1 hr 10 min
Caring for Folks with Intersex Traits with Diana Love The Woman Centered Health Podcast
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- Medicine
In this episode, we interview Diana Love about providing clinical care for folks with intersex traits. We cover what are intersex traits, how folks with intersex traits have been historically cared for, how they should be cared for, and what you can do to make your practice more inclusive.
Diana Love, RN (they/them/theirs) is a PhD student at the School of Nursing, UW-Madison. They have 18 years of experience as a public health nurse with a focus on sexual and reproductive health, racial equity, and LGBTQIA+ health justice. Their passion for this work grows from the experiences they've had in healthcare systems as both a provider and as a queer nonbinary patient; from both these perspectives, they recognize the million and one ways our healthcare systems are not designed to be person-centered. Diana is deeply committed to research that contributes to ending the practice of cosmetic genital surgery on infants and children with intersex traits, with the recognition that most healthcare providers are taught and adhere to binary systems of sex, gender, and sexuality. Those belief systems create harm for LGBTQIA+ people within healthcare, and Diana is dedicated to producing knowledge that expands healthcare providers and scientists’ views on binary sex, gender and sexuality. Diana firmly believes that healthcare providers need more stories of queer joy and liberation to break free from their negative assumptions about LGBTQIA+ people’s lives.
Key takeaways see: http://womancenteredhealth.com/intersex_traits/
References:
Boston Children’s Hospital: https://www.childrenshospital.org/
InterACT Advocates for Intersex Youth: https://interactadvocates.org/
Intersex Justice Project: https://www.intersexjusticeproject.org/
Main Questions Asked:
1. Can you start by explaining to our listeners what does it mean to be a person with intersex traits and how common this trait is in the population?
2. Historically, how have people with intersex traits been treated and cared for by clinicians?
3. When we think about our current healthcare system, what challenges do folks with intersex traits have when navigating the healthcare system?
4. How can surgeons or other providers discuss care for infants with intersex traits?
5. What communication tips do you have for clinicians who have patients with intersex traits?
6. What change can clinicians make to ensure their practice is more inclusive for folks with intersex traits?
7. We have a growing number of listeners who do not identify as clinicians, what would you like to share with people with intersex traits and other folks?
8. What is one thing you want all clinicians to know about folks with intersex traits?
9. Where can listeners go to learn more about providing care to patients with intersex traits?
In this episode, we interview Diana Love about providing clinical care for folks with intersex traits. We cover what are intersex traits, how folks with intersex traits have been historically cared for, how they should be cared for, and what you can do to make your practice more inclusive.
Diana Love, RN (they/them/theirs) is a PhD student at the School of Nursing, UW-Madison. They have 18 years of experience as a public health nurse with a focus on sexual and reproductive health, racial equity, and LGBTQIA+ health justice. Their passion for this work grows from the experiences they've had in healthcare systems as both a provider and as a queer nonbinary patient; from both these perspectives, they recognize the million and one ways our healthcare systems are not designed to be person-centered. Diana is deeply committed to research that contributes to ending the practice of cosmetic genital surgery on infants and children with intersex traits, with the recognition that most healthcare providers are taught and adhere to binary systems of sex, gender, and sexuality. Those belief systems create harm for LGBTQIA+ people within healthcare, and Diana is dedicated to producing knowledge that expands healthcare providers and scientists’ views on binary sex, gender and sexuality. Diana firmly believes that healthcare providers need more stories of queer joy and liberation to break free from their negative assumptions about LGBTQIA+ people’s lives.
Key takeaways see: http://womancenteredhealth.com/intersex_traits/
References:
Boston Children’s Hospital: https://www.childrenshospital.org/
InterACT Advocates for Intersex Youth: https://interactadvocates.org/
Intersex Justice Project: https://www.intersexjusticeproject.org/
Main Questions Asked:
1. Can you start by explaining to our listeners what does it mean to be a person with intersex traits and how common this trait is in the population?
2. Historically, how have people with intersex traits been treated and cared for by clinicians?
3. When we think about our current healthcare system, what challenges do folks with intersex traits have when navigating the healthcare system?
4. How can surgeons or other providers discuss care for infants with intersex traits?
5. What communication tips do you have for clinicians who have patients with intersex traits?
6. What change can clinicians make to ensure their practice is more inclusive for folks with intersex traits?
7. We have a growing number of listeners who do not identify as clinicians, what would you like to share with people with intersex traits and other folks?
8. What is one thing you want all clinicians to know about folks with intersex traits?
9. Where can listeners go to learn more about providing care to patients with intersex traits?
1 hr 10 min