“My experience is real, my body is real”

Amy was diagnosed with stage four throat cancer, and after her cancer treatments, she decided to begin her transition.

In 2011, Amy Clark was diagnosed with stage 4 throat cancer after experiencing an incredibly painful earache. She had four courses of chemotherapy and 38 radiation therapy treatments as part of a clinical trial. After her cancer treatments, she decided to begin her transition. Since then she has experienced misinformation and transphobia from the healthcare system.

“I’m being marginalized because the doctor just doesn’t believe that I’m real, that my experience is real, that my body is real.”

Amy now volunteers for the Canadian Cancer Society as a patient peer reviewer on grant applications and she is also a Director for Queering Cancer. Read Amy’s full story here (Canadian Cancer Society) and Amy also talks about her wife’s experience with caregiving here (The Caregiver Social).

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