GLMA Proud to Serve on Steering Committee for National Trans Health Survey Launched by Point of Pride

PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 18, 2025

Contact: Eli Duffy
Director of Communications & Strategic Partnerships
eduffy@glma.org

WASHINGTON, D.C. — GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality is proud to serve on the steering committee of the Trans Health Survey, a community-led research project officially launched today by our partners at Point of Pride. The survey aims to uplift the experiences of trans people across the U.S. and inform the future of healthcare systems, policies, and provider education.

Now live at TransHealthSurvey.org, the survey is an opportunity for trans people 18 and older across the U.S. to share their experiences and help shape the future of health care.

“This survey is built by and for trans people, with the intention of creating a future where trans health is rooted in safety, access, joy, and autonomy,” said Aydian Dowling, Chief Advancement Officer and co-founder of Point of Pride. “We’re collecting meaningful, community-driven data that can directly inform future programs, policies, and systems of care. It’s time to put trans health in the hands of the people who live it.”

The Trans Health Survey aims to collect both quantitative and qualitative data to better understand the real, lived experiences of trans people navigating the U.S. healthcare system today. It is designed to uplift:

• Positive experiences that foster greater access and better health outcomes
• Barriers to care, to help build more equitable and affirming systems
• Empowerment and education for both patients and providers
• Community-driven data, accountable to the people it represents

The project is led by an all-trans and non-binary steering committee, along with outreach partners and peer non-profits that serve the LGBTQ+ community. Together, this team brings deep lived experience and professional expertise: they include researchers, advocates, organizers, and care providers, all working to make sure the survey is inclusive, community-led, and truly reflective of the people it’s meant to serve.

GLMA is honored to serve on the Trans Health Survey’s steering committee, bringing the collective voice of LGBTQ+ and allied health professionals. GLMA’s leadership served as delegates to the committee, contributing lived expertise as trans and non-binary individuals, alongside professional knowledge and institutional insight. Together with a coalition of trans advocates, researchers, and providers, we are working to ensure the survey is community-led, inclusive, and accountable to the people it’s meant to serve.

“Research about health and health care often excludes trans and non-binary people: our stories, our needs, and our visions for what care should be,” said Alex Sheldon, MA (they/them), Executive Director of GLMA. “That erasure leads to policies and systems that fail our communities and ignore our expertise. This survey offers a meaningful opportunity to shift that pattern by centering the lived experiences of trans and non-binary people and helping to build systems that are affirming, accountable, and community-led. GLMA encourages all trans and non-binary adults to take the survey and help shape the future of care for our community.”

With trans health care under constant scrutiny, and misinformation dominating political discourse, this survey is a powerful opportunity to take control of the narrative, and to help shape healthcare experiences that are competent, affirming, and joyful.

Take the survey now at TransHealthSurvey.org.

About GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality
GLMA is a national organization committed to ensuring health equity for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) communities and equality for LGBTQ+ health professionals in their work and learning environments.  To achieve this mission, GLMA utilizes the scientific expertise of its diverse multidisciplinary membership to inform and drive advocacy, education, and research. www.glma.org

About Point of Pride
Point of Pride is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that works to benefit trans people in need through access to gender-affirming support services and care. Learn more at www.pointofpride.org.