It’s shocking to see this happening in such a deeply red state.
The College Fix reports:
Indiana U. med school trains residents in ‘gender-affirming medical treatment’Indiana University School of Medicine offers an LGBTQ+ health track to residency students to train them in “gender-affirming medical treatment.”The health track is “intended to supplement the clinical training of residents interested in and committed to the whole-person care of sexual and gender minority patients,” according to the school’s website.Further, “selected residents are offered experiences during residency in clinics that serve the LGBTQ+ community and graduate with advanced skills like gender-affirming medical treatment.”Dr. Kazia Parsons, one of the program’s first graduates in 2020, told The Fix during a phone call that IU was “acutely aware” of the political implications involved in providing such training during her residency.She said that, to the best of her knowledge, the program remains active.Parsons also strongly defended the program and the research supporting “gender-affirming care.”“We have all the research in the world that I actually trust, coming from reputable sources, that these procedures, by and large, are incredibly helpful for patients, are largely successful in helping to eliminate large portions of dysphoria, and there are much lower regret rates than any other type of so-called plastic surgery,” she told The Fix.Parsons, who has been involved in the LGBTQ+ community since college, now runs her own private telehealth practice in Texas, focusing on queer healthcare.“When these surgeries are used appropriately, there is diagnostic and standard criteria for who these procedures are appropriate for and that includes within age groups as well,” she said.“The mischaracterization that children are mutilated without any parental consent or informed consent is just sort of ridiculous on its face, even taking away all the nuance,” Parsons said.However, some experts disagree. A leader for a medical advocacy group told The Fix via email that medical schools and hospitals must re-evaluate their current policies on treating minors experiencing gender-related distress.
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