Transgender Health Panel for the School of Nursing

Continuing a tradition initiated by the previous Pride co-president, Chris Lam, Pride nursing and medical students collaborated to assemble a panel of four individuals to speak on transgender health and experience for the School of Nursing. Pride has been fortunate enough to develop a relationship with the fantastic San Antonio Gender Association (SAGA) and several community members who identify as transgender were generous enough to share their time and their stories.

Close to 70 nursing and medical students attended the event and listened as the panelists shared stories of struggle and triumph relating their personal journey and their experiences within the often undereducated healthcare system. We were humbled by our conversations and they were so gracious to answer all of our questions. We hope to use all of these lessons to provide more competent and compassionate care to our transgender patients. We are so thankful and we can't wait to have them back!