MFT-6542 v2

DuBois, L. Z., & Shattuck-Heidorn, H. (2021). Challenging the binary: Gender/sex and the bio-logics of normalcy. American Journal of Human Biology: The Official Journal of the Human Biology Council, 33(5), e23623.
This article provides some key considerations of the role of thinking in terms of gender binary can be harmful to gender diverse individuals. Authors provide scientific discussion around the inaccuracies of viewing gender in a binary.

Broadfoot, M. (2024). Families under attack. Scientific American, 330(4), 48–57.
This article presents an overview of the challenges LGBTQIA+ individuals may be facing in current socio-political climates.

Abreu, R. L., Sostre, J. P., Gonzalez, K. A., Lockett, G. M., Matsuno, E., & Mosley, D. V. (2022). Impact of gender-affirming care bans on transgender and gender diverse youth: Parental figures’ perspective. Journal of Family Psychology, 36(5), 643–652.
This research explores the challenges families are facing when it comes to policies that limit gender affirming medical care.

Ramos, N., Chang, S., & Leibowitz, S. (2023). Navigating the storm: Meeting the needs of transgender and gender-diverse youth and their families in a time of sociopolitical upheaval. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 32(4).
Authors discuss working with families with gender diverse family members when policies and politics are impacting gender diverse individuals.