Something We Know All Too Well…

Did you know that we experienced discrimination in healthcare? Well a New Zealand study just found that out,

Realities for trans students in NZ revealed
Posted in: New Zealand Daily News
By GayNZ.com Daily News staff - 22nd January 2014

A world-first study has found transgender students in New Zealand experience compromised mental health and personal safety, and have difficulty accessing health care.

Surprise, surprise! I bet you would have never guested.

"Both transgender students and those unsure about their gender, experienced compromised mental health and personal safety and they described more difficulty accessing health care," she says.

Transgender students were less likely to report believing that a parent cared about them and that school was okay, but were more likely to report having significant depressive symptoms.

Nearly 20 per cent had attempted suicide in the previous 12 months and nearly half of the transgender students had been hit or physically harmed by another person on purpose. 

I suppose that I shouldn’t sarcastic, for some people they need hard facts. I know when we were trying to pass the anti-discrimination legislation many of the legislators asked us how do know that discrimination exists. For them they needed something to put their finger on and say see!