Social Work and Health Care Practice with Transgender and Nonbinary Individuals and Communities

This book examines issues across the lifespan of transgender and nonbinary individuals whilst synthesizing conceptual work, empirical evidence, pedagogical content, educational experiences, and the voices of transgender and nonbinary individuals. It highlights the resilience and resistance of transgender and nonbinary individuals and communities to challenge narratives relying on one-dimensional perspectives of risk and tragic lives. While there is currently unprecedented visibility and increasing support, members of these communities still face shockingly high rates of violence, victimization, unemployment, discrimination, and family rejection. Significant need for services and support coupled with social, clinical, and medical service systems ill-equipped to provide culturally responsive care illustrates the critical need for quality education and training of educators, practitioners, and service providers in best practices of working with members of the transgender and nonbinary community. Organized into six sections: Health Areas of Practice Coming Out and Family Relationships and Sexuality Communities Multiply Marginalized Identities and Populations,
this book offers a current, comprehensive, and intersectional guide for students, practitioners, and researchers across a variety of professions, including social work, psychology, public policy, and health care.

Shanna K. Kattari (she/her/hers) is Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan School of Social Work and Department of Women's and Gender Studies (by courtesy), USA. M. Killian Kinney (they/them) is a doctoral candidate and associate faculty in the School of Social Work at Indiana University, USA. Leonardo Kattari (he/him/his) is a doctoral student in the School of Social Work at Michigan State University, USA. N. Eugene Walls (he/him) is Professor in the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Denver, USA.

Introduction Part 1: Introduction to Social Work and Health Care Practice with Transgender and Nonbinary Individuals and Communities. Introduction Part 2: Place, Joy and Self in Trans and Nonbinary Justice. Section 1: Health. 1. Transgender and Nonbinary Youth and Access to Medical Care. 2. Transgender and Nonbinary Adults and Access to Medical Care. 3. Best Practices in Sexual and Reproductive Health Care for Transgender and Nonbinary People. 4. Affirming and Inclusive Mental Health Care for Transgender and Nonbinary Young People. 5. Culturally Responsive Mental Health Care for Transgender and Nonbinary Individuals. Section 2: Areas of Practice. 6. Substance Use and Transgender Nonbinary Populations: Towards Inclusive Prevention and Service Provision. 7. Understanding and Working with Transgender/Nonbinary Older Adults. 8. Trans/Nonbinary Individuals and Homelessness. 9. Working with Transgender and Nonbinary Youth in the Child Welfare System. Section 3: Coming Out and Family. 10. Supporting Trans and Nonbinary Youth in their Coming Out Process. 11. Supporting Trans and Nonbinary Adults in Their Coming Out Processes. 12. Supporting Caregivers and Families of Transgender and Nonbinary Youth. 13. Trans and Nonbinary Parenting. Section 4: Relationships and Sexuality. 14. Sex and Relationship Therapy with Trans and Nonbinary Individuals. 15. Trans/Nonbinary Sexualities and Prioritizing Pleasure. 16. Exploring Trans/Nonbinary Intimate Partner Violence: What to Know to Create Inclusive Spaces and Services. Section 5: Communities. 17. Transgender and Nonbinary Youth Empowerment. 18. TNB Affirming Policy: Current Landscape, Issues, and Change Practices. 19. Trans and Nonbinary Leadership and Civic Engagement. 20. Conducting Community-Based Participatory Research with Transgender/Nonbinary Individuals and Communities. 21. Creating Safe Spaces: Digital as an Enabling Environment for TNB People. Section 6: Multiply Marginalized Identities and Populations. 22. Centering Trans/Nonbinary People of Color: Health Disparities, Resiliency, and Opportunities for Affirmative Clinical Practice. 23. At the Intersection of Trans and Disabled. 24. Trans/Nonbinary and the Religious, Secular, and Spiritual.