During Dr Helen Webberley’s hearing we’re bringing you Transitions, a new mini-series from the GenderGP podcast. GenderGP team member, Cleo Madeleine, will be joined by members of the community to talk about the journeys they have been on, the transitions they have been through and the moments that changed everything.

Chloe's Twitter is @drcrog. More information about their work and resource can be found on the 16point6 website. If you’ve got a story of your own you’d like to share, why not reach out on social media where you can find us at @GenderGP on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

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 The GenderGP PodcastTransitions: Chloe

Cleo Madeleine:Hi everybody. And welcome back to the GenderGP podcast. I'm Cleo Madeline. My pronouns are she/her and with me and the studio today is Chloe. Chloe. Tell us a little bit about who you are and what it is that you do.

Chloe Rogers:Yeah. Hi everyone. Thanks Cleo for inviting me on the podcast. Really excited to be here. My name is Chloe Rogers. I'm a junior doctor currently working in Hampshire. My pronouns are they, she and I do a lot of work, both in, in my job and outside involving getting people, um, up to speed and educated about trans healthcare and non-binary healthcare in the UK today.

Cleo Madeleine:Thank you so much. So on this mini series so far, we've had lots of different healthcare professionals, um, people involved at various stages in the development and of gender affirming care. We've not had any actual doctors yet. So if we start at the beginning, what was it that motivated you to get into the medical profession?

Chloe Rogers:So I sort of picked my GCSEs basically, uh, based on the fact that I wanted to do medicine. So quite a long time ago. Um, I think I it's a very cliche answer, but I just really enjoy helping people. Um, and as I sort of got more into, um, my a levels and then my, my first degree, um, I did medical science cuz I, uh, needed an a in chemistry and I got a B. So I went and did medical science, which was the best thing that could have, could have happened cuz I had the chance to meet so many people that I would never have met. Um, including lots of people who sort of helped me find my own way in the LGBTQ community. I didn't come out until I went to uni mainly cuz I didn't know. Um, and through doing that, I found out a lot more about the issues sort of inherent to the healthcare system in the UK and also things that can come up as a result of different healthcare professionals, um, behaving in different ways or different systems, um, working in different ways, in different parts of the country. So yeah, in terms of sort of getting into medicine, it's something that I always wanted to do. And in terms of getting into this particular part of medicine, it's been very informed, um, sort of as I've gone through my university career, uh, from my friends and, and those around me.

Cleo Madeleine:Yeah. I guess actually having that lived experience makes a real difference, not just in terms of clarifying what you want to do, but how you want to do it.

Chloe Rogers:Yeah, I think so. And I, I think one of the things I found, um, quite strange actually sort of when I started this, I, so yeah, I started off in this community, um, makes it sound like a job doesn't it started out in this community. um, when I, when I was when I was 18, um, and I, I trained in Birmingham, it was amazing.