When

Tuesday, 27 January 2026, 19:00 - 20:00 (SAST)

Format

Online (Zoom)

This CPD session explores how clinical decision-making in gender-affirming care is being reshaped under increasing scrutiny, backlash, and uncertainty. Drawing on qualitative research with trans people and healthcare providers in South Africa, the talk examines how concepts like proof, capacity, readiness, and risk come to structure care – often in ways that quietly delay or constrain it.

The session will focus on:

•⁠ ⁠How scrutiny alters clinical judgement, even when no complaint or regulator is present

•⁠ ⁠⁠The difference between proportionate assessment and defensive over-justification

•⁠ ⁠⁠What it means to stay ethically and relationally grounded in contested conditions

•⁠ ⁠⁠Practical ways of holding uncertainty without stalling care

This is a reflective, practice-focused session for clinicians navigating gender-affirming care in real-world settings.

About the presenter

Presented by Jenna-Lee de Beer-Procter (they/them), a clinical psychologist and Vice Chair of PATHSA. Jen has recently submitted their PhD dissertation examining gender-affirming care in South Africa under conditions of contestation, developing a theory of staying in the work – how care continues when authority, legitimacy, and decision-making are persistently under review.