Nothing makes all the hours of work on this conference more worthwhile than knowing that people can come to a space where, for three days, no one gawks, asks rude questions about their body, or suggests "what you could do to help me get your pronouns right."

Dr. Carnes is part of SAMHSA's Sexual and Gender Minority Interest Group, which put together a panel on LGBT behavioral health -- and they didn't skimp on addressing the needs of those of us at the end of that acronym. I connected with Dr. Carnes to learn more about the program.

Across the world, many trans people face blatant discrimination that prevents them from accessing medical care and pushes them into lowers standards of health. But a new report profiles the ways that trans communities are standing up, organizing and advocating for better standards of health.