Close-up of a 1930s iron lung, with text describing its manufacturer.

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What Role Can Medical Museums Play in 2SLGBTQI+ Communities?
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What Role Can Medical Museums Play in 2SLGBTQI+ Communities?

As Dr. Ashley Waddington noted in her interview with us here, gender diversity and its expression cannot be limited to the medical practices we’ve come to group under gender affirming health care today. Historically, transgender, Two-Spirit, intersex and gender non-conforming or genderqueer people have existed independently of medical services like surgery or hormonal therapies.

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Part 2: Gender affirming care in Kingston: in conversation with Dr. Ashley Waddington
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Part 2: Gender affirming care in Kingston: in conversation with Dr. Ashley Waddington

To explore the topic of gender affirming care, we spoke to Dr. Ashley Waddington, an Associate Professor in the division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Queen’s University. This is the second part of an interview with Dr. Waddington.

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