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This Pride Month, Thailand became one of the first countries in Asia to include gender-affirming hormone therapy under its universal healthcare scheme.
Supporters see the move as a major step toward healthcare equity for transgender people. Critics argue that in an underfunded healthcare system, limited resources should be directed elsewhere.
On this week’s episode of #TheSignal, we dive headlong into the debate surrounding gender-affirming care, public healthcare funding, and what “universal” healthcare really means.
🏳️🌈 What is gender-affirming hormone therapy?
🏳️🌈 Opposition from lawmakers and doctors
🏳️🌈 Thailand’s healthcare funding crisis
🏳️🌈 The science of gender-affirming care
🏳️🌈 The Thai public speaks
