Phylesha Brown-Acton has made a special appearance on Shortland St, playing a trans woman who faces discrimination from a paramedic. She says it reflects a real-world issue which needs to be continually addressed. Phylesha writes following her Shortland St experience: The reality of how Transgender people are treated in health services throughout New Zealand can vary from place to place, most transgender people speak of their experiences in health services as inappropriate, uncomfortable, confronting, embarrassing and discriminative! Last night’s episode on Shortland Street (Series 22, Episode 5288, Wednesday 10 July, 2013) featured a Transgender character named "Hannah Hepburn" played by myself, a business executive with a urinary tract infection. Ambulance Paramedics "Ula
Credit: Phylesha Brown-Acton, with GayNZ.com
First published: Thursday, 11th July 2013 - 3:15pm