On The Agender with Ella Guerin: Recent Episodes
Ella Guerin
Hosted by Ella Guerin @GenderMHNurse, a non-binary mental health Nurse, On The Agender unpicks what gender really is and discusses current topics surrounding gender identity. This podcast is an opportunity for cisgender and transgender people alike to develop their understanding of how your gender influences your life. You can expect short episodes explaining the gender transition process, myth busting the media, and clarifying concepts. Make sure to hit subscribe to access regular episodes about gender, identity, being transgender, mental health, and transition
Ella takes a look through the current legislation and governance in place across the UK that directly impacts on transgender people and the LGBTQ+ community. This is up to date as of July 2021, but understandably some elements mentioned may change in the coming months. Let me know what you think @GenderMHNurse on twitter
After some hiatus due to the panorama of 2020, we are back with some new On The Agender. We will be starting series 2 with this recap of some topics we've already covered on the podcast but with additional information and some very useful updates. There's lots planned for future episodes so I do hope you stick around for those that are due over the coming weeks!
https://isna.org/
@GenderMHNurse on Twitter
Encouraged to record a new episode by my friends and students, here is an off the cuff episode about assertiveness in nursing and how it relates to gender roles and culture. I'd love to hear what you think @GenderMHNurse on twitter.
What are the Gender Recognition Act 2004 and Equality Act 2010? Who are they here for? And do they really work? These are just some of the questions answered in this episode of On The Agender with Ella Guerin. Both pieces of legislation are in place to protect and support marginalised people in the UK but in entirely different ways. With recent suggestions that the UK government plan to ignore overwhelming evidence from the GRA reform consultation, it is important that we remember why this reform is so crucial to supporting trans lives. HAPPY PRIDE 2020 TO YOU ALL!!
Find us on twitter @GenderMHNurse or Facebook at On The Agender
In this episode we look into identity development and whether children and teenagers are old enough to know their gender identity. As we are also in the middle of a global pandemic, I also give you some advice for supporting your mental health in this new and challenging time
Taking a look at current examples of gender policing, this episode covers the potential changes to USA laws that allows employers to discriminate against LGBT+ people, and how we can change our attitudes around toilets to let everyone pee in peace
As a clinician, it is essential to adapt your practice to the needs of each of your patients. This episode is based on the first part of the LGBT+ health needs awareness training I am running nationally for Priory Healthcare this September 2019. It looks at how males and females have different health needs, and how gender can also impact the health needs of men and women. Although the episode focuses on cisgender and heterosexual people, we identify some of the ways sex and gender can affect your health risks and outcomes. Please be aware that some examples follow stereotypes around typically masculine or feminine attributes or roles. This is due to the commonality of people performing those, and this can of course affect those of other genders.
Can you think of any other specific healthcare needs of males, females, men or women? Do you have any questions about topics covered in the episode? You can tweet @GenderMHNurse or post on the facebook page On The Agender
In the remainder of the 90 minute workshop, I look into the healthcare needs of intersex, non-binary and transgender people. With these groups often marginalised and misunderstood, they will typically have poorer health outcomes and experience specific healthcare needs. Furthermore, sexual orientation is considered as being LGB (lesbian, gay, bisexual or other non-heterosexual orientations) can also change the conditions you are more or less likely to face. If you would like to learn more about training on LGBT+ health needs, or other topics related to LGBT+ health feel free to get in contact via twitter @GenderMHNurse or facebook On The Agender!
Your host Ella Guerin introduces you to their story, changing from directionless teenager and student nurse, to a passionate Nurse and academic researcher, creating On The Agender. This podcast is for those interested in gender identity, diversity and achieving health equality, supporting you to become an informed and affirmative ally. Tune in to hear about the experiences that sparked Ella's interest in equal healthcare, and learn what's new from the WHO in the trans health world.
Podcast recommendations mentioned in the show:
No Such Thing As A Fish: https://audioboom.com/channel/nosuchthingasafish
Northern Power Women: https://www.northernpowerwomen.com/
Find us on Facebook @OnTheAgender, and Twitter @GenderMHNurse
For Mental Health Awareness Week this year, I want to draw our attention to the links between gender dysphoria and mental illness. With this years MHAW theme being body image, we consider the aspects of gender dysphoria related to body image and how this can impact on mental wellbeing, and how to support people experiencing mental illness.
Jamie's video about dysphoria: https://youtu.be/3sjjd6pmBwI, Stonewall: https://www.stonewall.org.uk/ Mind: https://www.mind.org.uk/ Rethink: https://www.rethink.org/ Gendered Intelligence: http://genderedintelligence.co.uk/projects/kip/mentalhealth
Gender shouldn't affect our health, but it does. Gender can impact our access to healthcare, health promotion through education, and the services we can access. Not only that, but gender can influence the conditions we are more likely to have, and the outcomes for our health following treatment. Among trans people, these gender-based health inequalities are only greater in range and severity. In this episode, Ella explains some of the more common health inequalities faced by transgender people. This episode also offers ways in which allies both those working in healthcare services, and those not, to minimise this disparity. For more information look into Stonewall https://www.stonewall.org.uk/lgbt-britain-health and My Genderation http://mygenderation.com/ Check out this article by Independent Nurse: http://www.independentnurse.co.uk/professional-article/inequalities-in-transgender-health/168539
Contact the show @GenderMHNurse. We also now have a facebook page to follow for updates. Go give us a like! https://www.facebook.com/OnTheAgender/
Music by brodie https://soundcloud.com/brodie-bradford-thom
The BBC released a Panorama documentary called Trans Kids: Why Medicine Matters investigating the medical aspects of transition for trans children and young people and the potential impacts of this - both positive and negative. For this episode of On The Agender, your host Ella Guerin, a non-binary mental health Nurse looks at the strengths and weaknesses of the program. The episode also busts up myths in the documentary by using academic research! If you want to really understand what's going on with medical transition for children, tune in! Join the conversation tweeting @GenderMHNurse or with #OnTheAgender and don't forget to subscribe through your favourite podcast app!
The documentary: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0002tw1/panorama-trans-kids-why-medicine-matters UK GIDS childrens service: http://gids.nhs.uk/ Mermaids Charity: https://www.mermaidsuk.org.uk/
Music: https://soundcloud.com/brodie-bradford-thom
Marsha P. Johnson lead an incredible life as an activist. Marsha was highly marginalised as a black trans woman throughout her life. She also faced prejudice for sex work, mental illness, being HIV positive and being homeless for much of her adult life. For many years, she was a highly influential figure in LGBT+ rights activism, holding a significant impact on the Stonewall riots of 1969, a pivotal event in queer history. What better way to celebrate LGBT+ History Month than with this queen?!
Make sure to subscribe to On The Agender - we are now on Spotify, Soundcloud and Stitcher! You can as always contact the show tweeting @GenderMHNurse
Music by brodie: https://soundcloud.com/brodie-bradford-thom
Life and Death of Marsha P. Johnson documentary: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5233558/
Pay It No Mind documentary: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2156925/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1
For LGBT+ History Month 2019, On The Agender is learning about key people in LGBT history. We're starting with Christine Jorgensen, one of the first people to undergo vaginoplasty, and be an out transwoman. She went on to achieve positive notoriety in USA society, as an advocate for trans rights which fulfilling a career in acting and singing. Don't forget to subscribe to On The Agender - we are now on Spotify, Soundcloud and Stitcher! You can as always contact the show tweeting @GenderMHNurse http://www.rarenewspapers.com/view/578349?imagelist=1
Thank you as always to brodie for the music! https://soundcloud.com/brodie-bradford-thom
The second episode in the Hormones miniseries takes a look at oestrogen. We discuss what it is, where it is produced and how it works in bodies both assigned female at birth (afab) and assigned male at birth (amab). Hormones can cause characteristics (breasts, body hair, voice pitch etc) that can either reinforce gender identity, or cause dysphoria.
http://www.teni.ie/attachments/9ea50d6e-1148-4c26-be0d-9def980047db.PDF https://apps.carleton.edu/campus/gsc/assets/hormones_MTF.pdf
Let me know what you think tweeting @GenderMHNurse
Music by brodie - https://soundcloud.com/brodie-bradford-thom
Taking a deeper look into testosterone and its effects on the human body. This episode of On The Agender discusses how testosterone works on both AMAB and AFAB bodies, and the expected impacts of taking testosterone as part of medical gender transition. This episode is part1 of a mini-series looking at different hormones, and the next episode will look at Oestrogen. Let me know what you think @GenderMHNurse on Twitter!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwAE528qf_Q&feature=youtu.be https://apps.carleton.edu/campus/gsc/assets/hormones_FTM.pdf
For this episode, your host Ella @GenderMHNurse a non-binary mental health Nurse discusses dysphoria and its impact on people. Ella will also consider the ways we can minimise dysphoria for ourselves, or as cisgender allies, helping us identify the big and small things to reduce this
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/gender-dysphoria/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sjjd6pmBwI
Music by brodie https://soundcloud.com/brodie-bradford-thom
Tweet me @GenderMHNurse
Understanding gender also requires us to better understand sex. I'm not talking about HAVING sex sadly (maybe another episode?) but instead our biological sex. Not everyone is born male or female sex, some people are intersex instead. This episode will help you know what intersex actually means and how being intersex may impact someone's life. Your host Ella Guerin @GenderMHNurse explores the different ways a person can be intersex, and what this can mean for gender. Don't forget to subscribe to On The Agender through your favorite podcast app!
Links to more information about intersexuality: https://www.them.us/story/intersex-hospital-policy-guide http://www.ukia.co.uk/about.html
Music by https://soundcloud.com/brodie-bradford-thom
In today's episode, I look into the use of pronouns in daily life and how this may impact on trans and non-binary people. Pronouns for a significant part of how we are recognised by others within gendered society, therefore by acknowledging this significance, we can integrate correct use of gendered pronouns into our speech. We will also think about how to turn off that pronoun autopilot that tells us to guess at pronouns based on someone's presentation. @GenderMHNurse
Some great resources: https://everydayfeminism.com/2013/09/correct-gender-pronouns-to-be-trans-ally/ https://uwm.edu/lgbtrc/support/gender-pronouns/ https://www.genderbread.org/resource/genderbread-person-v4-0
Music by https://soundcloud.com/brodie-bradford-thom
Is gender more complex than the binary of man and woman? Where does our understanding of gender come from? How does this gender spectrum work? These are the questions On The Agender today. With your host Ella Guerin @GenderMHNurse, we will consider the diversity of genders people identify as including non-binary, agender and gender neutral, and what these terms really mean. So many are confused by terms like non-binary that have become so much more common. We are expected to know what they mean, yet no one has really explained them! This episode does just that so that you can understand gender and transgender identities more easily https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/how-science-helps-us-understand-gender-identity/
Welcome to On The Agender podcast! This podcast will discuss gender, transgender identities and trans health making these topics much easier to understand. We will also be looking into current events in the trans community as well as reviewing academic research on life for transgender people and transgender health. This episode, your host Ella Guerin @GenderMHNurse breaks down the basics of understanding gender. Ella explains how sex and gender are different and much more complex than we are often lead to believe https://www.genderbread.org/ https://www.genderspectrum.org/quick-links/understanding-gender/