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Review
. 2019 Oct 29;4(1):287-296.
doi: 10.1089/trgh.2019.0039. eCollection 2019.

Intersectionality Research for Transgender Health Justice: A Theory-Driven Conceptual Framework for Structural Analysis of Transgender Health Inequities

Linda M Wesp  1 , Lorraine Halinka Malcoe  2 , Ayana Elliott  3 , Tonia Poteat  4
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Intersectionality Research for Transgender Health Justice: A Theory-Driven Conceptual Framework for Structural Analysis of Transgender Health Inequities

Linda M Wesp et al. Transgend Health. .

Abstract

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.

Keywords: health inequity; health justice; intersectionality; structural determinants of health; structural injustice; transgender.

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No competing financial interests exist.

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Intersectionality Research for Transgender Health Justice (IRTHJ) Framework.
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IRTHJ actions.
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