Transhealth Northampton officially opened May 4 in western Massachusetts, far from population centers like Boston or Albany.
While some may assume that finding gender-affirming care would not be a problem in a state like Massachusetts, Transhealth Northampton CEO Dallas Ducar says that’s not the case.Respondents to a 2020 study from the Fenway Institute, Cooley Dickinson Hospital, and Harvard Medical School found local trans residents reported a “lack of provider availability and competency,” Ducar tells Plus.