The British Menopause Society (BMS)
British Menopause Society
The British Menopause Society (BMS) educates, informs, & guides healthcare professionals (HPCs) on menopause & all aspects of post-reproductive health
Menopause and post-reproductive healthcare must be explicitly inclusive of trans men, transmasculine and non-binary people. As a major provider of gender affirming healthcare, GenderGP are actively advocating, alongside other organisations, that the British Menopause Society use more inclusive language in their training material and guidance literature
Our Advocacy Work
All of our ongoing advocacy and conversations with the British Menopause Society can be found in this section
The need to ensure more inclusive language in healthcare: A letter to the British Menopause Society
November 20th 2021
Medical, Advocacy, Transgender, Health
The British Menopause Society (BMS) plays an important national role in educating healthcare professionals regards menopause.
When reviewing their publicly available content we noted that the language used in BMS training materials and guidance entirely ignores the experience and needs of trans men, transmasculine and non-binary people assigned female at birth…
How the British Menopause Society can better represent trans men, transmasculine and non-binary people
September 21st 2021
Medical, Advocacy, Transgender, Health
GenderGP appreciates the British Menopause Society’s (BMS) efforts to increase awareness of post-reproductive healthcare.
We would however like to highlight that Improvements can be made in the representation of trans men, transmasculine people, and non-binary people assigned female at birth…
