Dr Jo-Jo-Anna Wilson

Occupational Physician

The quest for doctors in denial

The harrowing story told by this

Adelaide occupational physician whose burden through life had been the torment of gender incongruity. Gender dysphoria exists as a proportion of the

population world-wide about 0.5%, and extrapolation would see about 500 doctors in Australia with gender dysphoria or trans, but we could find only about a

dozen – why?

Learning Objectives:

1. Those who are transgender are people and deserve understanding and acceptance.
2. Transgender presents issues in the workplace but they are not insurmountable.
3. The medical profession is dreadfully transphobic and needs to have a good long look at itself.