Vanderbilt LGBTQ Health Lays Off Employees, Cuts ‘Trans Buddy Program’

Vanderbilt U LGBTQ Health Lays Off Employees and Cuts ‘Trans Buddy Program’

“At this time, when we should be supporting our transgender and larger LGBTQ community members, VUMC Administration continues to show they are not willing to help us.”

Vanderbilt LGBTQ Health lays off employees, cuts ‘Trans Buddy Program’

LGBTQ Health advisory board accuses medical center of ‘violence’ The Vanderbilt Program for LGBTQ Health recently laid off five staff members and eliminated its “Trans Buddy Program” following $300 million in budget cuts at the school’s medical center. “The Vanderbilt University Medical Center Program for LGBTQ Health is an innovative effort to improve healthcare for lesbian, gay, bisexual… Source

Vanderbilt Program That Paired Trans Activists With Those Seeking "Gender Affirming Care" Suddenly Axed

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Transgender health care cuts at Vanderbilt Medical Center - Nashville Banner

August Groce received top surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in May 2023. He went through the VIVID Health Clinic, part of VUMC’s Program for LGBTQ Health. “I was waiting so long to get my surgery that I was super nervous. People were in and out of the room, taking vitals, doing whatever. Then here comes this person who is transgender, who’s a resource from the hospital,” Groce said. “We got on like a house on fire.”  It was a spiri…