis and recommendations highlight which student populations have higher prevalence of risk behaviors–from smoking and tobacco use, to sexual risk behaviors…
Thank you for attending the Annual School-Based Health Retreat at South Seattle College on Wednesday, August 31st! We hope you found it useful and informative, and that it helped you and your teams start this school year on the right foot. For those who pre-registered, you will receive copies of the day’s presentations and handouts via…
In light of the recent workshop at the Annual School-Based Health Retreat, “Working Respectfully With Trans* and Gender Non-Conforming Youth” you may have questions about available resources for youth outside of your clinics. Gay City, Seattle’s LGBTQ Center has compiled a compendium of resources for LGBTQ youth, which you may find useful to share in your clinics…
Within the past few years, visibility of transgender people (particularly youth) has drastically increased. As such, the conversation about the health needs of transgender people has expanded. What is the role of medical professionals in this expansion and how can this inform our practice in school-based health? Johanna Olson-Kennedy, MD. “Mental Health Disparities Among Transgender…
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