Trans Surgeries Postponed Indefinitely Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
My in-depth exploration for NBC Out on the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives of trans folks seeking gender-affirming medical care. As the virus upended the daily lives of people around the world, transgender individuals awaiting gender-affirming surgeries were among the collateral damage. Read my reporting here and watch my video below.
“As the coronavirus pandemic insidiously crept its way around the globe over, the daily lives of people from Beijing to Berlin to Boston were upended. And with hospitals scrambling to deal with the influx of COVID-19 patients, surgeries deemed ‘elective’ or ‘non-essential’ were canceled. Among those surgeries put on the back burner were gender-affirming procedures, which can be lifesaving for trans people.”
