audio by title 'christine burns at lgbtsym'

The North West Regional Assembly organised an LGBT Health Symposium in Manchester on 29th March, 2007 entitled “Promoting Health for the Region’s Wealth: Meeting the Health Needs of the LGBT Community”. The event was the joint brainchild of PFC’s Christine Burns and Jacqui Cross of the Manchester-based Lesbian and Gay Foundation (LGF) and was organised and funded by the North West Equality and Diversity Group - a body set up by the regional assembly to help promote the region’s goal to become a totally inclusive and equal community.

Christine was the first speaker of the day, following an introduction from the Chair, Evelyn Asante-Mensah, who coincidentally heads up the board of Manchester’s Primary Care Trust. Christine begins here by reflecting on how proper availability of healthcare is not only important to individuals but also affects a society’s wealth and social cohesion. She then explains some of the ways in which trans people are currently failed by public health provision in the region and sets down some basic goals for achieving better.