Preventive health care is an important aspect of maintaining one's physical and mental well-being, especially for those who identify as LGBTQ+ individuals. It involves taking proactive steps to...
The subject of informed consent in healthcare is an important one, particularly when it comes to gender-affirming care for members of the LGBTQ+ community. Informed consent involves providing...
Queer embodiment refers to how individuals express their gender identities and sexual orientations through physical appearance, mannerisms, behaviors, dress codes, speech patterns, and other...
The denial of access to gender-affirming care has wide-ranging implications for individuals who identify as transgender, nonbinary, or intersex, including physical and mental health impacts, social...
Queer Ethics and Reproductive Justice
Reproductive justice is a concept that emphasizes the right to have children and the responsibility to parent them. It also recognizes that individuals may...
Healthcare providers have a responsibility to provide high quality care to all patients regardless of their gender identity or sexual orientation. Queer people may face unique challenges when it...
The question of how access to affirming healthcare and mental health services impacts the resilience, identity formation, and well-being of LGBTQ+ individuals is an important one that has been...
Trans Embodiment and Autonomous Selfhood
Transgender individuals have become increasingly visible in recent years due to their growing social acceptance and advocacy for gender-affirming...
Gender-affirming care refers to medical procedures that help individuals transition from one gender identity to another. These procedures include hormone therapy, surgery, voice training, and mental...
The medicalization of homosexuality is a term used to describe the pathologization of same-sex attraction, behavior, and identity. It involves defining these aspects of human experience as illnesses,...