Tasmanian LiFE Awards – 2026 Nominee

Miranda is a GP specialising in gender affirming healthcare for the trans and gender diverse community in Tasmania. Providing access to gender affirming care is known to reduce the mental health burden and suicidal ideation for patients. As a member of the LGBTQIA+ community, Miranda practices community driven healthcare. This means using appropriate language, active listening and treating the holistic person, versus the fractured care that often exists within our healthcare systems.

Miranda’s goal is to eliminate the systemic barriers to healthcare. Mental health access can be financially challenging for patients. She refers patients to accessible services that actively work to be safe spaces for trans and gender diverse patients.

Healthcare is community work, and it cannot be done without involvement of the community. For Miranda, this means listening to patients to understand what works for them in their healthcare experiences. Miranda relies on social prescribing in her practice, as social isolation is a driving risk for mental health decline. She recognises that physical and mental health are intertwined – we cannot support one without supporting the other.

Miranda is on the board for Primary Health Tasmania and she serves on the Department of Health and Department of Justice LGBTQIA+ steering committees, driving change within our systems. She regularly speaks at Parliament to ensure that new policies allow ongoing access to essential healthcare for patients. This breadth of community engagement at different levels drives her clinical practice and her advocacy for her patients.