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Addressing The Information Gap About Gender Affirming Care, Leah Rousso Dec 2022

Addressing The Information Gap About Gender Affirming Care, Leah Rousso

Social Work Masters Capstone Projects

State legislatures across the country have made numerous attempts to pass bills that reflect a lack of understanding and empathy for transgender people (Branigin & Kirkpatrick, 2022). Social workers must be prepared to increase public awareness of the negative consequences for transgender people and society as a whole. One way to respond is to increase awareness. What the process of transitioning for a transgender person might look like, how to help someone who is looking for advice, and gain perspective of the emotional toll it may have on the individual. Therefore, this project will focus on addressing each of those …