The damaging legacy of damage‐centered LGBTIQ+ research: Implications for healthcare and LGBTIQ+ health

R Cipollina, MA Ruben, MR Maroney… - Journal of Social …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Research on LGBTIQ+ populations has focused primarily on identifying problems in the
community (eg, health disparities) and their predictors (eg, minority stressors …

Toward depathologizing queerness: An analysis of queer oppression in clinical genetics

T Berro, K Zayhowski - Journal of Genetic Counseling, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Critically examining the way that the field of clinical genetics has impacted queer
communities offers the field an opportunity to strengthen our commitment to inclusive high …

Queering genomics: How cisnormativity undermines genomic science

L Jamal, K Zayhowski, T Berro, K Baker - Human Genetics and Genomics …, 2024 - cell.com
Over the past century, genetics and genomics (" genomics") have contributed significantly to
our knowledge of human biology and disease. Genomics has also bolstered inaccurate and …

Genital modifications in prepubescent minors: When may clinicians ethically proceed?

Brussels Collaboration on Bodily … - The American Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
When is it ethically permissible for clinicians to surgically intervene into the genitals of a
legal minor? We distinguish between voluntary and nonvoluntary procedures and focus on …

Navigating the disclosure landscape: Parents' perspectives on healthcare professionals' role in supporting intersex children and families

K Horowitz, K Zayhowski, N Palmour… - Journal of Genetic …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Intersex, an umbrella term, describes individuals with sex characteristics that cannot be
exclusively categorized into binary definitions of male or female. The intersex community …

[HTML][HTML] The sexual and gender normativities of servicescapes: A queer social identity perspective

TB Vongvisitsin, AKF Wong, BR Alegre… - Annals of Tourism …, 2025 - Elsevier
The tourism and hospitality industry encompasses a wide range of customer segments,
including a diverse representation of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and …

“A quality of heart, of presence, and of really caring”: toward affirmative intersex health communication in Canada

T Knoppers, A Voutsinas, N Palmour… - Frontiers in Public …, 2025 - frontiersin.org
Introduction This qualitative research study aimed to better understand and help improve the
Canadian context for health communication with intersex adults by centering the voices of …

Policy and laboratory practice: How quality control procedures for genetic testing perpetuate biological essentialism and discrimination against transgender, gender …

EJ Dusic, LN Powers… - Journal of Genetic …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Transgender, gender diverse, and intersex (TGDI) individuals face significant health
disparities due to individual and systemic experiences of discrimination, impacting their …

Working towards convergence of the clinical management of differences of sex development/intersex conditions and the human rights framework: A case study

M Cools, E Verhagen, P Hoebeke… - Clinical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Medical treatments that aim to modify the appearance of the genitals in children
who are born with a difference of sex development/intersex (DSD/I*) condition are highly …

Exploring preferences and support needs for disclosing 47, XXY status: A qualitative study of adults with XXY

C Oeckinghaus, K Zayhowski… - Journal of Genetic …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
There are minimal guidelines regarding the disclosure of XXY, otherwise called Klinefelter
syndrome, in healthcare or within the family. The increased use of cell‐free DNA (cfDNA) to …