Health and Community Care

• Popular Press
  • Cassandra, R. (2022, Aug. 17). Cowgirl boots, anxious nights: Transgender youth and families grapple with hostile legislation – and sky-high rates of mental illness. MindSite News. https://mindsitenews.org/2022/08/17/cowgirl-boots-anxious-nights-transgender-youth-and-families-grapple-with-hostile-legislation-and-sky-high-rates-of-mental-illness/
  • Diaz, J. (2022, Oct. 22). Trans inmates need access to gender-affirming care. Often they have to sue to get it. NPR. https://www.npr.org/2022/10/25/1130146647/transgender-inmates-gender-affirming-health-care-lawsuits-prison
  • Doyle, J.E.S. (2022, Mar. 30). Anti-trans extremists ‘come for’ doctors. Ms. Magazine. https://msmagazine.com/2022/03/30/anti-trans-anti-abortion-laws-doctors-violence/
  • Farber, R. (2022, Nov. 16). Health rights for trans people vary widely, proving the need for global health equity. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/health-rights-for-trans-people-vary-widely-around-the-globe-achieving-trans-bliss-and-joy-will-require-equity-social-respect-and-legal-protections-194237
  • Germain, J. (2022, Aug. 27). ‘We’re a part of this movement, too.’ Transgender and nonbinary people say they feel excluded from the abortion fight. CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/27/us/transgender-nonbinary-abortion-reproductive-care-reaj/index.html
  • Gill-Peterson, J. (2021, June 1). Trans kids in the US were seeking treatment decades before today’s political battles over access to health care. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/trans-kids-in-the-us-were-seeking-treatment-decades-before-todays-political-battles-over-access-to-health-care-157481
  • Lopez, Q. (2022, July 1). There’s no trans healthcare without reproductive rights. Them. https://www.them.us/story/struggle-for-trans-healthcare-and-reproductive-rights-are-the-same-fight
  • Mark, M. & Beckler, H. (2022, Dec. 9). No way out. Insider. https://www.insider.com/transgender-women-are-killed-by-those-they-know-2022-12
  • McClurg, L. (2022, Oct. 18). California becomes first sanctuary state for transgender youth seeking medical care. KQED. https://www.kqed.org/news/11929233/california-becomes-first-sanctuary-state-for-transgender-youth-seeking-medical-care
  • Medina, C., Santos, T., Mahowald, L., & Gruberg, S. (2021, Aug. 18). Protecting and advancing health care for transgender adult communities. Center for American Progress. https://www.americanprogress.org/article/protecting-advancing-health-care-transgender-adult-communities/
  • Ravipati, S. (2022, Oct. 3). Medical groups urge DOJ to investigate threats over gender-affirming care. Axios. https://www.axios.com/2022/10/04/medical-groups-gender-affirming-care-trans-youth-threats
  • Rummmler, O. (2022, Oct. 3). Health care for transgender adults remains legal, but states are quietly trying to limit access. The 19th. https://19thnews.org/2022/10/transgender-healthcare-adults-limit-restrict/
  • Rummler, O. (2022, Oct. 3). Medical groups ask Justice Department to investigate threats against hospitals over gender-affirming care. The 19th. https://19thnews.org/2022/10/trans-youth-hospitals-justice-department/
  • Tordoff, D. & Collin, A. (2022, Feb. 25). Transgender youth on puberty blockers and gender-affirming hormones have lower rates of depression and suicidal thoughts, a new study finds. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/transgender-youth-on-puberty-blockers-and-gender-affirming-hormones-have-lower-rates-of-depression-and-suicidal-thoughts-a-new-study-finds-177812
  • Villavicencio, J. (2022, Jun. 3). Criminalizing abortion and gender-affirming care marks political invasion of evidence-based healthcare. Ms. Magazine. https://msmagazine.com/2022/06/03/abortion-bans-trans-gender-affirming-healthcare-science/
• Scholarly/ Peer-Reviewed
  • Gebel, G.C. & Diamond, R. (2022). The role of medical family therapists in reproductive healthcare settings serving gender diverse patients: A reproductive justice approach. International Journal of Systemic Therapy, 33(4), 276-296. https://doi.org/10.1080/2692398X.2022.2120320
  • Green, A.E., DeChants, J.P., Price, M.N., & Davis, C.K. (2022). Association of gender-affirming hormone therapy with depression, thoughts of suicide, and attempted suicide among transgender and nonbinary youth. Journal of Adolescent Health, 70(4), 643-649. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.10.036
  • Johns, M.M., Lowry, R., Andrzejewski, J., Barrios, L.C., et al. (2019, Jan. 25). Transgender identity and experiences of violence victimization, substance use, suicide risk, and sexual risk behaviors among high school students — 19 states and large urban school districts, 2017. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 68(3), 67–71. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6803a3
  • Johnson, A.H. (2015). Normative accountability: How the medical model influences transgender identities and experiences. Sociology Compass, 9(9), 803-813. https://doi.org/10.1111/soc4.12297
  • Kurzweil, R.C. (2014). Justice is what love looks like in public: How the Affordable Care Act falls short on transgender health care access. Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice, 21(1), 199-iii.
  • Mitchell, L., MacArthur, H.J., & Blomquist, K.K. (2021). The effect of misgendering on body dissatisfaction and dietary restraint in transgender individuals: Testing a misgendering-congruence process. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 54(7), 1295-1301. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23537
  • Nixon, L. (2013). The right to (trans) parent: Reproductive justice approach to reproductive rights, fertility, and family-building issues facing transgender people. William & Mary Journal of Women and the Law, 20(1), 73-104.
  • Stroumsa, D., Shires, D.A., Richardson, C.R., Jaffee, K.D., & Woodford, M.R. (2019). Transphobia rather than education predicts provider knowledge of transgender health care. Medical Education, 53(4), 398-407. https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.13796
  • Sutton, H. (2016). Transgender college students more at risk for suicide when denied bathroom, housing rights. Campus Security Report, 12(2), 9. https://doi.org/10.1002/casr.30167
  • Vitulli, E. (2010-11). Racialized criminality and the imprisoned trans body: Adjudicating access to gender-related medical treatment in prisons. Social Justice, 37(1), 53-68. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41336935
  • Wesp, L.M., Malcoe, L.H., Elliott, A. & Poteat, T. (2019). Intersectionality research for transgender health justice: A theory-driven conceptual framework for structural analysis of transgender health inequities. Transgender Health, 4(1), 287-296. http://doi.org/10.1089/trgh.2019.0039
• Books
  • Aperture. (2022). Revolution is love: A year of Black trans liberation. Aperture.
  • Bean, L. (2018). Written on the body: Letters from trans and non-binary survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
  • Bornstein, K. (2006). Hello cruel world: 101 alternatives to suicide for teens, freaks and other outlaws. Seven Stories Press.
  • Brill, S. & Kenney, L. (2016). Transgender teen: A handbook for parents and professionals supporting transgender and non-binary teens. Cleis Press.
  • Brill, S. & Pepper, R. (2022). The transgender child: A handbook for parents and professionals supporting transgender and nonbinary children (revised and updated ed.). Cleis Press.
  • Chang, S.C., Singh, A.A., & dickey, l.m. (2018). A clinician’s guide to gender-affirming care: Working with transgender and gender nonconforming clients. Context Press.
  • Coleman, E., Radix, A. E., Bouman, W.P., Brown, G.R., de Vries, A. L. C., et al. (2022). Standards of care for the health of transgender and gender diverse people [Version 8]. International Journal of Transgender Health, 23(S1), S1-S260. https://doi.org/10.1080/26895269.2022.2100644
  • Cordoba, S. (2022). Non-binary gender identities: The language of becoming. Routledge.
  • Coyote, I. (2021). Care of: Letters, connections, and cures. McClelland & Stewart.
  • Dale, L.K. (2022). Gender euphoria: Stories of joy from trans, non-binary and intersex writers. Unbound.
  • Ehrensaft, D. (2016). The gender creative child: Pathways for nurturing and supporting children who live outside gender boxes. The Experiment.
  • Fielding, L. (2021). Trans sex: Clinical approaches to trans sexualities and erotic embodiments. Routledge.
  • Green, J. (2017). The trans partner handbook: A guide for when your partner transitions. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
  • Kattari, S.K., Kinney, M.K., Kattari, L., & Walls, N.E. (Eds.). (2020). Social work and health care practice with transgender and nonbinary individuals and communities: Voices for equity, inclusion, and resilience. Routledge.
  • Kermode, J. (2019). Supporting transgender and non-binary people with disabilities or illnesses: A good practice guide for health and care provision. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
  • Kermode, J. (2021). Growing older as a trans and/or non-binary person. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
  • Lees, K. (2022). The trans guide to mental health and well-being. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
  • Malatino, H. (2022). Side affects: On being trans and feeling bad. University of Minnesota Press.
  • Malatino, H. (2020). Trans care. University of Minnesota Press.
  • McBride, S. (2018). Tomorrow will be different: Love, loss, and the fight for trans equality. Crown Archetype.
  • McDaniel, R. (2023). Gender magic: Live shamelessly, reclaim your joy, & step into your most authentic self. Balance.
  • Messinger, A.M. & Guadalupe-Diaz, X.L. (Eds.). (2020). Transgender intimate partner violence: A comprehensive introduction. NYU Press.
  • Richards, C., Bouman, W.P., & Barker, M. (Eds.). (2017). Genderqueer and non-binary genders. Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Sharman, Z. (Ed.). (2016). The remedy: Queer and trans voices on health and health care. Arsenal Pulp Press.
  • Sharman, Z. (2021). The care we dream of: Liberatory and transformative approaches to LGBTQ+ health. Arsenal Pulp Press.
  • Shuster, S.M. (2021). Trans medicine: The emergence and practice of treating gender. NYU Press.
  • Vincent, B. (2018). Transgender health: A practitioner’s guide to binary and non-binary trans patient care. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.