Starting off SEASON 3 with a spotlight on an outstanding person, Dr. Jerrica Kirkley, chief medical office and co-founder of @plume_clinic. The company serves 1,000s of trans and gender diverse people over the age of 18 by offering gender affirming care in the form of provision of hormones, creating community threads, and supporting mental health needs.

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Reference: 1) getplume.co

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Join our conversation as we discuss how gender affirming care is ANY care informed by the lived experiences of trans and gender diverse people. We also talk about how Plume is improving ways for this care to be more equitable and easier to reach people in the midst of barriers that may limit this access at the state and/or federal level.

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Thank you for listening in! If you would like to visit the Plume Health website, visit getplume.co You can find references for our conversation in this episode’s biography. And if you want to hear more content, watch clips of our conversation, or keep up with the show, let’s push the conversation more on Instagram @EQueerityPodcast or on TikTok @theeqpod. Full video podcast episodes are posted on YouTube which is also linked in bio, or you can type The E(Queer)ity Podcast in the search bar. If you liked what you heard today, please give the show a quick star rating, follow, and/or subscribe on your preferred listening platform. Take care and see you in the next episode! 😊

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