Core to Who I Am

<p>This summer, the Trump administration tried to roll back some federal protections for transgender patients. We look at the fight to secure health care for trans Americans and explore the extent to which policies designed to expand access have delivered on their promise. [This episode was originally published on July 14, 2020.]</p><p><br></p><p>Guests:</p><p><br></p><p><a href="http://jhsph.academia.edu/KellanBaker" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kellan Baker</a>, PhD, Centennial Scholar, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/melvinwhitehead" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Melvin Whitehead</a>, PhD, Assistant Professor of Student Affairs Administration, Binghamton University</p><p><a href="https://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/katie-m-keith/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Katie Keith</a>, Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown Law</p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/taybro/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Taylor Brown</a>, Staff Attorney, ACLU LGBT &amp; HIV Project</p><p><br></p><p>Read a transcript of the episode, see maps of which states offer legal protections to transgender patients, and more on our website: <a href="https://tradeoffs.org/2020/07/14/core-to-who-i-am/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tradeoffs.org/2020/07/14/core-to-who-i-am/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Sign up for our weekly newsletter to see what research health policy experts are reading right now, plus recommendations from our staff: <a href="https://create.acast.com/episodes/723a3a91-aa98-4a64-91a9-ec3049cc20d7/bit.ly/tradeoffsnewsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">bit.ly/tradeoffsnewsletter</a></p><p><br></p><p>If you value independent nonprofit health care journalism, donate to Tradeoffs. And when you give through the end of 2020, your gift will be doubled: <a href="https://tradeoffs.org/donate" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tradeoffs.org/donate</a></p><p><br></p><p>Follow us on Twitter:&nbsp;<