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Sex and gender blind spots and biases in health research
Published in Sridhar Venkatapuram, Alex Broadbent, The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Public Health, 2023
Avni Amin, Lavanya Vijayasingham, Jacqui Stevenson
A third description is gender identity, which is a related concept to gender, but one that is unhelpfully and increasingly conflated with the term gender. Gender identity refers to a “person’s innate, deeply felt internal and individual experience of gender, which may or may not correspond to the person’s physiology or designated sex at birth” (World Health Organization 2021b). The categories of gender identity include cis women, cis men, trans women, trans men, or gender queer/fluid (World Health Organization 2021b). The recognition of non-binary gender identities is becoming more frequent in public health literature. Estimates of what percentage of the population identifies as transgender and gender queer/fluid depend on whether countries recognize trans and non-binary gender identities, the variation in definitions of transgender (for example, based on self-identification, or those requesting hormone therapy or surgery), and societal attitudes towards non-binary, including transgender identities. Some estimates suggest a prevalence of 0.3% to 0.5% for people who identify as transgender (Reisner et al. 2016).
Inventory Resources and Risks for Recovery
Published in Sandra Rasmussen, Developing Competencies for Recovery, 2023
Is recovery different for men and women? Sex refers to biological differences between males and females while gender reflects social roles and concepts of self that individuals develop, often called gender identity. Both biology and sociology determine addiction and influence recovery.
Gender Dysphoria in Children and Young People
Published in Cathy Laver-Bradbury, Margaret J.J. Thompson, Christopher Gale, Christine M. Hooper, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 2021
Hannah Stynes, Martin McColl, Ellis Kennedy
Sexual orientation is separate from gender identity and refers to a combination of a person’s sexual attraction, sexual behaviour and self-identification as heterosexual/straight, homosexual/gay, bisexual, asexual or other.
Transgender Parents: Negotiating “Coming Out” and Gender Affirmation with Children and Co-Parents
Published in Journal of Homosexuality, 2023
Rosie Charter, Jane M. Ussher, Janette Perz, Kerry H. Robinson
Trans people may mediate internal feelings of incongruity and their external gender expression in a number of ways (Burnes & Chen, 2012). For some, this is achieved through pursuing gender affirmation, which is the sequence of aligning ones external gender expression with the internal sense of gender identity (Fein, Salgado, Alvarez, & Estes, 2017). Gender affirmation is often colloquially referred to as “transitioning” however, in line with the most current guidelines on terminology within trans research, the term “gender affirmation” is preferred as it better reflects the breadth of actions and possibilities that can be involved (ACON, 2019). GA is a highly individual process that can follow, or occur in conjunction with “coming out,” and can be pursued in a variety of ways, depending on the person, their wishes and what is available to them physically, socially and financially. A person may affirm their gender physically by using hormonal or surgical treatments to align their bodies with their gender identity; they may change their appearance, their name and their gender pronoun to align socially; and they may pursue recognition of their gender identity legally (Biblarz & Stacey, 2010; Weiner & Zinner, 2015).
Incorporating transgender-affirmative practice models into substance use treatment and prevention
Published in Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions, 2023
As a first step, agencies interested in providing services for transgender and gender expansive individuals should strongly consider hiring transgender and gender expansive staff members and developing an advisory board. All staff should receive training related to working with members of transgender and gender expansive communities, the impact of minority stress, and the importance of on-going self-education and cultural humility. All forms, screening tools, surveys, and other materials should be reviewed and edited to ensure that they use inclusive language. Agencies should seek out resources for asking questions about gender identity in affirming ways (Barbara & Chaim, 2004). Staff should also ensure that any referrals or resources shared with clients also use affirmative practice models.
College student aerobic and muscle-strengthening activity: the intersection of gender and race/ethnicity among United States students
Published in Journal of American College Health, 2023
Oliver W. A. Wilson, Melissa Bopp
Gender identity to refers to one’s internal perception of their gender and may not correspond with their sex (male, female) assigned at birth.6 Gender and sex are commonly confused and used interchangeably within the physical activity literature, but regardless of conceptualization the majority of studies have examined physical activity disparities based on sex, with research pertaining to transgender/non-binary individuals lacking.7 As far as physical activity disparities based on gender, cis-gender men tend to be more aerobically active than cis-gender women over the course of the lifespan,8–13 while existing evidence suggests that aerobic activity is lower among non-binary/transgender individuals than cis-gender individuals.14,15 With respect to muscle-strengthening activities, cis-gender men are more active than cis-gender women,9–13 while research is lacking concerning differences between cis-gender and gender minorities.