Overview

Healthcare for transgender people is in crisis. Many of the problems stem from bureaucracies within the health system, limiting conceptualizations of sex and gender, and the requirement for a diagnosis of 'gender dysphoria'. This book presents a unique argument for full demedicalization of transness as a crucial step towards removing existing barriers to good healthcare. Resisting the current norm of separating sex and gender, it also argues for an understanding of them as necessarily interlinked and co-constructed. By elevating trans voices and experiences, this book offers a new perspective on transness, medicalization and research methodologies to help trans people, practitioners and policy makers better understand the barriers faced by trans people when seeking healthcare.

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9781447371113

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“A timely book that documents barriers and challenges in trans healthcare and contemporary community practices in response.” Michael Toze, University of Lincoln ""This eminently readable book could not possibly be more timely. Against a backdrop of escalating hate, ignorance and pseudoscience, Callahan makes an important case for trans-led approaches to research and demedicalisation.” Ruth Pearce, University of Glasgow

Author Information

Evelyn Callahan is Research Fellow at University College London. Their research interests include trans healthcare, healthcare in resource limited settings and applied qualitative research methods.

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