Although social scientists and practitioners have shown an increased interest in the inclusion of trans persons in recent years, the current position of this group in the (medical/psychological/nursing) care system remains under-researched. Studies tend to merge the issues of gender diversity and sexual diversity, rendering the lived experiences of trans persons invisible. In addition, trans people often face a discriminatory environment in which they are pathologised and stigmatised as mentally ill. This anthology addresses trans people's access to healthcare from a transnational perspective, and offers courses of action to improve nursing, medical, therapeutic, and social care for trans persons. Most contributions of this book are written from a lived trans experience.

About the Author
Max Nicolai Appenroth is a trans activist and Ph.D. candidate at the Institute of Public Health at the Charite Universitatsmedizin in Berlin. His research, teaching, and activism focus on the (in)accessibility of healthcare for trans people on an international level. Maria do Mar Castro Varela (Prof. Dr.) holds a double degree in psychology and educational science and a PhD in political science. She is a professor of education and social work at Alice Salomon Hochschule Berlin. Her work focuses on gender and queer studies, postcolonial theory, critical migration studies and education studies, conspiracy theories and trauma studies. She was a senior fellow at the Institute for the Science of Man (IWM) in Vienna, and is founder and member of bildungsLab* Berlin and chair of the Berlin Institute for Contrapuntal Social Analysis (BIKA e.V.).


Book Information
ISBN 9783837650822
Author Max Nicolai Appenroth
Format Paperback
Page Count 400
Imprint Transcript Verlag
Publisher Transcript Verlag
Weight(grams) 666g
Dimensions(mm) 226mm * 147mm * 15mm