Selected Interviews and Media Coverage

  1. Supreme Court ruling may impact LGBTQ+ protections in Mass., New England, Boston Globe, April 1, 2026

  2. Mass. is emerging as a haven for trans youth seeking care as restrictions reach deeper in New England, Boston Globe, August 25, 2025

  3. Healey just signed a law expanding reproductive and transgender care. Here’s what to know., Boston 10, August 11, 2025

  4. Gov. Maura Healey signs ‘strongest law in America’ protecting gender-affirming care and abortion, PinkNews, August 11, 2025

  5. New Massachusetts Law Sets Gold Standard for Transgender Care, TransVitae, August 11, 2025

  6. Healey signs bill expanding reproductive, transgender care protections, GBH, August 7, 2025

  7. LGBTQ+ Health Care Providers Face Major Funding Cuts, Bay Windows, July 9, 2025

  8. State Makes Moves to Protect Transgender Care, The Provincetown Independent, July 9, 2025

  9. ‘Unprecedented:' LGBTQ health care researchers face funding cuts amid federal rollbacks, NBC 10 Boston, June 26, 2025

  10. How this term's health-related Supreme Court rulings could ripple through Massachusetts, WBUR, June 24, 2025

  11. Pride Month marches on, despite frustration and worry from LGBTQ community over government actions, CNN, June 22, 2025

  12. What the Supreme Court's Gender-Affirming Care Decision Means For You: Everything We Know About How Skrmetti Will Impact Your Healthcare, Teen Vogue, June 18, 2025

  13. LGBTQ+ community ‘devastated' by Trump push to end specialized suicide hotline services, NBC 10 Boston, June 11, 2025

  14. Boston LGBTQ+ groups cautiously hopeful on new pope, but abuse survivors concerned, WGBH, May 9, 2025

  15. MassDems LGBTQIA+ Remember Pope Francis’s Legacy of Inclusion, Somerville Times, April 30, 2025

  16. Amid Trump threats, local nonprofits are strategizing to stay active, WGBH, February 3, 2025

  17. Controversial Jamaica Plain speed humps removed after "not working as intended," CBS News, February 2, 2025

  18. Mass. clinics still provide trans care for kids. The future is uncertain, WBUR, January 31, 2025

  19. On Rotation: November 2024, Healthcare Brew, November 25, 2024

  20. How LGBTQ+ organizations are preparing for a second Trump presidency, Radio Boston, WBUR, November 21, 2024

  21. Dallas Ducar Hired at Fenway Health, Boston Business Journal, November 13, 2024

  22. Gender-affirming care is a lifesaving mental health intervention, Unravelling Podcast, July 1, 2024

  23. First transgender woman in Mass. receives vaginoplasty outside Boston, as statewide care expands, GBH, June 17, 2024

  24. Affirming Health Care Summit addresses well-being of trans, gender-diverse community members, UMass Chan Medical School News, May 7, 2024

  25. Elliot Page and Lieutenant Governor Driscoll celebrate Transhealth’s 3 Year Anniversary, Western Mass News May 7, 2024

  26. ‘That shame you’re feeling is not yours; it’s theirs’: In Northampton, Elliot Page embraces trans community, Boston Globe, May 6, 2023

  27. Transhealth in Northampton celebrates three years of service, WWLP News, May 5, 2024

  28. Actor Elliot Page to visit Northampton to celebrate Transhealth’s anniversary, WWLP News May 5, 2024

  29. Messes & Hope, WHMP Radio, Feminist Futures, April 12, 2024

  30. Ford Hall Forum tackles impact of Dobbs ruling, Suffolk Journal, April 10, 2024

  31. Gender Equality and Reproductive Rights After Dobbs, GBH Forum Network, April 8, 2024

  32. Senator Markey Hosts LGBTQ+ Roundtable, Bay Windows, April 4, 2024

  33. Leading Nurse Calls for End to Politicization of Transgender Health Care, TheBodyPro, November 20, 2023

  34. Western Mass Business Show on 9.9.23 –- CEO of TransHealth Dallas Ducar, September 19, 2023

  35. Gender-Affirming Care for Professionals, Patients, and Allies: A Discussion, September 9, 2023

  36. A House, a pony, a reading list, Fabulous 413, New England Public Media, August 31, 2023

  37. How nonprofit healthcare center Transhealth is expanding access to care for trans and gender-nonconforming patients, Healthcare Brew, Aug 17, 2023

  38. Transhealth’s rapid growth continues: 2,000 patients served, staff quadrupled to meet demand, Daily Hampshire Gazette, July 30, 2023

  39. As bans on transgender care for minors grow, a migration of sorts is underway, Boston Globe, July 14, 2023

  40. Senator Markey Announces Bill To Address Health Barriers Faced By Transgender, Nonbinary People As Right-Wing State Lawmakers Attack Gender-Affirming Care, June 26, 2023

  41. How do gender care bans affect health? Markey bill seeks research on anti-trans laws, The Daily Hampshire Gazette, June 26, 2023

  42. See You Now Podcast, Update | 63: Affirming Care Ally

  43. Pride on the march in 3rd District and beyond, Lowell Sun, June 3, 2023

  44. 'Confusing and difficult': Transgender patients try to navigate maze of Medicaid coverage, National Journal, June 2, 2023

  45. Trans kids struggle with mental health during political firestorm, National Journal, May 25, 2023

  46. Covid's No Longer A Public Health Emergency: Here's How That May Affect You, Forbes, May 10, 2023

  47. A legislative push to shore up transgender rights in Massachusetts, Radio Boston, WBUR, May 10, 2023

  48. Testosterone access for transgender people could be limited as COVID public health emergency ends, the 19th*, May 5, 2023

  49. Informal transgender comics, The Fabulous 413, New England Public Media, May 3, 2023

  50. AACN recognizes 5 leaders for nursing contributions, Beckers Hospital Review, April 13, 2023

  51. Two non-profit organizations in Northampton awarded funds to enhance security, WWLP-22 News, April 6, 2023

  52. Trans health care, already under attack, faces new obstacle with end of Covid public health emergency, STAT, March 31, 2023

  53. Getting Answers: Transgender Day of Visibility, hardships accessing healthcare, Western Mass News, March 29, 2023

  54. Interview with Dallas Ducar MSN, RN, PMHNP-BC, CNL, FAAN, Massachusetts Report on Nursing, Volume 21, Number 1, March 2023

  55. Telehealth Providers Prepare for the Future, Ms. Magazine, February 9, 2023

  56. Mass Attorney General-Elect Campbell Announces Transition Team, Framingham Source December 5, 2022

  57. An Interview with Dallas Ducar, Public Health Post, December 2, 2022

  58. LGBTQ community reacts to Respect for Marriage Act, WWLP 22 News, December 1, 2022

  59. Maura Healey addresses LGBT community on election night, WWLP 22 News, November 9, 2022

  60. U.S. midterm elections: Why is the LGBTQ+ community worried?, Openly, Reuters, November 8, 2022

  61. As more transgender children seek medical care, families confront many unknowns, Reuters, October 6, 2022

  62. Longmeadow Pride Alliance to host 2nd annual Pride Festival, The Reminder, September 8, 2022

  63. The Carl Sagan Medal, a National Endowment for the Humanities Grant, and a Fulbright First for Columbia Nursing, Columbia News, September 7, 2022

  64. Family planning clinics, a safe space for transgender patients, face a new battle after Roe v. Wade, 19th News, August 22, 2022

  65. Everything You Need to Know About Feminizing Hormone Therapy, THEM, August 16, 2022

  66. 14 Columbia Nursing Faculty, Alums Named AAN Fellows, Columbia School of Nursing, August 16, 2022

  67. CEO and Founder of Revolutionary Transgender Health Care Clinic is Awarded the Tim Porter-O'Grady Nurse Leadership Award, Nursing World, August 10, 2022

  68. Advocates Praise MA Protection for Abortion, Gender-Affirming Care, GLAD, August 1, 2022

  69. American Academy of Nursing Announces the 2022 Class of New Fellows, its Largest Cohort to Date, July 26, 2022

  70. There is No Legitimate ‘Debate’ Over Gender-Affirming Healthcare, Texas Observer, July 22, 2022

  71. Gender-Affirming Care Improves Mental Health—and May Save Lives, WIRED, July 19, 2022

  72. ‘No need to panic’: Western Massachusetts health care providers keep updated on monkeypox, MassLive, July 14, 2022

  73. Transhealth Northampton celebrates first year with plans to expand services, MassLive, July 1, 2022

  74. 'Caring for the whole person': Experts explain why gender-affirming care is important, The Today Show, June 30, 2022

  75. “Research By Us And For Us”: How Medical Research Can Better Serve Trans Communities, Science Friday, WNYC Studios, June 24, 2022

  76. My Turn: Pride Month and protecting the LGBTQIA+ community, Greenfield Recorder, June 22, 2022

  77. Nothing About Us, Without Us, Johnson & Johnson Nursing, June 14, 2022

  78. You Are Not Alone, Mindful Magazine, June 14, 2022

  79. Transgender patients get specialized care at Massachusetts health clinic, NPR, May 23, 2022

  80. Going beyond umbrella statistics when covering health in LGBTQ communities, AHCJ: Association of Health Care Journalists, May 19, 2022

  81. Transgender patients get specialized health care in western Massachusetts, with long waiting lists, NEPM May 12, 2022

  82. Shedding Light On Gender-Affirming Health Care In The U.S., Comcast Newsmakers, May 9, 2022

  83. Synagogue's Bathroom Policy Sign Delights Internet, Newsweek, April 25, 2022

  84. CityLine: April 17th, Segment 2: "Don't Say Gay," WCVB, Channel 5, April 14, 2022

  85. Listen: Should gender dysphoria be a required stop en route to gender euphoria?, STAT, First Opinion Podcast, April 6, 2022

  86. Transgender Day of Visibility celebrates struggles, advances, MassLive, March 31, 2022

  87. Virtual Event: STAT x The 19th Represents: Gender and Health Outcomes, STAT, March 24, 2022

  88. Trans People To Lead 2022 Virtual PTWC, Mazzoni Says, The Rainbow Times, March 17, 2022

  89. Transhealth Northampton provides healthcare by and for the transgender community, GBH, Under the Radar, March 11, 2022

  90. How gender-affirming voice therapy helps trans people sound like who they are, WBUR: Radio Boston, March 2, 2022

  91. This Nurse Practitioner Opened a Trans-Centered Healthcare Clinic, Dallas' Story, Nurse.org, February 1, 2022

  92. Transhealth Northampton Extends Support Groups, Gender-Affirming Apparel and More into Community, Boston Spirit, January 25, 2022

  93. Transhealth Northampton Opens New Community Closet, 22 News WWLP, January 19, 2022

  94. See You Now Podcast, 63: Reporting Powers: Affirming Care, December 13, 2021

  95. Healthcare Open Season for Trans People, Translash Podcast with Imara Jones, December 9, 2021

  96. Trans people waiting years for gender healthcare as demand surges, Thomson Reuters Foundation, December 7, 2021

  97. What’s New in the Updated National HIV/AIDS Strategy?, POZ, December 3, 2021

  98. Transhealth Northampton’s Milestone, The Rainbow Times, December 1, 2021

  99. See You Now Podcast, 61: Reporting Powers: Insights in Action, November 23, 2021

  100. Transgender health clinic in Massachusetts offers quality, compassionate health care, November 23, 2021

  101. Transhealth Northampton hits 500 patient milestone, WWLP News, November 4, 2021

  102. Transhealth Northampton reaches 500-patient mark ahead of schedule, MassLive, November 4, 2021

  103. These Nonbinary Patients Were Seeking Trans Health Care. But in a Binary System, They Felt ‘Invalidated,’ The Lily, October 25, 2021

  104. Dallas Ducar on ‘Velshi,’ MSNBC, October 24, 2021

  105. How this Clinic is Revolutionizing Health Care for the Trans Community, Channel Q, October 22, 2021

  106. Clinic Provides Transgender Care from Transgender Docs, Medscape, October 21, 2021

  107. In Western Massachusetts, a clinic by and for transgender people seeks to revolutionize health care, the 19th*, October 19, 2021

  108. The Truth and Beauty of Gender-Affirming Care, with Dallas Ducar, The Race to Value Podcast, October 4, 2021

  109. Transgender people report years of battles for health insurance coverage, NBC News, September 22, 2021

  110. Transhealth Northampton CEO nominated as a ‘Hero’ of the Year, Boston Spirit Magazine, September 16, 2021

  111. MassHealth Expands Covered Care For Transgender And Non-Binary Residents, WBUR: Radio Boston, September 16, 2021

  112. The Pervasiveness Of Transgender Health Care Discrimination, NPR, Short Wave, September 13, 2021

  113. Expanding Options: Look no further than Transhealth Northampton, and in Maine, the Mabel Wadsworth Center, Boston Spirit Magazine, July 2021

  114. Nearly half of trans people have been mistreated by medical providers, report finds, NBC News, August 18, 2021

  115. A Health Center for Trans People, by Trans People, Plus Magazine, July 15, 2021

  116. Dallas Ducar & Dr. Andrew Cronyn: LGBTQ+ Health Disparities | Part 2, MD Newsline, June 28, 2021

  117. Dallas Ducar & Dr. Andrew Cronyn: LGBTQ+ Health Disparities | Part 1, MD Newsline, June 28, 2021

  118. Transhealth in Northampton offering health services to LGBTQ community during Pride, WWLP, June 25, 2021

  119. TransAmerica, NBC News Now, June 17, 2021

  120. 1 Question, 5 Answers: How Are Providers Improving Care for LGBTQ+ Patients?, The Paper Gown, Zocdoc, June 14, 2021

  121. And Another Thing, New England Public Media, June 10, 2021

  122. Transhealth is the Future of American Healthcare, Into, June 1, 2021

  123. Transhealth Northampton promises patient-centered care, The Reminder, May 18, 2021

  124. Panorama - Episode 18 - Dallas Ducar, CEO of Transhealth Northampton, WHMP Radio, May 15, 2021

  125. President Biden lauded for restoring transgender health care protections, Masslive, May 10, 2021

  126. First trans-led gender-affirming healthcare center in US opens, Queer Forty, May 5, 2021

  127. Transgender health clinic opens in Florence, Daily Hampshire Gazette, May 5, 2021

  128. New healthcare center for trans community opens in Northampton, Western Mass News, May 4, 2021

  129. Trans healthcare center opens in Northampton, 22 News, May 4, 2021

  130. Transhealth Northampton ready to open, Masslive, May 4, 2021

  131. Transhealth Northampton opens as first ‘independent, comprehensive’ transgender health center, Masslive, May 4, 2021

  132. Amplify Nursing, Special Episode: An Interview with Dallas Ducar, April 17, 2021

  133. A year into the pandemic, LGBTQ+ life and death remains largely invisible, 19th News March 12. 2021

  134. Fostering Gender-Affirming Care: An Interview with Dallas Ducar, Nov 2020, Mass Report on Nursing, P. 9

  135. First Impressions, Stories from the Change, World Channel,  June 22, 2020

  136. Here’s What to Do if You’re Trans and Need to Go to the ER, New Now Next, March 28, 2020

  137. Walk in My Shoes Experience, Jan 23, 2020

  138. Why do so many transgender youth say they want to kill themselves?, Center for Health Journalism, November 04, 2019

  139. More inclusive EHRs can help extend welcome, save transgender lives, Healthcare IT News, September 29, 2019

  140. HubWeek Change Maker: Dallas Ducar, N.P., HubWeek, August 29, 2019

  141. UVA Graduate to Join Massachusetts General Hospital Transgender Health Program, NBC, May 19, 2019

  142. Nurse Practitioner Transitions and Walks the Lawn – Finally – As a Woman, University of Virginia, May 17, 2019