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In Safe Hands: A Resource Guide Towards Inclusive Healthcare

March 2022

This handbook is intended to guide healthcare professionals in providing rights-affirming access to health services to LGBTQIA+ young people. There is enough evidence and lived narratives of persons from the LGBTQIA+ community that shows how they often experience higher rates of health disparities. Their experiences of seeking health services are tenuous and fraught with the possibilities of discrimination and violence.

Centered around building a comprehensive approach to close the gap between the service provider and queer-trans* service seekers, this handbook illustrates the unique concerns, vulnerabilities, and needs of queer-trans* youth when it comes to access to healthcare services. It also helps healthcare professionals comprehend different terminologies and answers FAQs relevant to queer-trans* identities. As a conclusion, the handbook also outlines some possible and tangible recommendations that can be inculcated in healthcare practice and institutions.


In Safe Hands: A Resource Guide Towards Inclusive Healthcare