Transgender people experience intersecting forms of social marginalization and are disproportionately affected by health inequities. We elucidate a novel conceptual framework for transgender health research that theorizes the constructs and pathways through which social inequities produce health inequities for transgender populations. Drawing on theories of intersectionality and structural injustice, Intersectionality Research for Transgender Health Justice (IRTHJ) posits that social and health inequities affecting transgender populations are the result of status quo power relations produced within and between oppressive structures, institutional systems, and socio-structural processes. The IRTHJ framework delineates three main actions for improving transgender health research: (i) name intersecting power relations, (ii) disrupt the status quo, and (iii) center embodied knowledge. The authors show how IRTHJ provides tools for researchers to transform the design, implementation, and interpretation of transgender health research, and they discuss implications for programs, policy, and action for transgender health justice. (author abstract) #P4HEwebinarOctober2023
Intersectionality research for transgender health justice: A theory-driven conceptual framework for structural analysis of transgender health inequities
Individual Author(s) / Organizational Author
Wesp, Linda M.
Malcoe, Lorraine Halinka
Elliott, Ayana
Poteat, Tonia
Publisher
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers
Date
October 2019
Publication
Transgender Health
Abstract / Description
Copyright
Yes
Artifact Type
Theory
Reference Type
Journal Article
Priority Population
Ethnic and racial groups
LGBTQ+
Topic Area
Social/Structural Determinants » Environment/Context » Systemic Determinants
Social/Structural Determinants » Isms and Phobias » Transphobia