Herbalism is a practice that reconnects people to the land, to their bodies, and to each other β truths that can be especially meaningful for trans people, who too often face a slate of indignities when seeking care within mainstream medicine.
While herbalism does not replace access to emergency medical treatment, surgery, and pharmaceuticals, it offers a vital supplement to conventional healthcare for trans and queer communities. Herbal medicine helps trans people to claim agency of their own bodies and to bypass institutional gatekeeping over who has access to comprehensive healthcare.
As gender-affirming care grows increasingly hard to access, learn how fifth-generation herbalist Yaya Vallis is using natural remedies to help heal their community.
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Yaya Vallis, a fifth generation Black, trans herbalist, knows how plants can be allies in transition.
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