Transgender clinic providing care to vulnerable group

The University of South Australia has won a major award for providing gender-affirming care through its City West Health and Medical Clinic.

The transgender clinic, run by UniSA senior nursing practitioner Toni Slotnes-O'Brien, was recognised at this year's 2024 Health Equity Awards, held on 31 August.

It is among five exceptional organisations honoured for its dedicated work in providing equitable and accessible healthcare in South Australia.

The innovative nurse practitioner-led transgender and gender diverse clinic provides inclusive healthcare to one of Australia’s most marginalised and socioeconomically disadvantaged groups.

Far-reaching goals include improving clients’ mental health, preventing suicide and suicidal thoughts, and providing best practice gender-affirming care and coordination of care to enable TGD people to “live a life without barriers”.

Transgender (sometimes abbreviated as ‘trans’) is a term for people whose gender identity is different to the sex assigned to them at birth. Gender identity refers to a persons’ internal and personal concept of themselves as being male, female, a blend of both, or neither.

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