Queer & Trans Health at UCSB

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The Health Equity program within UCSB health services was established in collaboration between students and staff following a 2017 Town Hall at the RCSGD, and staying in touch with students has remained an important priority in the years since. A lot has changed over the last four years in terms of policy and staff at UCSB and in terms of the legal, political, and material circumstances of the community and the world. We're so excited to be holding listening sessions this mon...th to check in on where we started, what we've done so far, and current priorities. These listening sessions will start off with a brief history of the health equity program at UCSB and a discussion of both resolved issues and ongoing challenges. Then we'll open the floor to students to discuss what else we should know and what current priorities are for students. Following these sessions, we'll meet with Student Health Leadership in a series of meetings to discuss what we learned and create an updated strategy, which we will report back to students within one month. If you can't make it to these sessions but you'd still like to chat with us, feel free to reach out via FB or reach out through the UCSB Student Health patient feedback options listed here: https://studenthealth.sa.ucsb.edu/patient-feedback

The UCSB Trans Care Team is partnering with the Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity this month for two listening sessions on April 13 for undergraduates and April 20 for graduate students. We know that universities often stay in a perpetual "first steps" mode that degrades accountability and trust, and that asking for feedback without concrete action steps does more harm than good. These listening sessions are NOT a first step, they are one stage of an ongoing acc...ountability process that we know needs to be transparent. We will be starting these sessions by giving a super-brief history of the Health Equity Initiative at UCSB and summarizing what we have heard from students already, what we have done so far, and what problems we know remain. Then we will open the floor to students. We want to make sure we're on the same page as students we may not have heard from previously, and stay clear on student priorities and expectations. The purpose of this listening session is not to get a "first" sense of what students experience but to facilitate ongoing clarity and collaboration between students and clinical providers and policy-makers. As soon as possible after the listening session (scheduling is happening now), the Trans Care Team will meet with the executive director. Our first meeting will be a report back regarding the listening session, and subsequent meetings will address adjustments to strategy and priorities based on student feedback. We are taking full responsibility for this process, but these meetings are open to any students who wish to participate. Within one month of our listening sessions, we will report back to students about how we plan to address the identified issues, including a clear timeline for action, as we did following similar listening sessions in 2017. The timeline will act as a living document to guide action and accountability as the projects are completed. This structure was very effective in 2017 to address high-priority issues identified by students, and we know that accountability structures are needed to ensure that new priorities are also handled appropriately. Check back soon for event posts about these listening sessions, and as always feel free to reach out directly to any of the Trans Care Team: https://studenthealth.sa.ucsb.edu//lgbtqq-services/transge