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Program Co-Director Kale Edmiston named to Trans 100
On Sunday, the 2015 Trans 100 list was released at a ceremony in Chicago, and Petey Peterson, program coordinator for LGBTQI Life, and Kale Edmiston from the Program in lgbtq Health are both 2015 honorees.
The Trans 100 highlights exceptional work done by and for trans people, promotes those who may not otherwise receive recognition, and increases positive visibility for the trans community as a whole.
Program Co-Director Jesse Ehrenfeld asks Secretary of Defense position on transgender military service
New Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Sunday that transgender people shouldn't be prevented from serving in the U.S. military solely based on their gender identity, noting it should not "preclude" them from service.
Carter made the comments at a town-hall event in Kandahar, Afghanistan, in response to a question from Navy Lt. Cmdr. Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, a doctor, about transgender soldiers serving in an "austere environment" like the one in Kandahar.
Kristen Eckstrand and Vanderbilt highlighted in JAMA
JAMA. 2015;313(1):15-17. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.17243.
The family medicine physician listened attentively as 19-year-old Kristen Eckstrand described the reason for her visit.
“I was going through a period of major depression, so over winter break I went in to see the doctor to get some help with that,” Eckstrand recalls a dozen years later. “I was trying to explain to my doctor everything that was going on in my life.”
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