Disrupting Cisnormativity, Transnormativity, and Transmisogyny in Healthcare: Advancing Trans Inclusive Practices for Medical Family Therapists

ABSTRACT

Gender and sex influence health and medicine in various ways (i.e., etiology, treatment, progression of disease, etc.). Currently, a cisnormative, transnormative, and transmisogynist system pervades the medical and mental health fields, creating significant barriers for, trans women to access adequate and inclusive healthcare. We present a transfeminist-informed biopsychosocial approach for medical family therapists to address the disparities and gaps that exist for, trans women. Through integrating a transfeminist praxis, we discuss how medical family therapists can serve as collaborators, students, and advocates for the, trans women in their care.

KEYWORDS:

• Trans women
• transfeminist theory
• biopsychosocial
• healthcare
• trans inclusive