Growing Up Trans: Socialization and the Gender Binary

Does your organization use gender inclusive forms? Nurses' confusion about trans* terminology

“…Some people identify who identify more as male at one time and female at other times; people whose gender expression shifts depending on context. Some use the term 'bigender' similarly (Dietert & Dentice 2013)…”

“…Many people have gender expressions that are not entirely conventional, but that alone does not make them transgender. Many transgender men and women have gender expressions that are conventionally masculine or feminine (Dietert & Dentice 2013). The benefits of gender inclusive forms include (1) more accurate data about trans* clients because trans* persons become visible statistically so their health needs can be tracked; (2) increased awareness for all health care providers; (3) making trans* person feel recognised and included leading them to become more engaged in health care setting.…”

Hegemonic Heteronormativity: Toward a New Era of Queer Family Theory

“…Most of these scholarly works (78%) cited Oswald et al (2005) only to define key constructs (e.g., heteronormativity, queering; Dietert & Dentice, 2013;Goldberg & Scheib, 2015;Kuvalanka, Weiner, & Russell, 2013;Lynch & Maree, 2013;Richardson & Goldberg, 2010;Suter & Daas, 2007) or to describe characteristics of the environment in which the study was conducted (e.g., heteronormativity in U.S. society ;Cao, Mills-Koonce, Wood, & Fine, 2016;Sharp & Ganong, 2011;Suter & Toller, 2006;Toomey, Card, & Casper, 2014) or the field of family science more broadly (Allen, 2016;Few-Demo, 2014;Sharp, Zvonkovic, Humble, & Radina, 2014). Importantly, many of these pieces provide empirical evidence supporting the queering processes proposed by Oswald and colleagues (e.g., Berkowitz, 2013;Cohen & Kuvalanka, 2011;Goldberg, 2007b;Goldberg & Allen, 2007;Goldberg, Downing, & Sauck, 2008;Goldberg & Smith, 2015;Hickey & Grafsky, 2016;Oswald & Masciadrelli, 2008;Toomey, McGuire, & Russell, 2012).…”

Transgender Inclusion in Online Job Application Forms at Forbes 450 Largest Companies

“…Due to their perceived gender incongruity, transgender and non-binary individuals face significant discrimination in the workplace (Dietert, 2007;Dietert & Dentice, 2013). A study conducted in Scotland, U.K. with a sample of non-binary participants revealed that only 4% of respondents always felt comfortable sharing their non-binary identity at work, compared to 52% who never felt comfortable (Valentine, 2015).…”