About Us
Who we are
We are a group of Washington State University medical students passionate about increasing accessability and education surronding gender affirming care.
We are working towards a website of resources for those in Washington state.
Our goal
- Centralize high quality affirming care for gender diverse patients through Washington
- Mitigate the spread of misinformation
- Increase access educational opportunities for providers
- Allow easier access to interdisiplinary care
Research component
In an effort to expand access to gender affirming care (GAC) for patients and to increase GAC knowledge for providers, it is essential to create a centralized, comprehensive resource for GAC in Washington state. In order to make this resource most effective, it is important for its contents to be informed by community members and providers with experience in the field. This is why we chose to conduct interviews before the website was created to guarantee that we included the most essential resources.
Currently we are receiving survey feedback from website select viewers on a number of different variables that we hope can be used to make the website even more effective and user-friendly.
Continued maintenance
At Affirming Washington, we understand that creating a website on gender affirming care is not a stagnant process. Healthcare for trans and nonbinary patients is ever-changing and adapting for the better.
This is why we included a feedback option built into our site that will be open at all times for viewers to report on missing resources, resources that are out-of-date, general questions, and any other feedback that they find important.