Living While Resisting

Trans healthcare is treated like an optional extra. But it is life-saving.

In this episode, we speak with Kahless Jaden Hameed, a trans writer and activist based in Colombo, about what it means to navigate healthcare systems that choose not to see trans and disabled people as fully human.

From being denied hormones, to being misgendered and dismissed, to walking city after city just to find essential medication, this is not an accident. It is systemic. It is violence.

You can check out the podcast transcript ⁠here⁠.

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