Introducing the first Transgender Healthcare Conference hosted by the University of Liverpool’s Sexual Health Advice and Guidance Society (SHAGS) and Student Neonatal Obstetric and Gynaecology Society (SNOGS). The conference will be held at the Liverpool Medical Institute (LMI) on 7 February 2026.
This event is designed for University of Liverpool students, particularly those on healthcare-related courses and medical students, as well as doctors and healthcare professionals across the North West. The conference aims to improve understanding, awareness, and best practice in transgender healthcare through a combination of clinical expertise, research, and lived experience.
We are pleased to host a diverse range of speakers, including:
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A Transgender Patient Speaker living with HIV, sharing lived experience of healthcare
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Dr Phillip Dutton, speaking on Transgender Fertility Healthcare
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Dr Laura Power, a Gender Identity Specialist
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Chay Brown from the charity TransActual, presenting “Trans people’s experiences of healthcare: what does the research say?”
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Freddy Sperring, presenting results from their work on the Trans Lives Survey
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Dr Leonard Grant presenting, "Transition Impossible: how trans healthcare prevents transition"
More speakers will be announced shortly! The programme will also include a panel discussion with audience Q&A, allowing attendees to engage directly with speakers!
Lunch will be provided.
This event is kindly sponsored by the Medical Defence Union (MDU).
A charity raffle will be held on the day to raise funds for GIRES; a UK-wide organisation whose purpose is to improve the lives of trans and gender diverse people of all ages, including those who are non-binary and non-gender. https://www.gires.org.uk/
Ticket prices:
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Students: £5
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Non-students: £10
This conference offers a valuable opportunity for learning, discussion, and reflection on current and future transgender healthcare.
If you buy this ticket online via the Guild website, you will be charged a transaction fee of 1.5% per ticket, plus a 30p supercharge. Tickets are also available in the Guild reception between 9am-4.45pm, Monday to Friday. At reception, you will not be charged a transaction fee, but please note this method is cash only and we kindly ask that you bring the correct tender where possible.