Integrating Lived and Clinical Perspectives to Advance Transgender Healthcare in Rural Aotearoa New Zealand

This study demonstrates both the challenges and potential of rural TGD healthcare. Findings support a regionally tailored model of GAC involving services and community, sustained through partnership and grounded in cultural safety. In Whanganui, strong foundations already exist to support such a model. With local adaptation, it could guide equitable service development in other rural regions of Aotearoa.