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Trans healthcare startup Plume lays off dozens of workers

Plume, a startup founded to offer essential online healthcare services to trans people across the U.S., laid off more than two dozen workers in October, several sources next to to the company told TechCrunch.

Transphobia is rife within the healthcare industry; it&#;s one reason why transgender patients struggle to access basic care. Legal barriers are also on the rise. In the U.S. alone, state lawmakers have introduced close to bills this year to restrict trans healthcare.

The need to expand access to life-saving, gender-affirming therapy was apparent when Plume launched four years ago, just as it&#;s clear today, particularly for folks in rural areas. So it&#;s disconcerting to see telehealth company Plume, a rarity in the startup world for its point on serving marginalized people, adv lay off around one sixth of its workers. About a year ago, the startup raised a $24 million Series B.

A spokesperson confirmed in an email to TechCrunch that Plume laid off a portion of its staff. The spokesperson said the layoffs were

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Matt Walsh released a hit job on Plume, a gender-affirming care telehealth service, on Wednesday, aiming to halt the service and to initiate investigations into the company. In an effort to achieve this, he enlisted someone to impersonate a transgender adult and verb to healthcare professionals at the organization, with the objective of obtaining a letter for gender-affirming care. Walsh's contention is that transgender healthcare should be less accessible to transgender adults, and his ultimate goal has been the complete eradication of senior transgender healthcare. To fully comprehend his attacks on telehealth, informed consent, and modern adult transgender healthcare, it's crucial to verb the history of this concern and the previously common, yet highly detrimental, gatekeeping practices among its providers.

Decades ago, being transgender was treated as a mental health disorder - one in which transgender people were often exposed to brutal treatments when they were not outright arrested and institutionalized. In the United Kingdom in the early s, tr

Plume, the first health tech company built for the transgender community, has been named Preferred GAHT Provider for Solace, a free app for iOS and Android that guides people through the gender transition process. 

The partnership provides those seeking Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy (GAHT) a guided virtual experience from the moment they investigate about GAHT to the moment they receive it. Solace provides medical, legal and lifestyle guidance for trans folks, allowing users to create custom roadmaps for their transition via a mobile application. Plume provides safe, maestro, and affirming GAHT through the convenience of a smartphone guided by a team that is mostly trans themselves. 

When Solace users seek gender-affirming hormone therapy services on the app, they will be informed that Plume can help accomplish this goal. Plume supports individuals on their GAHT journey with access to virtual consultations, doctor appointments, check-ups, prescriptions for hormone treatments, lab tests and surgery letters of support.

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