So-called "conversion therapy"
Everything you need to know about conversion therapy | Stonewall
The curriculum should underpin that we respect the identities of those people with diverse gender and sexuality expressions, and ensure that anyone accessing therapy should do so without threat or fear of being told they should change a fundamental part of themselves.
LGBTQ+
Support LGBTQ+ visibility by making sure that LGBTQ+ perspectives are well represented within course content, to ensure that LGBT history and experiences are represented in learning, teaching, teaching and assessment. Read more in the LGBT in Britain report from Stonewall (PDF).
The LGBTQ+ Book Collection on Wakelet includes memoirs, graphic novels, stories and plays as well as an LGBTQ+ casebook for healthcare professionals.
The Transgender Healthcare: Caring from Trans Patients MOOC is an open access resource that provides interdisciplinary information on caring and support transgender patients.
Transgender people in Scotland, UK, tell stories of their treatment by NHS healthcare professionals:
NHS guidance states that “a trans person does not need to have had, or be planning, any medical gender reassignment treatment to be protected under the Equality Act: it is enough if they are undergoing a personal process of changing gender. In addition, good practice requires that clinical responses be patient-centred, respectful and flexible towards all transgender people whether they live continuously or temporarily in a gender role that does not conform to their natal sex.”
You should ask non-binary patients where they would feel most comfortable.
NHS guidance states that “non-binary individuals, who do not identify as being male or female, should also be asked discreetly about their preferences, and allocated to the male or female ward according to their choice."
Pronouns
Pronouns.org Resources on Personal Pronounsis a practical resource dedicated to the empowering and inclusive use of personal pronouns in the English language. This website seeks to help you understand why and how to use the pronouns someone goes by. In particular, Pronouns.org focuses on pronouns used to refer to a singular human in the third person.