But fear of not being seen or understood, or of prejudice, can hold LGBTQ+ people back from accessing services. People who are not trans may not spend a lot of time to thinking about their gender, what their pronouns might be, or how important they might be to someone else. Other’s experiences have often been worse. I’ve had many interactions with healthcare staff, in both primary and secondary care, where I have been misgendered or a person has misunderstood my needs from not having a grasp of my gender. Pronouns may seem insignificant but, from my own and others’ experiences, I’m very aware of the difficulties that trans people accessing health services can face, most of which come from a lack of understanding. Pronouns are those small words that other people use to talk about us – he, they, or she, for example. My name is Eddy and my pronouns are he/him.
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