My blog is home to several kinds of writing. You can find talks like the keynote on Queering Leadership that I gave at Yale University—it was later featured on the Queering Leadership episode of the UnLeading Project.
You’ll find the articles I write for Xtra Magazine, where I share personal essays like this one about co-parenting with three other queer people. I also write empowering, research-based articles on topics like Queering Death and how we can build intergenerational communities where queer and trans older adults can thrive.
As a queer femme who came of age in communities of Leatherdykes, queer perverts and witches, knives have a way of grabbing my attention. In this spirit, I have engaged with Perry’s question as a means of sharpening my thinking on what I have learned about holding power and creating change in LGBTQ+ health.
What is my knife? What is yours? What becomes possible when we wield them together in service of queer and trans survival and liberation?
Read MoreIn this blog post, I reflect on my experiences as a patient and an LGBTQ+ advocate to offer suggestions for three things health care providers can do to provide LGBTQ+ affirming health care:
Ask open-ended questions and use language that reflects how your patient or client describes themself and their family/relationship structure
Ask for consent before touching or examining your patient or client
Advocate for your patient or client with other health care providers and hospital or clinic staff
It’s an invitation to health care providers to reflect on what small actions they can take today in service of supporting LGBTQ+ people to feel healthy and thrive.
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