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ISBN:

1048-9487

Accession Number:

14738999

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Focuses on the history of the Stonewall riots in New York City in June 1969. Role of police inspector Seymour Pine in the raid on the Stonewall Inn; Views of author David Carter on the entrapment; Information on transgender activist Sylvia Rivera.

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Vol. 13 Issue 1/2, p12-14 3p; 3bw

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ISBN:

1434-4599

Accession Number:

18787397

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The transgender community is a population group that has experienced an increase in visibility, with only a small, concomitant increase in understanding. This study reports on four focus groups, in which 34 transgendered individuals discussed their experiences and interactions with the health care system. The specific aims of the study were as follows: Identify the health needs of transgender and transsexual (TG/TS) individuals; Hear the experiences and perceptions of TG/TS individuals who are using the current health care system; Identify any barriers to obtaining services, support and/or resources; Assess the extent to which health care providers and systems are able to offer sensitive, high quality and user friendly services that meet TG/TS consumers' needs; and Identify ways that health care services can be enhanced to better meet the needs of the target population. What the study found was a system that was anything but high quality in meeting the needs of TG/TS individuals. Ignorance, insensitivity and discrimination appear to be the norm. Specifically, the focus groups found the following: Transgendered and transsexual persons frequently encounter providers who will not treat them and blatantly say so. There is a need for education and a change in anti-discrimination law needed to change this. The lack of provider training on transgender issues creates insensitivity to simple issues of respect for trans people. One example is the unwillingness to address TG/TS people by the pronoun preferred by the patient/client. Many providers lack the knowledge to adequately treat many of the routine health care needs of TG/TS individuals when such treatment relates to issues of hormone use, gynecological care, HIV prevention counseling, or other concerns related to gender or sexuality. Providers frequently refer to trans issues in unrelated health care situations such as setting a broken bone, filling a cavity or treating a cold. Greater familiarity with the health.

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Vol. 8 Issue 2/3, p75-91 17p

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ISBN:

1533-2691

Accession Number:

15229037

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For the care provider unfamiliar with supporting transsexual and transgender persons, as well as their partners, it becomes an imperative to be able to identify this population`s unique needs, transition concerns and relationship dynamics. New challenges arise as transgender clients become more prevalent within the GLBT community and contact community clinical resources. These include distinguishing between sexual orientation and the complexities of gender identity; differentiating actual transgender issues and ordinary relationship concerns; and recognizing characteristics of strong relationships versus those doomed to fail when one or both partner's needs can no longer get met. This article reviews an abundance of stereotypes adversely affecting transgender individuals, relationships and which can taint the treatment environment. At a core level, there exists the need for care providers to recognize when having a transgender identity stops being a disorder, such as when the client is no longer gender dysphoric, and where the care provider needs to advocate the individual `s right of self-determination. This includes recognizing when situational depression or anxiety and social discrimination are the actual root of ongoing individual and relationship concerns. With basic transgender knowledge, effectively supporting transgender persons and their relationships is possible for cross-specialty providers, and is recommended.

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Vol. 3 Issue 2/3, p53-63 11p