Gendersections - Intersectional Gender Affirming Care

Autumn Acey

Summary

In a time where transgender and gender expansive individuals are under attack, health professionals need to be prepared to meet their clients/patients where they are at. Gender-affirming care often includes knowing more than just about gender, so it is necessary to have an intersectional perspective that considers multiple frames of identity and experiences. Gendersections goes both into depth about gender-affirming care while also providing breadth through discussions of the intersections of gender with other considerations of a patient's experiences.Gendersections is composed of five major sections:
 
Setting the Foundation - A primer on gender terminology and social justice.
 
Creating an Affirming Practice - Practical advice on creating an affirming practice from intake paperwork to therapeutic alliance-building.
 
Assessment and Medical Transition - An overview and critique of the WPATH Standards of Care, Version 8, including clinical best practices for working with gender-expansive clients.
 
Treatment Considerations - Break-out sections exploring common areas of lesser-discussed aspects of gender healthcare from working with parents and families of gender-expansive clients to ageing to practical information on how to assist clients in social transition.
 
Intersecting Experiences - Discussions of common intersections with gender expansiveness, including race, neurodivergence, disability, sex work, and poverty.

Available since: 02/19/2025.

Print length: 228 pages.

Other books that might interest you

Gunpowder and the Printing...

Editors Charles River

In addition to the wheelbarrow, the seismograph, the waterwheel, deep drilling, suspension bridges, and ship rudders, among countless other life-changing contraptions, the Chinese developed what were later dubbed the “Four Great Inventions of China.” Two of those were gunpowder and printing, which both spread through South Asia and the Middle East before making it to Europe.  
For a time, gunpowder was a mere curiosity, but its destructive power and military potential would be realized quickly. The first record of a cannon in Europe comes from a manuscript written in 1326, which has an illustration showing an armored man with what looks like a slow match lighting a vase-shaped object. This crude cannon was called a pot de fer in French and vasi in Italian. While medieval engineers developed new types of cannons and explosives capable of destroying walls and castles, others were making the first handguns possible. European sources first mentioned the widespread use of handgonnes, as they were often called, in the late 14th century, precisely the time when gunpowder became cheaper.  
	The history of printing was for ancient Asia an advancement in culture and communication, but for Europe in the 15th century, it was much more, plunging the continent into a new paradigm and aligning it for the modern world. Its importance is often overlooked, but the timeliness of the printing machine was equivalent to the invention of alphabets in antiquity and ranks up there with the digital revolution and the introduction of the internet. Put simply, it made the Renaissance possible and led to the modernization of Europe. Based on earlier Asian principles, Johannes Gutenberg’s movable type printing press propelled an industry that led to the education of the West and ultimately removed the tight grip of the Vatican from daily European life.

Show book

The Book of One - How to Save...

Carlos B. Relano Jr.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.  In this scholarly odyssey, the author prophetically envisions a utopian future where global poverty is abolished and human potential is fully realized. With philosophical depth and poetic flair, the book traverses the globe from the vibrant energy of Asia to the emergent Middle East, advocating for technological synergy and environmental stewardship. It's a riveting manifesto calling for unified action to weave a new tapestry of prosperity, justice, and peace—a clarion call to reshape the world in harmony with nature and humanity's noblest aspirations.

Show book

Python for Data Science - A...

Sam Miley

Unlock the full potential of your data with the power of Python. Python for Data Science: A Practical Guide to Data Wrangling, Analysis, and Machine Learning Using Python’s Most Powerful Libraries is your comprehensive roadmap to mastering the tools and techniques that turn raw data into meaningful insights and predictive models. 
This hands-on guide takes you from the basics of Python programming to advanced data workflows using industry-standard libraries such as NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Seaborn, Scikit-learn, and more. Through real-world examples and practical exercises, you'll learn how to manipulate data, create compelling visualizations, and build machine learning models that solve complex problems. 
Inside, you’ll discover how to: 
•	Prepare, clean, and structure data for analysis using Pandas and NumPy 
•	Visualize patterns and trends with Matplotlib and Seaborn 
•	Explore and analyze datasets through statistical techniques 
•	Build predictive models with Scikit-learn, including regression, classification, and clustering 
•	Evaluate model performance and avoid common pitfalls 
•	Apply your skills to real-world projects in business, science, and beyond 
Designed for both beginners and those looking to deepen their expertise, this book bridges the gap between theory and practical application. Python for Data Science provides the tools and confidence you need to extract insights and drive data-informed decisions.

Show book

Hospital Heal Thyself - One...

Mark Taylor

Part biography and part clear-eyed examination of a healthcare system in crisis, Hospital, Heal Thyself tells the story of enigmatic healthcare visionary Eugene Litvak, whose research and strategies have already been implemented at many top twelve-ranked hospitals to save hundreds of millions of dollars and countless thousands of patient lives. While US healthcare costs continue to skyrocket, Litvak's program described in this book offers tested, effective methods to trim those costs while simultaneously improving patient outcomes. 
 
 
 
Written by veteran prize-winning healthcare journalist Mark Taylor, this book includes compelling discussion on how hospital and emergency room overcrowding has harmful and potentially deadly effects on patients and staff; how Litvak's algorithms and complex mathematical theories help hospitals staff appropriately to safely manage patient flow; and how applying Litvak's unique patient flow interventions improves nurse retention in an era of mass nurse exodus. 
 
 
 
Distilling complex ideas into accessible language, Hospital, Heal Thyself is a timely, essential listen for all medical practitioners and healthcare administrators and staff who want to play their part in transforming modern healthcare, and the world, for the better.

Show book

Redefining the Boundaries of...

Paul Cerrato, John D. Halamka

Health care as it stands today needs to be re-imagined. Redefining the Boundaries of Medicine by Paul Cerrato and Dr. John Halamka challenges the profession to renegotiate its priorities and address the fact that it’s become timid and reluctant to explore new care delivery models. The guiding premise of this book is that rethinking and reimagining the way medicine is practiced in the 21st century will improve health outcomes, and that technology is central to this transformation. Dr. Halamka is the President and Paul Cerrato is the Senior Research Analyst and Communications Specialist for Mayo Clinic Platform, which is harnessing novel technologies to change how care is provided. This cutting-edge work, along with their combined 80 years of experience in healthcare, afford Dr. Halamka and Mr. Cerrato authoritative voices in technology and health care. This book shows how one-size-fits-all health care is slowly giving way to a more precise, personalized approach that takes into account each person’s unique environmental and genetic risk factors. It discusses the use of several emerging technological tools that give each patient a unique “topographical map” to navigate their journey. Artificial intelligence in health care must be accurate, equitable and ethical; providers need to embrace a better way to predict diseases, identify effective treatments and rethink much of the conventional wisdom that has been handed down over the decades. Redefining the Boundaries of Medicine provides the guide to doing just that.

Show book

Non-Computable You - What You Do...

Robert Mark

Will machines someday replace attorneys, physicians, computer programmers, and world leaders? What about composers, painters, and novelists? Will tomorrow’s supercomputers duplicate and exceed humans? Are we just wetware, natural computers doomed to obsolescence by tomorrow’s ultra-powerful artificial intelligence? In Non-Computable You: What You Do That Artificial Intelligence Never Will, Robert J. Marks II answers these and other fascinating questions with his trademark blend of whimsy and expertise. Catch a glimpse of the geniuses behind today’s AI—their foibles, follies, and friendships—as told by someone on the inside. Under the author’s steady and winsome guidance, learn about the exciting possibilities for artificial intelligence, but also hear how many of the heady claims for AI are provably overblown. Marks shows why there are some powers AI will never possess, no matter what. These powers belong to another—to non-computable you.

Show book