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Expanding Gender-Based Health Equity Framework for Transgender Populations

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: The gender-transformative approach to health promotion in the United States and globally has been central to defining gender as a determinant of health and advancing health programs, services, and policies that respond to gender-based inequities. However, current gender frameworks are built on historical perspectives that center cisgender people's experiences and reinforce the gender binary. This restricted focus does not respond to health inequities experienced by transgender people-to the detriment of health programs, services, and policies. As transgender people's health and rights continue to garner attention in movements across health services and policy spaces, it is crucial for frameworks to be expansively redefined to achieve truly transformative gender equality and equity for all gender identities and expressions.

Source: Transgender Health

DOI: 10.1089/trgh.2020.0026

Authors: Arjee Javellana Restar, Jennifer Sherwood, Alberto Edeza, Candice Collins, Don Operario

Institutions: Brown University, American Foundation for AIDS Research, Johns Hopkins University

Language: English

Topic: LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy

Subfield: Social Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Good health and well-being, Gender equality

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institute of Mental Health, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development