078: Caring About Healthcare with Kenzi Connor and Laurie Voss

02:01 – Superpowers: Kenzi = Consensus Building; Laurie: Confuging Apache Quickly
Conversation Context (https://twitter.com/seldo/status/937772610997313536)
03:35 – Trans-Inclusive Policy at npm and Cloud City
Kaiser (https://healthy.kaiserpermanente.org/)
TriNet (https://www.trinet.com/)
12:41 – Determining Whether Insurance is Trans-Friendly
“Transgender insurance benefits employer guide” Google Search (https://www.google.com/search?q=transgender+insurance+employer&oq=transgender+insurance+employer&aqs=chrome..69i57.12196j1j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8)
The Transgender Law Center (https://transgenderlawcenter.org/)
15:16 – Biases Exist in Healthcare
Broken Arm Syndrome (https://www.dailydot.com/irl/trans-broken-arm-syndrome-healthcare/)
20:54 – The Problem with Primary Care Physicians and Care
26:44 – Feedback from Doctors
32:00 – Why This Topic is Becoming More Commonplace and Important in Society
37:39 – Trans-Inclusive Healthcare as a Business Advantage for Companies
42:22 – How To Be an Ally in the Fight for Trans-Inclusive Healthcare
46:37 – What can primary care doctors do to signal they care about these issues?
Reflections:
Laurie: Do the legwork for your trans employees.
John: Once you cover the edge cases, it makes the happy path even happier.
Coraline: The additional challenges of non binary people.
Kenzi: We have a responsibility as tech workers when we are building the system to be better about it.
Carina C. Zona: Schemas for the Real World
Jessica: You can’t come out as something you don’t know exists.
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02:01 – Superpowers: Kenzi = Consensus Building; Laurie: Confuging Apache Quickly

Conversation Context

03:35 – Trans-Inclusive Policy at npm and Cloud City

Kaiser

TriNet

12:41 – Determining Whether Insurance is Trans-Friendly

“Transgender insurance benefits employer guide” Google Search

The Transgender Law Center

15:16 – Biases Exist in Healthcare

Broken Arm Syndrome

20:54 – The Problem with Primary Care Physicians and Care

26:44 – Feedback from Doctors

32:00 – Why This Topic is Becoming More Commonplace and Important in Society

37:39 – Trans-Inclusive Healthcare as a Business Advantage for Companies

42:22 – How To Be an Ally in the Fight for Trans-Inclusive Healthcare

46:37 – What can primary care doctors do to signal they care about these issues?

Reflections:

Laurie: Do the legwork for your trans employees.

John: Once you cover the edge cases, it makes the happy path even happier.

Coraline: The additional challenges of non binary people.

Kenzi: We have a responsibility as tech workers when we are building the system to be better about it.

Carina C. Zona: Schemas for the Real World

Jessica: You can’t come out as something you don’t know exists.

This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep of DevReps, LLC. To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode.

To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps. You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well.

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Special Guests: Kenzi Connor and Laurie Voss.

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