Over 40 thousand transgender adults in Australia may soon be able to access gender affirming surgeries through Medicare. An application made by the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons is requesting that the federal government add essential gender affirming surgeries to the medicare benefits scheme.

In this short package, we speak to people who will benefit from this change, along with the current president of the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons, Dr Nicola Dean. You can find our full interview with Dr Dean here.