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Health workers must be allies to transgender people as hostility increases
Text: George Webster and Dr Annabel SowewimoImage: Driss Chaoui
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Dr Annabel Sowemimo is a doctor, academic, activist, and writer. She is an NHS Consultant in Sexual & Reproductive Health in South London. She published her first book Divided: Racism, Medicine and Why We Need to Decolonise Healthcare in 2023. She founded the charity the Reproductive Justice Initiative (RJI, formerly Decolonising Contraception) and received an outstanding achievement award from the British Association of Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) in 2023 and a honorary degree from the university of Edinburgh in 2026. She is a part-time PhD candidate and Harold Moody Scholar at King’s College London, with her research focusing on the experiences of Black women in Britain with long-acting reversible contraception (LARCs). She has also worked as a freelance writer for numerous outlets and spends her spare time campaigning for reproductive justice, against NHS cuts, and improving healthcare for marginalised groups. She became a mum for the first time to a baby boy who arrived on her birthday in June 2024. See all contributors