Library and Academic Services: Gender Studies for Health Professionals: Working with Transgender and Non-Binary Clients

Working with Transgender and Non-Binary Clients

A Guide To Non-binary Pronouns And Why They Matter
I came out as genderqueer when I was 17 years old, and now at 33 I’ve now spent almost half my life as an out genderqueer person! For me being genderqueer means that I’m not a man or a woman, and that regardless of my presentation, my gender identity exists outside of the binary of female or male.
Tips for Allies of Transgender People
The following are tips that can be used as you move toward becoming a better ally to transgender people. Of course, this list is not exhaustive and cannot include all the "right" things to do or say because often there is no one "right" answer to every situation you might encounter.
Bruce Pardy: Meet the new 'human rights' — where you are forced by law to use 'reasonable' pronouns
When University of Toronto professor Jordan Peterson posted his now notorious YouTube video spelling out his refusal to use non-gendered pronouns, activists expressed their outrage. Non-gendered people have the right to be accommodated and respected, the protests went, and Peterson must use language consistent with those rights. These objections illustrate what few activists or politicians will openly acknowledge: “Human rights” are now a zero-sum game. Giving rights to some means taking them from others....
Practicing with respect: Story of Lee. (2016). Texas Nursing. 90(4), 7, 10–.
A smart and energetic you man, 17-year-old Lee attends high school in Central Texas, enjoys singing in the choir, and is passionate about filmmaking. And, Lee was born female.
Neira, P. (2017). Caring for the Transgender Patient. Journal of Radiology Nursing, 36(2), 88–89.
TThe perceived lack of interaction with transgender individuals fosters societal stigma and discrimination against this minority group. The lack of practitioners' ability to provide culturally competent care and knowledge of transgender health issues exacerbates severe health care disparities....
Michels, K. (2020). Transgender and gender‐expansive youth: Assisting the nurse in providing culturally competent care for our clients and their families. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 33(3), 157–162.
Society's blue and pink concept of gender has been under a dramatic and controversial shift over the last 10 years. While the general population has been given some latitude in slowly coming to terms with this new understanding, health care providers, specifically nurses, have been under the microscope to demonstrate a perfect blend of competency...

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A Clinician's Guide to Gender-Affirming Care by Sand C. Chang; Anneliese A. Singh; lore m. dickey; Mira Krishnan (Foreword by)
Location: ebook
Publication Date: 2018
Transgender and gender nonconforming (TNGC) clients have complex mental health concerns, and are more likely than ever to seek out treatment. This comprehensive resource outlines the latest research and recommendations to provide you with the requisite knowledge, skills, and awareness to treat TNGC clients with competent and affirming care. As you know, TNGC clients have different needs based on who they are in relation to the world. Written by three psychologists who specialize in working with the TGNC population, this important book draws on the perspective that there is no one-size-fits-all approach for working with TNGC clients. It offers interventions tailored to developmental stages and situational factors--for example, cultural intersections such as race, class, and religion. ...

Redfern, J., & Sinclair, B. (2014). Improving health care encounters and communication with transgender patients. Journal of Communication in Healthcare, 7(1), 25–40.
Transgender persons represent a generally ill-served or under-served population. This marginalized group continues to experience considerable difficulty in obtaining culturally competent health care despite recommendations by professional organizations and introduction of anti-discrimination legislation.
Kellett, F. (2017). Supporting transvisibility and gender diversity in nursing practice and education: embracing cultural safety. Nursing Inquiry, 24(1), e12146–n/a.
Many nursing education programs deserve a failing grade with respect to supporting gender diversity in their interactions with their students and in terms of the curricular content directed toward engaging in the safe and supportive nursing care of transgender clients. This situation contributes to transinvisibility in the nursing profession and lays a foundation for nursing practice that does not recognize...
Frohard-Dourlent, D. (2017). “I would have preferred more options”: accounting for non-binary youth in health research. Nursing Inquiry, 24(1), e12150–n/a.
As a research team focused on vulnerable youth, we increasingly need to find ways to acknowledge non‐binary genders in health research. Youth have become more vocal about expanding notions of gender beyond traditional categories of boy/man and girl/woman. Integrating non‐binary identities into established research processes is a complex undertaking in a culture that often assumes gender is a binary variable...
Carabez, P. (2015). Does your organization use gender inclusive forms? Nurses’ confusion about trans terminology. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 24(21-22), 3306–3317.
Of the estimated 9 million persons in the United States of America who are identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, about 950,000 (0·2–0·5% of adult population) are identified as trans*. The Institute of Medicine identified transgender persons as an understudied population with significant need for health research, yet the nursing literature contains little guidance for educating nurses on trans* issues...