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Race, Gender and the Ways These Identities Intersect Matter in Cancer Outcomes
Read More: Race, Gender and the Ways These Identities Intersect Matter in Cancer OutcomesBy Timothy Pawlik, The Ohio State University; Elizabeth Palmer, The Ohio State University, and Samilia Obeng-Gyasi, The Ohio State University The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Belonging to one or more groups with long-standing social and economic disadvantages increases the risk of cancer diagnoses and death, according…
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Women Having Surgery Get Better Results if Their Surgeon Is a Woman
Read More: Women Having Surgery Get Better Results if Their Surgeon Is a WomanGoing into surgery is daunting, no matter who you are. There’s a lot to consider, from how you prepare and what your insurance covers to what hospital you choose and your relationship with your healthcare provider. You might be surprised to hear that even the gender of your surgeon may factor into whether you have…
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Fishing, Strip Clubs and Golf: How Male-Focused Networking in Medicine Blocks Female Colleagues From Top Jobs
Read More: Fishing, Strip Clubs and Golf: How Male-Focused Networking in Medicine Blocks Female Colleagues From Top JobsBy Jennifer R. Grandis, University of California, San Francisco Women have been entering academic medicine at nearly the same rate as men for decades, but very few women reach the top levels of leadership. For example, as of April 2022, of the 71 U.S. cancer centers designated by the National Cancer Institute, only seven are…
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What’s Sexual Orientation Got to Do With It? LGTBQ People Face Discrimination in Healthcare
Read More: What’s Sexual Orientation Got to Do With It? LGTBQ People Face Discrimination in HealthcareMarch 21 to March 25 is National LGBTQ Health Awareness Week. At age 28, Laura Silverstein tripped while running, dislocating her pinky finger trying to break her fall. Now 52, Silverstein said her experience at the emergency room that day still gives her “the heebie jeebies.” The doctor probed Silverstein about her birth control method,…
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I Came Out on Christmas Eve
Read More: I Came Out on Christmas EveAs told to Alexandra Frost As a child, when I watched shows with my mom and LGBTQ characters came on the screen, she would stick out her tongue in disgust and make a disapproving sound. At our Catholic church, where my family was deeply devoted, I listened, confused, to the ideologies: I didn’t understand why…
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Removing Barriers to Cervical Cancer Screening for the LGBTQ Community
Read More: Removing Barriers to Cervical Cancer Screening for the LGBTQ CommunityReviewed by Dr. Sue Yom As executive director of the National LGBT Cancer Network, Scout, who goes by only one name, knows better than most about the importance of staying up to date on cancer screenings. And yet, Scout admits he’s frequently put off his own screenings for human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer. Because…
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Women Face Motherhood Penalty in STEM Careers Long Before They Actually Become Mothers
Read More: Women Face Motherhood Penalty in STEM Careers Long Before They Actually Become MothersBy Sarah Thebaud, University of California Santa Barbara and Catherine Taylor, University of California Santa Barbara The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Unfounded assumptions about how motherhood affects worker productivity can harm women’s careers in science, technology, engineering and math long before they are – or even…
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The Pain Gap: Why Women’s Pain Is Undertreated
Read More: The Pain Gap: Why Women’s Pain Is UndertreatedWhen Karen Finney went into the hospital for brain surgery, she was well aware of the gender pain gap: women in pain are taken and treated less seriously than men in pain. Women of color are affected even more severely, and as a Black woman, Finney knew the hill to relief would be even steeper…
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How Sarah Baartman’s Hips Went From a Symbol of Exploitation to a Source of Empowerment for Black Women
Read More: How Sarah Baartman’s Hips Went From a Symbol of Exploitation to a Source of Empowerment for Black WomenBy Rokeshia Renné Ashley, Florida International University In “BLACK EFFECT,” a track from Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s 2018 collaborative album “EVERYTHING IS LOVE,” Beyoncé describes a quintessential Black female form: Stunt with your curls, your lips, Sarah Baartman hips Gotta hop into my jeans like I hop into my whip, yeah The celebration of Sarah Baartman’s…
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What’s Behind the Rising Profile of Transgender Kids? 3 Essential Reads
Read More: What’s Behind the Rising Profile of Transgender Kids? 3 Essential ReadsBy Nick Lehr, The Conversation Why are trans youth more visible these days? Is it due to more widespread acceptance, or more media coverage? Just how many trans kids are there? There seem to be few clear-cut answers. But after talking with a number of scholars who study transgender youth – and editing articles written…
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Trans Kids in the US Were Seeking Treatment Decades Before Today’s Political Battles Over Access to Health Care
Read More: Trans Kids in the US Were Seeking Treatment Decades Before Today’s Political Battles Over Access to Health CareBy Jules Gill-Peterson, University of Pittsburgh In 1942, a 17-year-old transgender girl named Lane visited a doctor in her Missouri hometown with her parents. Lane had known that she was a girl from a very young age, but fights with her parents over her transness had made it difficult for her to live comfortably and…
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The Other Side of the Rainbow
Read More: The Other Side of the RainbowAs told to Chandra Whitfield June is Pride Month. Even at a young age, I knew I was different. While the other boys loved to be rough and tumble, crashing their toy trucks and cars and playing sports, I longed to wear frilly dresses and I created fashion shows with my G.I. Joe dolls. It…
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Trans Moms Discuss Their Unique Parenting Challenges During the Pandemic – and What They Worry About When Things Go Back to ‘Normal’
Read More: Trans Moms Discuss Their Unique Parenting Challenges During the Pandemic – and What They Worry About When Things Go Back to ‘Normal’By Derek P. Siegel, University of Massachusetts Amherst Between 25% and 50% of transgender adults in the U.S. have children. Some have kids before coming out as trans, others adopt or foster, and some use egg or sperm cells they’ve frozen – usually before starting hormone replacement therapy. As a sociologist who studies inequality and…
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‘I Just Feel Like Myself’: A Nonbinary Child in Their Own Words
Read More: ‘I Just Feel Like Myself’: A Nonbinary Child in Their Own WordsBy Martha Bebinger, WBUR, Kaiser Health News It’s 7:30 a.m. on a school day. Two parents are racing to get their three young children dressed, fed, packed for the day, into coats and out the door when 6-year-old Hallel runs downstairs, crying. Ari, Hallel’s father, is the first to ask “What’s wrong?” The answer launched…
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Danica Roem Is Transcending Gender
Read More: Danica Roem Is Transcending GenderDanica Roem made history in 2017 when she became the first transgender lawmaker in Virginia. A champion of LGBTQ rights, she recently introduced a bill in Virginia that bans the “gay and trans panic” defense that has historically been used in cases of murder and manslaughter against gay and trans people. It was signed into…
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How Parents Can Support a Child Who Comes out as Trans – by Conquering Their Own Fears, Following Their Child’s Lead and Tolerating Ambiguity
Read More: How Parents Can Support a Child Who Comes out as Trans – by Conquering Their Own Fears, Following Their Child’s Lead and Tolerating AmbiguityBy Em Matsuno, Palo Alto University Young transgender, or trans, people face high rates of anxiety, depression and suicide. These elevated mental health risks largely stem from external factors such as discrimination, victimization and – most especially – family rejection rather than from being trans. Em Matsuno, a research fellow at Palo Alto University, is…
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I’m a Pediatrician Who Cares for Transgender Kids – Here’s What You Need to Know About Social Support, Puberty Blockers and Other Medical Options That Improve Lives of Transgender Youth
Read More: I’m a Pediatrician Who Cares for Transgender Kids – Here’s What You Need to Know About Social Support, Puberty Blockers and Other Medical Options That Improve Lives of Transgender YouthMandy Coles, Boston University When Charlie, a 10-year-old boy, came in for his first visit, he didn’t look at me or my colleague. Angry and crying, he insisted to us that he was cisgender – that he was a boy and had been born male. A few months before Charlie came into our office, he…