FEDUP in the Media
“There are a lot of ways […] trans people and intersex people have had to make up their own ways of navigating the world. Finding their own answers because the medical system won’t, the legal system won’t, and many areas of the system won’t find them.
— FEDUP Team Member, “The Resource: Sexual Violence and Sexual Health Outside the Gender Binary”, NSVRC, January 2025.
Podcast: Intersex and Trans with ED: Treatment Access and Provider Gaps.
— Eating Disorders Off Topic.
Podcast: Neurodiversity and Eating Disorders .
— Eating Disorders Off Topic.
“Many facilities require trans patients to have had expensive, physically demanding surgeries before allowing them to use the appropriate single-gender spaces. Plus, not all treatment centers offer gender-neutral spaces or allow access to HRT.”
— FEDUP Team Member, “Eating Disorder Treatment Often Excludes Transgender People”, Healthline, March 2022.
Drawing from FEDUP’s educational library and their own studies, the following article is a summary of Emil’s educational presentation, which describes barriers to equitable care that trans clients face, and how to improve mental health care for this population.
- “Identifying & Treating Eating Disorders Among Transgender Clients – A Conversation with Emil Smith”, The Dorm.